Speaking time in the November debate

[brooklynite]

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Yang made the most of it though

Smart and genuinely funny. Who didn’t enjoy listening to him? Others with much more time were less noteworthy.

[redqueen]

2. It's galling how they keep giving Yang so little time.

I saw one paper even blamed him for it. Like he's just supposed to start shouting over other candidates. He put his hand up like the others did - the moderators just once again ignored him.

His RCP average has him polling above four of the other candidates on stage last night, but he was positioned as if he was only polling above 3, and he was completely ignored for the first half hour of the debate.

Combine that with the fact that they've pulled the stunts they have on air - not once or twice, not just a few times - but FIFTEEN times, and I gotta say I am so fucking done with MSNBC.

They should not be allowed to host any more debates. Enough is enough.

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[Peacetrain]

3. You know rq, I am absolutely sympathetic to your complaints about the time

Last election, I was a Martin O'Malley voter.. I was his precinct captain at the Iowa caucus (which was also his last). But there were only 3 of them on the debate stage.. and the moderators gave him almost no time at all.. It was just ridiculous.. and it does impact how the voter sees the candidate. And this time we have too many people. What are they supposed to do.. jump and down and somersaults to get equal access. Its a hell of a thing if you really believe in your candidate, and I know you do!!

[redqueen]

4. They even did it again last night, so here we are SIXTEEN times

They managed to include Gabbard, who polls below him, though.

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[Peacetrain]

5. You have a right to be upset. It is unfair.

[redqueen]

6. It may be having a Streisand effect, so there's that.

[PatSeg]

7. That was an awful primary

So disappointing on so many levels and meanwhile, the media put most of its focus on the republicans and primarily Donald Trump. Then there were so few debates and most were scheduled on nights when few people would watch. I really never got a chance to know O'Malley at all.

[Peacetrain]

8. It was hard, and as you can tell... almost 4 years later I still grieve a little

about all the possibilities of MOM .... In some ways he reminds me of Sen Warren in the number of ideas he had.. he literally had thought about everything we were facing and if someone had a question he was there..and that turned out to be our downfall. Voters can concentrate on 3 maybe 4 things that you just have to hammer over and over.. and then fit in the rest. I was hoping he would try and run again, but after the awful disrespect by media while he was on the debate stage, and the number of people we have this time.. ayy yii yii.. and it was a rolled up shirtsleeve campaign.. we begged for everything.. workers from out of state stayed in our homes.. but it was not meant to be. You would like him. He's a soft spoken man.

[cwydro]

9. I agree. It's inexcusable.

Not sure what to chalk this up to. But it’s nothing good, I know that.