The other Democrats at Tuesday’s debate: O’Malley, Webb and Chafee

There will be at least five candidates on the stage for the first Democratic presidential debate of the season on Tuesday (8 p.m. CT). But apparently host CNN has decided that only two really matter.

One commercial splashes the front-runner names - “Clinton” and “Sanders” - in huge letters, like the fight card for a boxing match.

Then much smaller, like the undercard competitors, come the names O’Malley, Webb and Chafee.

That would be Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, the three men fighting for some valuable air time and simple name recognition.

A sixth Democratic candidate didn’t make the cut. Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig launched his campaign to call attention to the influence money has on politics.

He complained to the New York Times that he’s “surprised by the lack of recognition from the Democratic Party. It’s unclear how if you’re not a politician or a billionaire you get to a place where you are able to participate.”

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