Who Has Qualified for the September Democratic Presidential Primary Debate

[pnwmom]

https://time.com/5661886/who-qualified-september-democratic-debate/

The third Democratic presidential primary debate will take place on Thursday, Sept. 12, in Houston, Texas. ABC News and Univision will host the debate, which will be moderated by George Stephanopoulos, David Muir, Linsey Davis and Jorge Ramos. The DNC has said that if more than 10 candidates qualified, it would hold a a second debate on Sept. 13.

Effectively cutting out half of the field, the third debate will feature many of the primary’s front running facing each other on national television for the first time: Former Vice President Biden, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, California Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg will all appear on the stage together.

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Candidates who met both requirements and qualified

Former Vice President Joe Biden
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Former HUD Sec. Julián Castro
California Sen. Kamala Harris
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang

[El Supremo]

1. Garbage.

Not the candidates, but the process.

[bitterross]

2. What is garbage about it?

If you can't raise the funds or get the numbers in the polls then you deserve to be eliminated. You're just wasting space.

[pnwmom]

3. It doesn't really make sense to me that Michael Bennet should be out,

but a young businessman whose main claim to fame is that he had a successful start-up is still in the running.

[Trenzalore]

5. He met the criteria

He has the polling numbers and the donation threshold.

Calling something garbage when the rules are clearly established and communicated is ridiculous. Reminds me of Sanders supporters whining about state primary contest rules in 2016.

[pnwmom]

6. He's rich enough that he could spend money for lots of online ads to get the dollar donors.

That doesn't mean he's qualified to be President.

[Trenzalore]

7. Tom Steyer isn't on the debate stage and he is certainly richer

I don't necessarily buy into Yang's ideas but he has a following. The people who didn't make the debate stage have less of a following.

It is a mixture of polling data and fundraising strength. I think it is fair.

[pnwmom]

8. Steyer started MUCH later (July 2019) than Yang (Nov. 2017)

Yang wouldn't have gotten all those donors if he couldn't buy the ads.

[Trenzalore]

9. Everyone has a strength and a weakness

A Senator from NY or California has a fundraising advantage than a Governor of Montana based on the fact they have an existing donor list and it requires more funds to run that race.

Beto had a huge advantage because he had a donor list from a nationally covered race he lost.

[Recursion]

17. Yang doesn't spend much on ads; his "gang" makes memes for free

I'm not a big Yang fan but he's definitely tapped into something

[Blue_true]

10. Bingo. Everyone KNEW the rules coming in. nt

[pnwmom]

11. Right. But the current rules advantage rich people with no proven ability in government

over progressives like Bennett or Inslee who have been doing a good job in smaller states with smaller donor bases.

Just because they are the rules doesn't mean they are good rules.

[Blue_true]

12. Campaigns are pulling money from all over the country.

Yang's call for GI is intriguing and is likely getting him more attention than Bennett or Inslee, when Inslee was in the race. I honestly have not heard one trademark policy proposal coming from Bennett and unfortunately, today, people care more about finding the money to pay rent or the Mortage than they do about a more complex issue like climate change.

[pnwmom]

13. Yeah, who cares that we have ten years to prevent the cascade of events toward

the end of human life on the planet? No biggie.

We can always do what Yang first proposed -- just sell our homes on the coasts and move inland!

[Blue_true]

14. Climate change and it's outcomes is not obvious to some people,

and republicans and most big business seem determined to muddy that water even more. But whether a person has money for the rent or Mortage is a clear and present issue to even an idiot. In my state of Florida, more and more, the people buying coastal homes with a sea view are welloff, many of those homes are in the millions of dollars, it is almost impossible to buy a $400,000 coastal townhouse or condo with a view here now.

[Demsrule86]

22. This is a good idea and I am not for Yang...no way given political realities that we will be able

Last edited Thu Aug 29, 2019, 10:46 PM - Edit history (2)

fix this in 10 years no matter who wins the presidency or the even if we take the Senate...we can start...with green energy jobs for the rust belt and the south...tie it in with jobs. But it wont be done quicly....face facts. I was listening to Al Sharpton's radio program and some of his callers do not believe in climate change or if they do that we can fix it...these are Democrats. Hysteria over this or any issue won't help us...one thing for sure if we don't win the presidency...it will be worsend by the GOP.

On edit I wanted to make sure you understand...that I was not calling you hysteria...but speaking generally.

[pnwmom]

25. I am not saying we can fix it in 10 years. We have to make a major turn in 10 years that will

require a huge effort.

But Yang was saying it's too late and people on the coasts should just sell and move inland. That's not a solution, which he apparently recognizes now.

[Demsrule86]

27. You can't make a huge effort if the political will isn't there...all you do is elect Republicans who

will make it worse.

[pnwmom]

28. Great leaders LEAD. They don't just follow public opinion polls.

If we had been smart enough to schedule a debate devoted to climate change,we would have demonstrated, as a party, our understanding of how critical this issue was. We gave up the opportunity.

The Town Hall will be missing the most important voice, Jay Inslee, who wrote a book on the crisis ten years ago.

[Recursion]

18. I can tell you what Yang is running on. I can't tell you what Bennett is running on

And that's probably the big difference in their traction

[pnwmom]

20. That's also because Yang has been running since November 2017.

Although as recently as the first debate his climate change plan was to have everybody on the coasts sell their property (not clear who would want to buy it though.) So that wasn't exactly well thought out, despite all the time he'd had to get a plan together.

[DrToast]

24. What's the alternative?

There has to be some way to narrow the field. And the bar for making the debate is pretty low.

I can understand the frustration, but if there is a better way, I’m open to hearing about it.

[still_one]

4. Good. That is enough candidates

[MarcA]

15. Can a Candidate qualify for a later debate if they do not qualify for the September Debate? n/t

[pnwmom]

16. I think I heard that they could, and that the standard for October was the same as September. n/t

[MarcA]

29. Thank you for the answer. n/t

[Recursion]

19. Yes

It's possible that the October debate will be larger than the September debates. Realistically this is probably going to cull a lot of the struggling campaigns, though. I imagine Gravel will probably keep going...

[MarcA]

30. Wow. This could make for all kinds of bizarre scenarios. n/t

[Demsrule86]

23. If you are not in the top three...than you should leave the race. We don't need so many candidates.

[bloom]

21. It's good to have the field getting winnowed down nt

[evertonfc]

26. two old white dudes

Not that there is anything wrong with that but my guess come Novemeber an increasingly diverse nation of 350 million people will see two white guys over 70 giving us a choice for our future. I can see the milinionals fired up at the site