NOTE: This blog post was delayed until Mr. VodkaPundit got up and running at 8:01. Not to worry - his drunk-blog will be up all night.
Reagan McCarthy
at TownHall reports:
Seven of the Democratic candidates
for president will take the stage Friday in New Hampshire, ahead of the state’s
primary on Tuesday, in a debate hosted by ABC News [at 8pm]. Former Vice President Joe Biden,
Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA),
Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) reached the established donor
and polling thresholds and will compete in this debate.
Notably absent from the debate
stage is former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg. Despite the
exorbitant amount of money Mayor Bloomberg has spent on advertisements and
campaign staff, he did not qualify for this debate. The DNC did alter the debate qualifications for the next debate on
February 19th by eliminating the individual donor requirement, which will allow
Mayor Bloomberg to be present on the debate stage in Las Vegas. This alteration
unleashed backlash from progressives, who claim Bloomberg is buying the
election.
Friday evening’s debate comes on
the heels of the complete disaster in Iowa, following the state’s caucuses.
Pete Buttigieg was declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses by a slim margin
over Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the chaos and errors in the release of the caucus
have stirred controversy in the Democratic Party.
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