After the first Democratic debate during our last primary do you recall any Dems saying ...

[NNN0LHI]

... we need some more candidates?

Seems like after the first debate during our primary we were pretty happy with the choices we had to choose from. I don't recall anyone saying we need more candidates like the GOP is doing now after looking at their cast of clowns. Do you?

Or am I not remembering this correctly?

Don

[thelordofhell]

1. How about did you get to see the Democratic debates?

The media coverage of EVERY republican "debate" is making me sick.

[NNN0LHI]

2. You don't remember seeing our debates being televised?

I think I can remember seeing every one of them.

Don

[HereSince1628]

3. I remember it being written on DU, but

I'm not sure of the timing

[Bluenorthwest]

4. April of 2007. I was not here

Candidates present: Biden, Edwards, Clinton, Obama, Kucinich, Richardson, Dodd, Gravel. Archive of DU that day:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/archives.php?date=2007x4x27

[NNN0LHI]

6. Not so much here but in the media like we hear every day now

[Kber]

5. I watched the early debates and was struck by how "happy" the choice was

I also thought that the primary was so hard fought because I believed whoever won the primary would be the next POTUS.

But I felt strongly that our choices were pretty good.

OTOH, I guess I'm glad, in retrospect, that Edwards didn't do so well.

[bbgrunt]

7. I remember how progressive voices were not allowed in the debates towards

the end. I remember that most of the candidates were DLC. I remember how the media pushed Hillary. I remember how they marginalized Kucinich by asking him about UFO's.

I also remember how Obama beat Hillary over the head about how his plan for health care was superior because it did not require individuals to purchase health insurance.

I remember being disappointed that once Kuchinich was gone there was no clear liberal alternative for me.

[Recovered Repug]

8. Not in '08, but I seem to recall constant speculation about

Hillary entering the race in '04 - even after the debates started. I think Kerry even mentioned in a debate that his poll numbers were better than Hillary's.

[dtexdem]

9. It's not that we were happy with the choices we had ...

it's:
1. we were happy with one or the other of the choices we had, and
2. we were happy to not have several more who we might have had.

[JVS]

10. Yes.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2237371

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. No. But, how many candidates will we have to choose from in 2012?

We seem to have a choice of one ambitious centrist candidate and no other. Democracy?