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The qualifications Republican presidential candidates need for the WMUR/ABC News debate have been announced.

>> yeah, molly, ron desantis argument is that he can beat president biden in a general election. hes saying that as a matter of fact. isnt that a debatable point at this point? >> i dont know how someone with negative charisma can beat biden. hes been on the trail, just falling apart, yelling at journalists, i mean, i just think that as we see him, he really is not going to -- i city think again its really early. but it does seem like this -- hes sort of every time we see more of him, he drops i...

By the dnc. you recall that in order to qualify the debate, you need to have a certain number of report. you can include early state holds. their polling support in early states like iowa is higher than it is nationally. you have yet to see the last 50 days. there is not a single poll that met the qualification standards by the dnc. only national polls. i want to read you this statement from dnc communication director adrienne watson responding to andrew yang. "the dnc will not sponsor its own d...

Effectively because of his own self funding is not giving us the best failed to take on donald trump and i remain very concerned about that. tom perez should look at the debate qualifications and make sure we have the best field on stage we are so far down the road right now, i am concerned about this. >> harris: i want to get jason here last word, to be the need these debates? >> i yield all my time to marie, i agree with her. when you dont get to hear -- how could cory booker not be on the deb...

Known this all along. the idea of this rising tide where it was like this week you have to have this many supporters and this many poll numbers, its not the thing that happies the democrats, a large field with a lot of competition helps. they should have had the jv and the varsity version of the debates and now you have an internal argument going and that is a mistake that falls squarely on the shoulders of him. >> they have been clear and transparent arntt the debate qualifications. >> yeah, wh...

Candidates. our qualification criteria is extremely low and reflects where we are in the race. i met at the debate drama and ongoing union debate. they say they hope to reach an agreement before the debate on thursday. also former new york city mayor michael bloomberg opened his first campaign office. doubling down on his strategy of skipping the early voting state. and also an interesting side note since bloombergs self financing his campaign he doesnt meet the existing dnc debate qualification...

Interesting to note since bloomberg is self-financing his campaign, does not meet the existing dnc debate qualifications. ed: looks like bernie sanders needs a more batting practice. that is important issue we focused on the show of minor league teams shutting down. joe biden maintaining comfortable lead among primary voters on democratic side. followed by vermont senator sanders and liz warren. a new poll showing losing to democratic rivals, new york city mayor michael bloomberg despite his lat...