O'Malley criticizes DNC for limiting 2016 debates.Des Moines Register

[elleng]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley came out swinging against the Democratic National Committee during an Iowa campaign stop Wednesday, attacking a "small cabal" of party leaders for limiting the number of presidential debates the party will schedule for the 2016 primary cycle. . .

REACTION: The crowd applauded O'Malley's attack on the Democratic National Committee for limiting the number of debates to six. "We need to have not just one debate, not just two debates, but many debates because those debates will shape the future of the country we give our kids."

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/08/05/martin-omalley-criticizes-dnc-debates-cedar-rapids/31184173/

[DJ13]

1. He's right

[elleng]

2. Sure is.

[JDPriestly]

3. Thanks to O'Malley for speaking up for all of us who do not live in either swing states or

early primary states.

We don't get to see as much of the candidates as do those few of you in that elite group who live either in swing or primary states. The debates are our chance to contrast and compare the candidates.

What is the Democratic National Committee thinking?

Are they so blindly pro-Hillary that they don't care about getting the message of the Democrats out to the general public?

This is really a big mistake.

[elleng]

5. Here's some history and a view of what the DNC is 'thinking,' JDP:

Late and limited Democratic debates have Clinton’s rivals fuming for fair shot.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/5/debbie-wasserman-schultz-has-democrats-wait-to-deb/?page=2

Even considering the source, it's informative. And yes, they are blindly pro-Hillary.

[99th_Monkey]

4. As I posted earlier - I want O'Malley & Sanders to get together on this one, and make a LOT of NOISE

about this on national TV. We all know how the M$M loves to cover what's
really going on behind the curtain, don't we? Oh wait ...

But seriously, I do think it would get enough airtime to stir the pot enough to
get Wasserman to schedule the fucking debates, in a much more fair way than
she's now doing.

I'm grateful to O'Malley for going public on this, and calling DWS out on it.

Well Done Martin O'Malley! You are not my candidate at this time, but hats off
to you for doing this before it further cripples democracy within the party that
carries it's name and it's mantel.

[askew]

6. They just released the debate schedule.

First debate is October 13th in Nevada. Second one is in Iowa in November.

No wonder O'Malley is pissed. Without earlier debates in Iowa, they might as well hand the nomination to Hillary now.