2016 Postmortem

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How you earn an invitation to the debates: "Candidates that poll at 1 percent nationally in at least three separate polls earn an invitation."

Not how you earn an invitation to the debates:

"raising money at a faster pace than more than half the pack" ("the pack" being more than 100 declared candidates.)

"being in the race nearly a full month" (the rest of "the pack" of more than 100 have been "in the race" longer than you. You're the last to join; not the first.)

"Polls, in turn, have taken the hint, only including me sporadically on questionnaires: of the last 10 major polls, only three mentioned my candidacy." (Did you assume the national polls were all primed, just waiting for you to announce?)

Running on a platform "to pass his proposed reforms, and then he would immediately resign." (Didn't your mommy ever teach you that "winners never quit and quitters never win?&quot

Whining about not being allowed into debates when you failed to meet the sole invitation requirement.