O'Malley (and Bernie) accuse the DNC of rigging the debate process

[moderatevoter]

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[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

They need to be careful here.

[JRP1994]

O'Malley's suggestion is accurate.

[angus]

It's definitely rigged, especially the DNC with their superdelegates, but the GOP primary process is rigged as well.  Of course that worked against Clinton in 2008, when she received 22% at the convention, compared to Obama's 73%, despite a rather closer Democrat primary popular vote.  This time the rigging will work in her favor.

As for the debate schedule, if I were in charge I'd schedule them early and often.  The suggestion that the DNC chair favors Clinton's nomination and is doing what she can to ensure that outcome doesn't strike me as particularly incredible. 

[Fuzzy Bear]

Good for them; it is rigged.

I'm an independent voter, and I voted for Obama in 2012, but Hillary is a nauseating candidate.

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They're right; the DNC knows that less debates=better chance for Hillary because if there were more debates then she would definitely start to #feelthebern

[angus]

I'm an independent voter, and I voted for Obama in 2012, but Hillary is a nauseating candidate.

I'm unaffiliated as well, and I voted for Obama in 2008 and Romney in 2012.  I sometimes change my registration to either Republican or Democrat for primary voting, then change it back to unaffiliated afterward.  (PA has closed primaries, also a three-week advance deadline.)  I'm thinking I may vote in either the Dem or GOP primary, but I haven't decided yet. 

I agree with you about Clinton.  I also don't care for Trump.  I really hope we don't end up with Trump vs. Clinton for a general election choice.  I've voted for other party candidates before both for president and governor, but it's much more satisfying to vote for either a D or R because that's where the power lies, so I really hope one of those two parties gets its head out of its ass before the convention.  If it starts to look like my vote could make a difference for either party, then I'll change to that party three weeks before the PA primary and vote in that party's primary.  Sanders doesn't really give me a raging hard-on, but I think he has better judgment than Clinton, and seems more trustworthy.  The GOP seems like the more interesting game this time in the sense that I have a hard time believing a majority of Republicans nominate Trump, but the others seem very weak at this point.