So I guess Clinton and the DNC contributed nothing to this loss.

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51. The DNC made a new rule banning non DNC debates. Eichenwlad selectively chooses to omit

that important fact and claim that there more sanctioned debates. He deliberately refuses to discuss the many non sanctioned debates we had in previous years and focus soley on the limited DNC sanctioned debates.

We had 13 debates in the spring and summer of 2007. In 2015 we had ZERO debates in the spring and summer.

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

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

MARTIN O'MALLEY

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.”...

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