Kucinich & Gravel - out!
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mahnmutThe criteria for participation in the Des Moines democratic debate are stated here.
Kucinich & Gravel did not qualify:
Neither Dennis Kucinich nor Mike Gravel had a campaign office in Iowa by the Oct. 1 deadline, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Gravel also did not have any paid staff in the state by the deadline.
Some called them 'minor' candidates. Should the candidates be seeded and shut out because of what the polls are showing, and what's so bad if they had both participated in this debate, are two separate topics.
The rules are rules, you'd say. Who sets the rules and why are they what they are, is another separate topic.
I personally doubt that either Kucinich or Gravel would've swayed the opinions too much into one direction or another, since they're 'minor' candidates, right?
...And still, non-candidate Alan Keys was included in the debate. Probably because he does have an office in Iowa. How 'major' a figure he is, is yet another topic.
Kucinich & Gravel did not qualify:
Neither Dennis Kucinich nor Mike Gravel had a campaign office in Iowa by the Oct. 1 deadline, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Gravel also did not have any paid staff in the state by the deadline.
Some called them 'minor' candidates. Should the candidates be seeded and shut out because of what the polls are showing, and what's so bad if they had both participated in this debate, are two separate topics.
The rules are rules, you'd say. Who sets the rules and why are they what they are, is another separate topic.
I personally doubt that either Kucinich or Gravel would've swayed the opinions too much into one direction or another, since they're 'minor' candidates, right?
...And still, non-candidate Alan Keys was included in the debate. Probably because he does have an office in Iowa. How 'major' a figure he is, is yet another topic.
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