Requests for questions *not* to ask at the Dem debates:
1) “Why aren’t you polling better?”
2) “What is your plan to bring Americans together?"
3) “Say something nice about one of your opponents.”— Seth Masket (@smotus) June 24, 2019
NBC, “Here are the rules for the first Democratic debate”:
… Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond to follow-ups. And there will be no opening statements, though candidates will have a chance to deliver closing remarks.
The two-hour debates will zip by quickly, with five segments each night separated by four commercial breaks…
“It’s a little bit of exaggeration calling it a debate,” former Vice President Joe Biden joked in Iowa earlier this month. “It’s like a lightning round.”…
Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Diaz-Balart will moderate the debates from the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami.
(To repeat: Chuck Todd has no business being on that stage.)
She was fiery. inspirational. She was empathetic and personally revealing. She was herself. She was the block of four center-stage contenders that night — she can shake up the race. https://t.co/1YyREXQMWL
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) June 24, 2019
Reminder, not everybody — not even likely voters! — is caught up on their reading:
Only 22% of Democrats registered to vote say they know a lot about the candidates’ positions.
Only 35% say they’re paying close attention, with almost two-thirds saying they’re paying some or no attention.https://t.co/ZnuMh6mtnw— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) June 24, 2019
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