Why is Joe Biden smiling and Democratic Party leader Tom Perez isn’t?
Well?
Joe Biden leads the 2020 Democratic nomination field and the opposition is split into 19 others
Tom Perez has to juggle ALL the others in debates and other things….
The party is gonna start working on bringing things down a manageable size.of serious contenders…
The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday new criteria for the party’s September presidential debate that could dramatically winnow the sprawling field of 23 candidates, raising the stakes on the summer campaign season.
To appear in the party’s third debate, which will be broadcast by ABC News and Univision, candidates will have to earn 2 percent support in four party-sanctioned polls between late June and August. In addition, they will have to show they’ve attracted at least 130,000 donors since the start of the campaign, including at least 400 from 20 different states.
That third debate will be held on Sept. 12, with the possibility of a second session on Sept. 13 if there are enough qualifying candidates to require two stages.
As the race now stands, only eight candidates in the field would meet the 2 percent threshold in recent party-sanctioned polls, according to an assessment by FiveThirtyEight, a data analysis website. Many are also struggling to reach the donor requirements.
By requiring a combination of grass-roots donations and polling, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is preparing to effectively close off debate access for candidates who cannot grow their popular support or attract a significant base of small contributors.
The party’s leadership believes that only candidates with a broad donor network will be equipped to challenge President Trump in the general election….
image…thenation.com
That first debate is going to be a joke.
Truly….
They should all be throwing against Biden….
Didn’t work in the Other Party, when the chorus tried to unite against Trump.
Might even work in Joe Biden’s favour if he can act like the tolerant but all-knowing Father being harassed by an annoying crowd of pre-schoolers.
Yup….
This IS Biden’s to lose….
The media ain’t gonna be happy….
They ARE keeping him tightly under control to make sure he doesn’t make mistake’s…
Something Trump is the opposite of…
In the early debates of 2015, none of the candidates, except for Jeb Bush, dared say a negative word about Trump. They all thought he would collapse eventually on his own.
That’s not going to be the case with Biden. Everyone will be going after him and trying to make him look past his prime,. etc.
Yup CG….
Breaking….
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) told MSNBC that he is dropping out of the 2020 Democratic presidential race….
Politicalwire…
Axios…