Democrats Now Say They Have Too Many Democrats Running

[Save America - Ban Democrats]

It took them a little longer than other observers to catch on. But
Democrats have decided they have too many presidential candidates
running for the White House this time. Way too many.

Twenty-four at last count.

If you want, you can see 20 of them on-stage for two solid hours each
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.

Unseen those nights are four other wannabe Democrat presidents — a 20
percent larger field — who didn’t qualify for these events, according
to the Democratic National Committee’s low bar for admission.

President Trump and the Republican National Committee, of course, are
delighted. The more Democrats fighting and the longer they fight, the
shorter time it leaves for that party to unite next year behind the
final pick.

So, the merrier it would be for the GOP, which has one realistic
candidate to focus on and raise money for from Day One.

There is a converse view, of course, that a large, diverse field
competing will produce the best candidate. You can judge the diversity
of views yourself on NBC starting tomorrow.

Ask Republicans about large fields; they had 17 in 2016, which
guaranteed none would obtain majority support in the primaries. So,
it’s quite possible Democrats too will select an unlikely nominee to
run against the unlikely 2016 GOP nominee.

For the moment, Democrats are focused on offering more freebies to
primary voters, despite wide agreement that their real goal is ousting
Trump.

The newest Hill-HarrisX survey found nearly three-quarters of
Democrats and Democrat-leaners agree there are too many presidential
candidates. Eighty-eight percent of voters over 50 concurred. Sixteen
percent said the field was like Goldilocks’ porridge, just about
right.

Twelve percent, quite possibly smoking something, said the party needs
more candidates.

A Des Moines Register poll in early June found 79 percent of likely
caucus-goers wanted some candidates to drop out. So far, the
collective answer has been, “You first.”

This week’s debates are crucial for much of the field. Although each
individual’s time on-camera will be short, it will give them valuable
national exposure and a priceless opportunity to plug their website to
millions of viewers.

The second quarter of fundraising ends this weekend. So, time is short
to stay in the running as media judge political support now by
millions of dollar$.

After being accused of putting its thumb on the scale to favor Hillary
Clinton last time, the DNC set low levels of qualification this time.
But the criteria tightens for the third and fourth sets of debates
come September and October.

Then, every debate participant must have at least two percent support
in at least four polls (twice the current level).

And they must certify their campaigns got donations from a minimum
130,000 individuals and a minimum 400 individual donors in at least 20
states. That’s twice the current number of total donors.

Of course, none of this prohibits candidates from continuing to
campaign. It just cuts off their national TV exposure, which will
choke off money.

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/06/25/democrats-now-say-many-democrats-running/