Next Dem debate, all white.

[William Thornton]

The party of diversity, eh? Dems made the rules which require certain poll results. Too bad ordinary citizens have a say in this. The billionaire Steyer gets in. Two really old white dudes lead the field.

Too bad tulsi misses this one. Bloomberg should spend more money. Candidate from the outer limits, Williamson, is too far out it seems. The angry Booker is too busy with impeachment. No wait, Nancy is holding this in her pocket. Nothing for senators to do. And could Yang go ahead and send me my $10k? I’d like to take a cruise this year.

Gonna be an exciting year.

[Dave Roberts]

The blunderbuss technique. Shoot a pattern so broad you hope it might hit something, but it doesn't.

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

But it's the principle of the thing. The Party of Diversity's rules are designed to do the sort of thing that GOP state houses have been accustomed to accomplish by gerrymandering. Williamson has put her campaign in neutral, but it seems to me Tulsi and Yang, and maybe Booker, ought to be in there. Though where and how DO you draw the line?

[Sandy]

[Dave Roberts]

The biggest thing, William, was your omission. The GOP is cancelling its primaries for fear someone might overturn the POTUS. I'll take the mess the DNC primary systems is leaving compared with the GOP's departure from democracy.

[William Thornton]

[KeithE]

[Sandy]

[Sandy]

[Tim Bonney]

[Tim Bonney]

[Rvaughn]

[Haruo]

[Sandy]

Whether a candidate made the debate stage or not doesn't have anything to do with the Democratic nomination. The numbers haven't really moved all that much since the first debate. It's the line-up of primaries and the outcome of those which will either boost the underdogs or confirm the more popular choices. People in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina will have the first say in who gets delegates, but all that's happened so far is that the top three or four have swapped positions in the lead. Klobuchar has moved up considerably as has Buttigieg. Steyer has also gained ground. Their advance has mainly been from picking up support from those who dropped. I'll be curious to see where Bloomberg winds up, given that he has outspent the entire field, even if you add in Trump, by a considerable amount.

Given that Jews, by racial definition, are not Caucasian, it is not an "all white" debate. It's a more diverse and representative field than the GOP has ever had, two women, two Jews by race, two Episcopalians (Steyer is Jewish by race but Episcopalian by faith), a Methodist, one United Church of Christ, one Catholic. Hard to criticize if you're using terms like "the party of faith." If you're looking at cultural backgrounds, you've got rural and urban, New England, the Atlantic coast, the upper Midwest, the West Coast, and experience from all levels of government and first time involvement.

[KeithE]

[Haruo]

[Sandy]

[Haruo]

[Sandy]

[Haruo]

But a fair number of the "Evangelical" Christians who are so pro-Israel and anti-socialism are not pro-Israel because they like Jews, nor because they want to use the present Jewish state as a role model for the US, but because it will hasten the Eschaton. As in criticizing Israel or advocating fair treatment for Arabs is a horrible thing to do because it puts a roadblock in the way of Jesus' planned return.

[KeithE]