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98. Eichenwald blatantly omits the new exclusion rule which forbid candidates from being in non sanction

debates. He focuses only on the DNC SANCTIONED events and the very late candidate forums that occurred in 2016 when voting was already underway.


Here is the Democratic primary debate schedule from 2015-2016:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums,_2016

Here is the Democratic primary debate schedule from 2007 - 2008:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_presidential_debates_and_forums,_2008


In the spring and summer of 2007 there were 13 debates held. In 2015 the first debate wasn't held until October 13th.

We had ZERO debates in the spring ans summer of 2015.

Martin O’Malley raises legal questions with Democratic debate plan

By Alex Seitz-Wald - 08/11/15 10:05 AM—UPDATED 08/11/15 05:01 PM

~Snip~

“Shame on us as a party if the DNC tries to limit debate.”


Sandler — O’Malley’s lawyer who served as general counsel to the DNC from 1993 through 2008, first in-house and then through his law firm — also says the party has never used an exclusivity clause in the past.

“Although the DNC announced a schedule of sanctioned debates both in 2004 and 2008, it has never before attempted to require debate sponsors to exclude any recognized candidate as punishment for participating in non-sanctioned debates,” wrote Sandler. All major candidates in 2008, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, participated in unsanctioned debates, he said.

After the DNC announced the schedule of it debates last week, O’Malley launched a crusade against the party to increase the number of debates. “Shame on us as a party if the DNC tries to limit debate,” O’Malley said on msnbc Monday. “I believe we need more debates, not fewer debates. And I think it’s outrageous, actually, that the DNC would try to make this process decidedly undemocratic.”....


Read more:
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/martin-omalley-raises-legal-questions-democratic-debate-plan

O’Malley challenges DNC over 'rigged' debate schedule

BY BRADFORD RICHARDSON - 08/28/15 03:41 PM EDT

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Four debates and only four debates — we are told, not asked — before voters in our earliest states make their decision,” the presidential candidate said at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Summer Meeting on Friday.

“This sort of rigged process has never been attempted before,” he added. “One debate in Iowa. That’s it. One debate in New Hampshire. That’s all we can afford.”

Read more:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/omalley-dnc-debbie-schultz-awkward-debates

And as to the coverage everyone knows the primary season started in 2015. Do we need to dig up some posts here by us all or can we just admit that candidates were campaigning at that time?

Seriously. The early part of the primary season is when a candidate needs to be seen and heard to get their message out and that was what I was clearly trying to get across.