Tentative Agreement Reached for More Democratic Debates, Aides Say
Source: New York Times
After days of jostling over whether to meet for more debates, and how many, aides to Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders have reached an agreement, of sorts, they said Saturday: The two will meet next week in New Hampshire and will hold three more debates thereafter.
A Clinton aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss continuing negotiations, confirmed the tentative agreement for four additional debates, which was first reported by BuzzFeed.
The two campaigns have engaged in a measure of brinkmanship in recent days, with Mr. Sanderss team one-upping Mrs. Clintons by saying it would agree to an additional debate in New Hampshire if her team agreed to more beyond that.
Michael Briggs, a Sanders spokesman, said the agreement was still being discussed. Im optimistic, he said, but he added, The details are still being worked out.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/30/tentative-agreement-reached-for-more-democratic-debates-aides-say
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Clinton should have her cake and eat it too. Sanders is not negotiating like a New Democrat. Democrats are supposed to cave at the first demand, and take their strongest weapons OFF the table before the game, not bring it on!
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)To continue his rolled up sleeves campaigning I'm fine with that.
It would waste his time - there's nothing in it for him.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)O'Malley has definitely been treated as the "third wheel" these past couple of debates. It's really sad because he sounded more presidential than either of the other two candidates on stage on the rare opportunities he was given to speak.
JustAnotherGen
(31,780 posts)All three sound Presidential, aren't knuckle dragging mouth breathers and have zero intent of inflicting pain on the American people. They are "good people".
That said - yep - he's treated as a third wheel and an "intruder" on the election process.
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thesquanderer
(11,970 posts)from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-sanders-democratic-debates_us_56ad2bf1e4b00b033aaf5dc3?
Earlier in the article, it also says
though the embedded MSNBC link is broken.
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)What does Debbie Downer have to say about this? She has to approve all debates and setup schedules.
mpcamb
(2,868 posts)despite being a source of the entire problem.
Speaking of problems, how much longer do we have to be saddled with her?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)"The Democratic National Committee has yet to weigh in on whether it would sanction the added debates."
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)and prove she is working at the behest of camp clinton? or will she stick to the original schedule in an attempt to protect herself but pissing off the inevitable one?
tough choice for debbie. show herself as a clinton tool or risk upsetting her boss by pretending to be impartial
hmmmmmmmm
Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)The threat to lock someone out of debates gets weaker and weaker when there are fewer debates left. Then you add in the possibility of Clinton and Sanders agreeing on the debates -- now the threat is gone altogether because you can't have a one-person debate with just O'Malley.
Debbie will have no choice but to sanction any debates that Clinton and Sanders agree upon. She may even have to admit that they didn't schedule enough debates, in order to avoid the admission of just doing what Hillary wants. Debbie will pretend to be a completely neutral party acquiescing to the united request of the three remaining candidates, and will admit only to a failure of foresight in the number of debates needed.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)gee, incompetent or impotent.
tough choice........
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)Unfortunately, the Clinton campaign has not accepted debates we proposed on March 3 in Michigan and April 14 in New York, Mr. Weaver said, before adding that the Clinton team now says they want the Michigan debate.
He continued: We are pleased to do it on March 3 before the Michigan primary provided the Clinton campaign will agree to Brooklyn, New York, on April 14. Why wont they debate in Brooklyn? Whats the matter with Brooklyn?
navarth
(5,927 posts)Babel_17
(5,400 posts)thesquanderer
(11,970 posts)It is the location of Hillary's national campaign headquarters.
It is also the place Bernie was born.
Maybe another example of "I was there first!"
It will be interesting to see which of them wins New York, assuming it goes that far.
Hillary was a very popular Senator from New York, and as far as I know, her official primary residence is still in Chappaqua, but she's still in a sense a carpet bagger. Bernie hasn't lived in New York since the 60s, but he's a native New Yorker, and definitely an example of "you can take the politician out of New York, but you can't take the New York out of the politician." New York just oozes out of him, despite some acquired New Englandisms in his dialect.