Source Absolutely deplorable... I know you can't have everyone and their mother at each and every debate, but Kucinich has a legimate candidacy. Just because it's an extreme longshot doesn't mean NBC should exclude him. And yes, I hold the same view for Ron Paul's exclusion from the last debate on the GOP side (I noticed a ton of Ron Paul posters in Vegas last week!). And Nevada seems to be a state where Kucinich might actually do well (well being a relative term, of course). So what do TPTB decide? Exclude him and any shot he has at gaining momentum! Well fuck you too NBC!
They should drop John Edwards too. Hell everyone knows it will be Obama vs Hillary. I for one want them to ramp up the mud slinging and get to it so I can have a blast watching them blast each other.
That stinks. How do they figure this, anyway? Shouldn't they be thinking "Hmm, if we exclude Kucinich, we might lose the portion of the potential audience that is interested in voting for him"?
I would say that they should be thinking, "It'll be a more interesting and fruitful debate if the two hours is spent on the three candidates who have a shot in hell of winning the nomination as compared to if a fourth candidate who doesn't have a shot at winning based on his performance and all polls is included."
