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Democratic Primaries

Lucid Dreamer

(589 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2019, 01:29 AM Oct 2019

Why is this upcoming 12 candidate primary NOT going to be a disaster? [View all]

I was looking forward to the debates getting CUT in size. The cuts should have been made by the support numbers to a decreasing number of participants each time.

That would give the surviving candidates more time to get their points out with more substance. The yelling and overtime speaking would be cut down and we could see more substance.

I'll bet preparation for this next "debate" will consist of each participant memorizing zingers to counter each opponents.

All of the viable runners will be wounded and there will be scabs that will be scraped open in the GE debates.

This stinks on ice. I would sure love to be wrong.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Why is this upcoming 12 candidate primary NOT going to be a disaster? [View all] Lucid Dreamer Oct 2019 OP

Too early for anyone to be cut, elleng Oct 2019 #1

Thanx for the link, ellen. Lucid Dreamer Oct 2019 #2

I have yet to see a real debate in over 40 years on our national stage. SterlingPound Oct 2019 #3

We can't DownriverDem Oct 2019 #4

Were June's debates disasters? thesquanderer Oct 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Oct 2019 #6

Maybe this won't be so bad after all. Lucid Dreamer Oct 2019 #7

It's not going to be that big. boomer_wv Oct 2019 #8

My fears were realized. Lucid Dreamer Feb 2020 #9