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[zeitgeist]

Some one failed their Wasserman Shultz test. (or why the rabbit must die)

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Babel_17 (3,422 posts)

Democrats scheduled debates on days when no one will watch

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/12/9699836/democratic-debate-schedule

The Democratic National Committee, which organizes the party's primary debates, has faced accusations of scheduling them on dates that will receive poor viewership in an attempt to protect frontrunner Hillary Clinton. DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has denied these claims. There are other hints Clinton wanted less exposure, including reports that her campaign privately lobbied the DNC for fewer debates.

But when you just look at the debate schedule, it's hard to deny its absurdity — especially when you take a look back at political debates of years past.


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https://www.vox.com/authors/alvin

I'll just say that this is indeed an obvious issue, and it reflects poorly on our party. We aren't so weak that we need to limit exposure to our candidates.
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Bable is aptly named [but I digress]

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1. Wasn't the first debate the most watched Democratic debate in history?

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Response to Renew Deal (Reply #1)Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:57 AM
Star Member Babel_17 (3,422 posts)
8. Yes it was

Though there is context to consider.

https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/gop-debate-fox-business-network-record-1201637951/

The highest-rated primary debate of 2015 remains the first, when Fox News Channel averaged 24 million viewers for the Aug. 6 debate from Cleveland. CNN followed with 23.06 million for its first GOP debate on Sept. 16 and then 15.79 million for the first Democratic debate on Oct. 13. Two weeks ago, CNBC set ratings records of its own by drawing 14 million viewers for a Republican debate (despite going up against the World Series on Fox).


More Democrats than Republicans in America so that's another metric when gauging viewership. Percentage of each party watching, in other words.

Then of course there's the crushing number of total, overall, viewership. Add up all the views, of all their debates, then compare their number to ours. Ouch.

We had to follow them on stage, so to speak, and we let them drum up the excitement. They continued on tour, we decided to bail. Without Sanders as part of the mix, and the thrill of wondering how Secretary Clinton would deal with the inevitable questions as to her being harassed by Republicans, I don't know what numbers we would have drawn.

Our party leadership seems to think designing a yawn fest is a feature, not a bug.
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Response to Babel_17 (Reply #8)Thu Nov 12, 2015, 11:10 AM
KingCharlemagne (4,584 posts)
14. AKA: seizing defeat from the jaws of victory! - nt

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Response to KingCharlemagne (Reply #14)Thu Nov 12, 2015, 11:26 AM
Star Member Babel_17 (3,422 posts)
18. Regular voters know most of the occupants of the clown car

How many are aware of O'Malley?

This is the issue, we have a great brand, let's use this free publicity to lift our whole party up! Our Congresspeople and Senators will be running on our platform. Those challenging Republican incumbents are running on our platform.

We're giving Republicans opportunity after opportunity to bellow their propaganda and try to put the hooks into previously inattentive voters. Our message is what people need to hear, yearn to hear, and it's far more exciting. Give our people the opportunity to get it out there, to reach every ear willing to listen.

moondust (10,619 posts)
38. Looks like it.

Debate #1 in the Friday night death slot, "a perceived graveyard slot in American television." Debate #2 during the Iowa-Minnesota football rivalry game (schedule known well in advance, historic game for #5-ranked Iowa) ensuring fewer debate viewers in Iowa and probably Minnesota and other states watching and/or partying after other college football games on Saturday night. And only six debates total.

Whom does that schedule serve? Somebody with a lot of political baggage who could be damaged by extended exposure of past gaffs and flip-flops, or whose debate skills may not match those of other candidates. Or somebody who deliberately wants to lose an election.

Which is it, Debbie?

   I know nothing, nothing!!

[FiddyBeowulf]

Babel_17 (3,422 posts)

Democrats scheduled debates on days when no one will watch

Just a guess, the day EBT cards get recharged?

[USA4ME]

NorthCarolina

4. The establishment can pull out all the stops for Clinton, but in the end I don't think it will do them any good. Yes, they have an electronic advantage in areas where they can manipulate the vote by EVM's, but that is not everywhere and may be a risky move. The media will attempt to cover any election day shenanigans for them for sure, but if they actually resort to this avenue of advantage, I suspect it will ultimately be exposed to the public and be their undoing.

It was just a matter of time until dems accused other dems of stuffing the ballot box in favor of a certain primary candidate.

restorefreedom

19. it is clear that dem leadership is subverting democracy to protect the weakest candidate and they would rather see the wh go repub than to a progressive who will halt the freebies and the gravy train.

This primitive is a bern-out who, believe it or not, just tried to make the case that the bern will "halt the freebies and the gravy train".

 

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[Boudicca]

Zeitgeist, wow, there's the perfect Loony Left ticket right there you posted, the Groper and the Grimace.

Swear to all the political gods, with the current cast of candidates today's Demonrat party offers, if even jaundiced Jebby or sleepy Ben or glib Marco manages to lose to one of these imitation human beings the Dims have barfed up as painfully and as messily as one of my kitties, well then, as I posted elsewhere, we are as ****ed as any Muslim "governed" country.

[Carl]

and the thrill of wondering how Secretary Clinton would deal with the inevitable questions as to her being harassed by Republicans,

You just admitted the media bias and never even realized it.

GOP candidates are attacked by the moderator(s) while dem ones are asked how it feels to be attacked by Republicans.