81-person coalition debuts to push for more Democratic debates in N.H.

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The calls for more Democratic presidential debates are continuing to amplify in New Hampshire, as a fledgling “New Hampshire Debates” coalition launched Wednesday with the goal of securing at least one additional exchange between the candidates before the state’s primary.

The 81-person group includes a mix of Democratic and politically independent Granite Staters – state legislators, activists and other community members. It also includes supporters across several of the major Democratic presidential campaigns: State Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, for example, is supporting Hillary Clinton; former executive councilor Dudley Dudley is supporting Bernie Sanders; former Democratic National Committee member and former state senator Peter Burling is supporting Martin O’Malley.

The group’s stated goal is to “work to educate members of the public and the media about the long-tradition of New Hampshire Primary voters having more than one opportunity to see all the candidates at the same time on a single stage offering competing visions for moving the country forward.”

Members of the coalition “will be meeting with media, non-profit organizations, and private and public educational and civic institutions to secure at least one additional debate before the New Hampshire Primary,” according to a press release.

Dudley, who in August co-authored an op-ed in the Monitor with Burling calling for more debates, said her involvement in this cause has nothing to do with her preferred candidate – it’s about giving Democrats at large a better platform to get their message out during the campaign.

https://politics.concordmonitor.com/2015/10/none-2/81-person-coalition-debuts-to-push-for-more-democratic-debates-in-n-h/

[rhett o rick]

1. Clinton and her puppet DWS are terrified of debates. Someone might expect Clinton to

actually take a stand on an issue. Like fracking. As Sec of State she used her position to promote fracking around the world. Now with pressure from the progressives she is waffling. Maybe it should be faded out only on public land in the near future. Can we spell triangle-frack-ulation? Same rhetoric on the TPP and college student debt. In 2008 she was dead set against raising the SS cap. Now faced with a Sen Sanders, she is rethinking her position.

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2. Without proper debates, how are we to know where the candidates actually stand on the issues?

Oh that right, they don't want to us to find out for sure, because they know we won't agree with their chosen positions.