The Democratic debate schedule is a mess. Here’s how to fix it.

There are three ways the Democratic National Committee can improve the schedule:

1. Move more of the existing debates to weeknights
2. Add more debates in the key states prior to March 15
3. Remove the limit on debates in case the nominating process goes beyond March 15.

The DNC should also try to get the 2015 debates in Iowa and New Hampshire moved to better days during the week, add Iowa, New Hampshire and one other debate to the early 2016 window, and lock in the proposed Florida and Wisconsin debates before March 15. If in February the election looks like it is going to go to late spring, more debates can be added. There’s no reason to have a cap, or to force candidates to agree to one.

Simon Rosenberg has worked on two Democratic Presidential campaigns, spent time at the DNC in 1992 and 1993, and ran a competitive race against former Gov. Howard Dean for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 2005. He currently runs the center-left think tank, NDN.

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