The line-up for the first Democrat debate is all set. What do you guys think?

[Gonzomin]

The radical Democrat Socialists have only far left, tax raising, open border, sanctuary city, hostile to business, anti Semitic, Socialist candidates with the exception of Sleepy, Creepy Biden who would be in his 80’s in his first term were the American people stupid enough to put this old man into the presidency. They are not..

Tax raising to the super wealthy who have gotten cut after cut. Our wealth gap has exceeded the Gilded Age. Nobody on the Dems has ever been open borders. The Dems built much of the wall during their administrations. Trump,Biden and Bernie are all too old. Daffy Donald shows signs of dementia now.

[Adolf_Twitler]

The radical Democrat Socialists have only far left, tax raising, open border, sanctuary city, hostile to business, anti Semitic, Socialist candidates with the exception of Sleepy, Creepy Biden who would be in his 80’s in his first term were the American people stupid enough to put this old man into the presidency. They are not..

Great! So that is your 2 cents worth? EVERYBODY- here is another man expressing his 2 cents worth! I'm not sure I'd give 2 cents for it, but here you go!

Stick up your ass? Right Earl?

Oh, not to worry! We get it! We understand!

[Gonzomin]

Let me first off say, this is my first post. I just joined yesterday. I hope to engage in thoughtful debate. Politically I am a moderate Republican (lean left on social issues, lean right on economic issues), and tend to play devil's advocate in my posts. With that said, lets get onto my topic.

June 26th (1st night) - Booker, Castro, de Blasio, Delaney, Gabbard, Inslee, Klobuchar, O'Rourke, Ryan and Warren.

June 27th (2nd night) - Bennet, Biden, Buttigieg, Gillibrand, Harris, Hickenlooper, Sanders, Swalwell, Williamson and Yang.

My impressions

I perfectly understand that the DNC wants to see wide exposure and allow the lesser known folks the opportunity to get their name out there. But on the other hand, 12/20 candidates invited to the debate stage have less than 1% polling averages in the national polls.

The June 27th debate seems to be the more relevant one. You have Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, and Sanders on the same stage. Warren is basically up against candidates registering below 5% in the polls.

Would I have done with format? Absolutely not. I would have had the DNC conduct polls in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina at the beginning of June, and then average them all together. If you average at least 1% in those polls, you get invited to the debate. I don't mind splitting them apart at random, if more than 10 candidates qualify. I just think that 20 is excessive.

The party thinks it is excessive but fair play demands those who qualified to get on stage. 4 were denied spots. The first couple of debates will be as bad as the Reds were 3 years ago. To get noticed Trump went full Don Rickles insulting, name calling and making childish faces. That got him attention above the others who recognize the rules of fair play. The Repubs thought that was good. The Dems would not tolerate buffoonery.

[Stretch]

My impression?
Only 3 have a chance. China Joe, BernieBro & Fauxcahontas.
The rest are there to get the money left over from the campaign contributions just for running.

[PostmodernProphet]

so who are the three or four candidates who the media decided they wouldn't let anyone hear?.......