tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post663233148130421046..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The debatesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53680366792441560342019-06-29T10:12:11.282-04:002019-06-29T10:12:11.282-04:00If the nation continues with the large slates of w...If the nation continues with the large slates of wanna-be candidates like Reps in 2015 and now Dems in 2019, we need a new "debate" concept. And label for it -- "debate" is not what we're seeing. <br /><br />I think we need gamification. And see the wanna-be voted off the island weeek after week ... <br /><br />If a moderator is needed Alex Trebek, Steve Harvey ...J Melcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349242761775214765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-82856460335621981522019-06-26T20:53:36.134-04:002019-06-26T20:53:36.134-04:00Eric, my understanding is that the Dems did a rand...Eric, my understanding is that the Dems did a random draw for the two debates, unlike the GOP in 2016 which did a deliberate 'undercard' of low polling candidates.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-30398747069651487332019-06-26T19:30:55.613-04:002019-06-26T19:30:55.613-04:00I'm not sure what's going on with the allo...I'm not sure what's going on with the allocation of candidates to debate nights. It could be the luck of the random assignment that the DNC claims is the case.<br /><br />It could be, though, the DNC sabotaging Warren the way it did last time around with Sanders.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-92055982954084774672019-06-26T18:06:07.554-04:002019-06-26T18:06:07.554-04:00It's interesting to me that Warren is the only...It's interesting to me that Warren is the only real name in the first debate. Maybe that leads her to stand out; or maybe she gets drowned out by the freak show J Pod is talking about. Or maybe she ends up looking like she's seated at the kiddie table at Thanksgiving, and people stop taking her seriously when she's not at the big show with Biden and Bernie and Kamala. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-7224768490035979162019-06-26T15:46:26.293-04:002019-06-26T15:46:26.293-04:00It's interesting, too, that the only ones carr...It's interesting, too, that the only ones carrying the networks are NBC and a Spanish language channel our cable provider provides.<br /><br />It's not just that only one network will host this round of debates (and subsequent ones), which is perfectly fine, it's that the DNC has locked out all the other networks, cable and over-the-air, from even covering, at least this week's pair, live. I know Fox will have commentary after the debates, which suggests that network (and likely the others) will have reporters and analysts in the debate halls, but still.<br /><br />The DNC acts like it's going out of its way to limit the national audience for these debates.<br /><br />Regarding Freestuffistan and Potsmokia, though, the former is well represented by quasi-frontrunners Sanders and Warren, and those two act like citizens of the latter.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com