Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the race, got a boost, as did her chief challenger, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who illustrated a little of what he means when he talks about forging “a political revolution” by eschewing attacks and steering the discussion back again and again toward vital economic and social issues.

So why not schedule more debates?

Why not schedule a whole bunch of additional debates?

That was the point Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaiian Democrat who serves as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, made on the eve of Tuesday night’s debate. Gabbard, a genuine rising star within the party, went very public with her argument that the DNC needs to add debates to a schedule that is too limited, too restricted, too slow to get going.

Gabbard’s message was not well received by DNC disciplinarians. According to the congresswoman, her staff was notified by an aide to DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz that she was “no longer welcome to come to the debate.”

There are plenty of places where the candidates can and should debate.

The question is whether will go big for democracy.

Congresswoman Gabbard gets something that DNC chair Wasserman Schultz needs to recognize. Democrats must display a “greater engagement in our democratic process at a critical time.”