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DNC ON THE VERGE OF BANISHING TULSI FROM NEXT DEBATE DESPITE DATA SHOWING THAT SHE'S QUALIFIED

By txcup
August 24, 2019 06:04PM
Category: Politics
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Tulsi Gabbard is on the verge of being excluded from the next Democratic presidential debate on the basis of criteria that appear increasingly absurd.

Take, for instance, her poll standing in New Hampshire, which currently places Gabbard at 3.3% support, according to the RealClearPolitics average as of Aug. 20. One might suspect that such a figure would merit inclusion in the upcoming debates -- especially considering she’s ahead of several candidates who have already been granted entry, including Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, and Andrew Yang.

But the Democratic National Committee has decreed that the polls constituting this average are not sufficiently “qualifying.”

What makes a poll “qualifying” in the eyes of the DNC? The answer is conspicuously inscrutable. Months ago, party chieftains issued a list of “approved sponsoring organizations/institutions” for polls that satisfy their criteria for debate admittance. Not appearing on that list is the Boston Globe, which sponsored a Suffolk University poll published Aug. 6 that placed Gabbard at 3%. The DNC had proclaimed that for admittance to the September and October debates, candidates must secure polling results of 2% or more in four separate “approved” polls -- but a poll sponsored by the newspaper with the largest circulation in New Hampshire (the Globe recently surpassed the New Hampshire Union Leader there) does not count, per this cockamamie criteria. There has not been an officially qualifying poll in New Hampshire, Gabbard’s best state, in over a month.

The absurdity mounts. A South Carolina poll published Aug. 14 by the Post and Courier placed Gabbard at 2%. One might have again vainly assumed that the newspaper with the largest circulation in a critical early primary state would be an “approved” sponsor per the dictates of the DNC, but it is not. Curious.

To recap: Gabbard has polled at 2% or more in two polls sponsored by the two largest newspapers in two early primary states.

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  1. realclearpolitics.com
  2. cnn.com

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Comments:

  1. Kairos
    Why anyone still thinks that DNC like the GOP isn't totally corrupt is beyond me.

  2. txcup
    she has the best of the left as her base. will be interesting to see if they can get a foot in the door

    trump had same. they became a dedicated army that did yoeman's work online

  3. whats@work
    DNC is far far far worse....

  4. Indy!
    Tulsi has already announced her campaign will continue with or without making the 3rd debate.

  5. Curt Anderson
    Second Week of Impeachment Testimony Ends with More Damning Evidence: A Closer Look
    It's rather ridiculous that any of the low single digit candidates are still able to appear on stage with the top tier candidates. Gabbard is at about 1% in the polls, give or take a percent. She is obviously not the people's choice.

  6. Indy!
    Agree to disagree. I think you might still be giving the Ds a benefit of the doubt they do not deserve. Tulsi has met the standard if the Ds were not arbitrarily picking and choosing which polls are "legitimate". They have purposely picked polls like CNN because they can control them. They can't control the Boston Globe poll or the South Carolina poll where Tulsi has met the (arbitrary) obligation. The other candidates that are out of debate 3 have not.

  7. Donna
    Sour grapes. All of the candidates are being eliminated by the same rules.

    I'd personally like to see Tulsi in the next debate, but the DNC certainly isn't singling her out.

  8. Indy!

    How did the rules work for everybody last time around? Did they effect Hillary and Bernie equally? Or were they purposely created to give Hillary a leg up over any possible challengers? Then there are still the super delegates... are they in place so "all the candidates are eliminated by the same rules"?

    Let's not be naive here.

  9. Donna
    Let's stay on topic here. We're talking about what's happening with the next debate, and clearly they aren't singling out Gabbard.

  10. Curt Anderson
    Rules for every contest are arbitrary. Is it is arbitrary that a touchdown is worth only six points while a field goal is worth three. The dimensions of a basketball court are arbitrary. Whatever arbitrary rules the DNC came up with Gabbard knew about beforehand.

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