“Let’s let Iowa have another comeback story.” Just six candidates are qualified for the Dec. 19 debate, and Booker is not one of them. Booker said such measurements benefit candidates who can afford to air television ads and do not reflect the feelings of Iowa voters. Xochitl Hinojosa, a spokeswoman for the DNC, called the party’s debate rules “inclusive“ and said no candidate who has gone on to be the party’s nominee has polled lower than 4% at this point in past primaries. She hopes to see him on the December debate stage, but she also likes Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg. It could be the party’s first debate of the presidential cycle featuring all white candidates.

Source: thestar December 08, 2019 22:52 UTC