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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
Sun May 31, 2015, 05:52 PM May 2015

2016 hopefuls parade on the Sunday morning shows

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders is itching to debate and not just with other Democrats running for the party's presidential nomination. He says Democratic and Republican contenders should be debating each other during the primary season, too.

That shakeup is unlikely to happen — each party is planning its own debates, as usual. But the network news shows Sunday morning were something of a debating society of their own as 10 declared and likely candidates from both parties appeared in a parade of political argument and sound bites, touching on ISIS, personal ambition, immigration, hair color and more.

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BRING ON THE DEBATES

"We need a lot more debates in this campaign," Sanders told NBC's "Meet the Press."

The Vermont senator said the Democratic debates should begin as soon as July and, in a twist, some Republicans should be in the mix.




Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cbc2da56e0ed4c068ca036faf17d0e10/2016-hopefuls-parade-sunday-morning-shows



I like what Bernie is saying here: Let the debates begin, and lets have a free for all, all inclusive debate platform, so that the people can get an idea of who's who.
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