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DNC shields Hillary Clinton from debate stage
You know who else shrunk the number of debates? Democrats. Wasserman Schultz seems to be telling us why: Hillary Clinton can’t handle the exposure.
Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley have complained loudly about this crackdown. “We need serious debate about serious issues," Sanders told CBS News. "There are so many major problems facing our country. I think more debates is better. And I think having different organizations sponsor debates outside of the DNC makes a lot of sense to me." As the candidate drawing crowds in the tens of thousands, it would seem he should have some standing in influencing the debate schedule.
But party insiders are making sure their preferred candidate — Hillary Clinton — is protected from debate. “It's all about trying to preordain the outcome, circle the wagons and close off debate,” O'Malley told The Hill. “If (the Democratic Party leaders) could actually accelerate the date of the Iowa caucuses and hold them tomorrow — they'd like to do that. Then there'd be no campaign at all. That's what they'd really like.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...lumn/31863521/