O'Malley's a stalking horse for Big Socialism.

If O'Malley enters it will happen.

sure he'd tell you.

I say that as a supporter of him.

He doesn't need the game to be rigged in any way. He's going to say what he thinks whether there is 1 debate or 20 debates. His advantage is his willingness to appear anywhere and take any questions at any time from anybody.

or even illegal.

Secondly, how do you know he's not registering objections? Thirdly, if he's not, perhaps it's because he prefers to choose his battles.

Finally, I doubt he's fully supportive of such a limiting arrangement.

wants. Period.

What are the dates of these 6 debates?

One way one could deal with this is to appear at all 6 DNC sanctioned debates then after they're completed - participate in any debate that may come.

There would be no forfeiture in the remainder of the debate process - because the 6 DNC sanctioned debates would be completed.

The only way that would not work is if they run the 6 debates right up to the DNC convention and don't allow time for additional debates to occur.

Bernie has been a politician for a long time. He knows what he's doing.

And months out, anything can change.

Some people are feeling pre-oppressed.

I know he won't tailor what he has to say to match what the focus group wants to hear.

just a dumbass or something worse? I am told she's a great liberal, in the tradition of FDR, Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern. So why does she have almost as much blood on her hands as her pal Henry Kissinger?

See how that works?

a series of two-minute mini-speeches that never actually answer the damn question isn't really a "debate."

Modern political debates are pretty damned useless, IMO. Especially when there are more than two candidates on stage.