Clinton and DNC face more pressure to add more debates

[bigdarryl]

They fucked this up completely http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-dnc-debates-2016-wasserman-schultz-213667

[RiverLover]

1. And "she can’t afford to look like she’s being protected by party insiders"

That ship has sailed.

[restorefreedom]

8. sailed beyond the horizon

even if they do add more debates now, it will look like she wants them because she is in free fall. thus, it will still accurately look like she is being protected by the party.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Yup

[FloridaBlues]

3. It's not up to Hillary to get more debates it's up to the DNC she doesn't work for them.

Nor is she part of the leadership . Have any of you belong to any political organization on how it works. The candidate can't dictate to them. They legally can't endorse UNTIL after the primary.
If you want more debates stick to going after the DNC not Hillary

[morningfog]

4. This is Hillary's call. Sanders and O'Malley have said they

would participate in more debates, outside of the DNC sanctioned debates if Hillary joined. Hillary says she wants more debates but won't step up and join.

The exclusivity clause would be a nullity if all candidates held other debates. DNC won't budge on adding more. Hillary could, if she really wanted to.

[RiverLover]

5. Read the article.

It explains Hill's influence over DWS.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Laughable...the nominee will own the DNC and DWS was with HRC until the bitter end in 2008

The inadequate debate schedule accompanied by its indefensible exclusivity clause is what the Clinton campaign pushed for and it was handed to them by a friendly who's keen on keeping her job.

[restorefreedom]

10. "the candidate can't dictate to them."

debbie "hillary" wasserman schultz

cochair of clinton's 08 run

bernie and omalley want more debates yet she has said no

i rest my case.

[morningfog]

6. The ball is in Hillary's court. If she wanted to, she would

agree to more debates.

[djean111]

9. Ah - this is MOST interesting. And clarifying -

On the other side is Wasserman Schultz, who steadfastly insists she won’t budge from the plan, which was carefully negotiated with the campaigns this spring — part of a process that included convincing the Clinton camp to agree to so many debates in the first place.

SIX debates? "so many debates in the first place?"
It really does look like either Hillary is afraid to debate, or was expecting to perhaps just phone it in and be the de facto nominee before any debates could take place. I can see where Debbie is between a rock and a hard place, and, since I live in Florida and see her antics in the news, that is where she deserves to be.

[askew]

11. She wanted only 4 of them.

What's most troubling about this is the fact that nothing is going to change. No one inside the DNC cares and Sanders is willing to let it go. The only candidate who really is pushing the issue is O'Malley and no one cares what he thinks. It's depressing all around.

[djean111]

12. I think Miss Debbie DINO is just waiting for an excuse to give the thumbs down to some of the states

that need to give permission for Bernie to even be on the ballot. It is very brave of O'Malley to speak up, and Bernie HAS spoken up, but O'Malley is guaranteed a spot on the ballot and Bernie is not. I don't want to vote for anyone but Bernie - none of the others is really progressive. So - Bernie is saying what he can, and following the rules that Debbie DINO laid down.
You can bet your anything at all that if Bernie crossed a line there would be howls from the Hillary supporters to bounce him from the ballot, and Debbie would be thrilled to do that, especially since she seems to think that Bernie's supporters will just all obediently file into another chute.

Not a risk I want to see taken. Why should Bernie sacrifice himself?