Who's going to qualify for the Democratic debates?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Tulsi Gabbard has also qualified through donations now.

Boo

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The fourth debate would be a really great opportunity to pivot toward top tier / bottom tier nights rather than a spread. I think it's great that the first few debates were over-inclusive but at this point, having Biden and Warren on separate stages is totally pointless, having the likes of Steyer and Gabbard up there with frontrunners is a waste of time, etc.

So I would hope for -

Night 1 (or prime time slot on single night): Buttigieg - Sanders - Warren - Biden - Harris - Yang
Night 2 (or non-prime time slot on single night): Gabbard - Klobuchar - Booker - O'Rourke - Castro - Steyer

That assumes Yang stays in 6th which seems very likely but would be extra sweet if Booker, O'Rourke, or Klobuchar replaced him on the big stage

Switch Booker and Yang and you'll have the ideal lineup.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

For November:
Gabbard: 2/4 total polls, or 1/2 state polls
O'Rourke: 2/4 total polls
Castro: 0/4 total polls

Gabbard now 3/4 for November, with the new USA Today / Suffolk poll.

For December, of those who haven’t qualified yet here are the number of polls at 4% (4 needed to qualify):

3/4 polls: Harris
2/4 polls: Gabbard
1/4 polls: Klobuchar, Steyer, Yang

How long does she have?  Any chance she doesn’t get the last poll?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I'm sure the folks that are upset about there being "no person of color" on the debate stage are cheering for Gabbard and Yang to get on...

I'm sure they are because I haven't seen anyone complaining about this except their supporters

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

They should raise the bar to qualify for the Jan/Feb debates, not lower it.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

How is Klobuchar one of the final 5.

I just don't get it.

It makes sense when you remember that we've been down to the final four since at least the October debate and no one outside of Buttigieg, Biden, Bernie, and Warren has had a serious shot of coming in first or second in any state since then.  I mean, it's not like Klobuchar's chances of being the nominee are any better than Bloomberg or Yang's which is to say she has no chance.  After the top four, the rest are all kinda irrelevant at this point.