DC: A handful of Democrats are saying the Democratic National Committee’s decision to tighten debate requirements will create blowback for minority candidates and help the party’s “white male gatekeepers.”
“The DNC’s new rules, coming so early in the cycle, will amplify the harm done to diverse candidates by a political elite — from pollsters to talking heads — dominated by white male gatekeepers,” Sayu Bhojwani, founder of the nonpartisan political organization New American Leaders, said in a statement Thursday.
She was not alone in her assessment.
“It fatigues donors, has a disparate impact on candidates with diverse supporters, and rewards institutional advantages like email lists, staff and campaign accounts,” one Democratic operative told Axios on Thursday.
The drama comes as the DNC announced Wednesday it is doubling the requirements necessary to enter the debate stage in September. more here
Alexa, DELETE EVERYTHING.
Abracadabra. It’s all magically deleted.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHA.
Sure it is.
Fu#king Suckers.
They believe it because the Company told them it is so.
Oh yeah, they definitely don’t want their thumb on the scale. Says the organization that actually did collude to rig an election primary for Hillary.
in their lottery system for the debates, I wonder how many ‘adversity points’ kamala harris will get for being an anchor baby.
Wouldn’t we prefer to have the 23+ candidates all on stage and trying to outdo each other? That would be quite entertaining.
However, watching them battle for a place on the stage and the fallout when half of them are denied will be absolute delightful!
Except all of the top people in their polls are white males…
@Alexa – remember that supposed dating site that turned out to have millions of men members and maybe a dozen women? And they said they would delete all of your history with them for $15 – and then didn’t! Haha good times.
New American Leaders….Soros group? Claudia I agree. Make it like an episode of the Bachelorlette.
I wish these dem debates started now, we need the pleasant diversion.
How great will it be when Kamala says Bernie should shut up because he is a white male, when Biden gropes the questioner, when Beto comments negatively on Pete’s choice of handbags, at the first Spartacus joke, when Warren asks Klobucar about hair salad, or when anyone slut shames Harris over her prodigious fellatio skills.
That heavy petting session we saw last time between Hillary and Bernie, this is what didn’t work, all these Santa Claus wannabees graduated summa from Dirty Tricks U., I bet by the second debate someone will even bring up Jane Sanders’ embezzlement scheme. This is going to be fun.
@Claudia: “Wouldn’t we prefer to have the 23+ candidates all on stage…”
put them all on stage at the same time, with one microphone, nailed to the floor at center stage. No time limits, no turns, just who ever can get to the microphone gets to use it. Weapons not permitted.
Only white candidates will be required to draw from the lottery. Colored candidates receive automatic placement.
Thinking more “Hollywood Squares” type of debate….Or maybe a giant
Ferris Wheel….With a drug addled Carny on the controls.
Get all 23 (so far) on stage at the same time with a cordless microphone and play “spin the mike”.
Judging by the clownish character of the potential candidates, I would assume that making balloon animals would be one of the categories.
I’m really curious who the dirty rat is that’s deep inside the Trump inner circle. When will the person be exposed?