Democrats Set Dates for Six Presidential Debates.(Sorry if 'old' news.)
The Democratic National Committee on Thursday announced its schedule for six presidential debates, which will begin in October and continue through February or March, with one debate in each of the four early primary and caucus states, plus one in Miami and another in Wisconsin.
The calendar is likely to satisfy front-runner Hillary Clinton and has already angered other candidates hoping to get more attention from voters and the media.
The first debate will be on Oct. 13 in Nevada, co-hosted by CNN and the state's Democratic Party, followed by a Nov. 14 debate in Des Moines at Drake University hosted by CBS, KCCI, and the Des Moines Register. . .
“The DNC just released their debate schedule, and it is one of the slimmest that I have ever seen.”
Her best-known opponents are not satisfied.
O'Malley's team was aggressive Thursday in voicing its dismay with the calendar, sending supporters an e-mail with the subject line “Are you kidding me?” and scheduling press conference calls with its Iowa and New Hampshire state directors to rail against the process.
“The DNC just released their debate schedule, and it is one of the slimmest that I have ever seen. Literally. What they’re proposing does not give you, the voters, ample opportunity to hear from the Democratic candidates for president,” O'Malley senior strategist Bill Hyers said in the e-mail. “The DNC has no place determining how many times voters in early states can hear from presidential candidates, and what's ironic is that their schedule has made this process much LESS democratic.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-06/dnc-debate-sked-isn-t-democratic-limits-debate-o-malley-aide
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