First of all, thank you for having me. What has surprised me about the process and it probably should not have been a big surprise but it was great to see it up close. The voters in the early states really do take this process very seriously. And so, that has been a very positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. And i think of other americans could see that, they would be much more comfortable with the early state process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative was the fact that it seems like a kind of social media primary has been inserted ahead of the iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. In other words, the race got very nationalized very early. There is no invisible primary . That is right. To some extent historically, the early states really were the first indication in terms of what voters are thinking that things like what the dnc did with the debate rules and requiring candidates to have a certain number of small donors that ki
Was the voters in the early states take this process very seriously. That has been a positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. If other americans could see that, they would be much more comfortable with the early state process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative was that it seems like a social media primary has been inserted head of the iowa caucus and New Hampshire caucus. It got very nationalized, very early. There is no invisible primary. That is right. To some extent the early states , really where the first indication, in terms of what voters are thinking, but things like what the dnc did with the debate rules, requiring testimony of truth requiring candidates to have a certain number of small donors and all that, that encouraged the creation of this, as i save social media primary. Would you say the process by the dnc is unfair for you and others . Mr. Delaney i would not say it is unfair because they were very clear what the rule
Cspan. Watch anytime on cspan. Org and listen free wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. Democratic president ial candidate and former maryland congressman john his life,lked about his career and why he is running. Or president congressman, youre the earliest to announce your candidacy. What is a surprise about the process and for you personally . Thank you for having me and it is great to be here with you. What a surprise me. What has surprised me is that the voters in the early states really do take this process very seriously. So that has been a very positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. I think of other americans could see that, they would be much the comfortable with process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative is the fact that it seems like kind of a social media primary has been inserted ahead of the iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. In other words, this race got very nationalized very early. So there is no
What has surprised you about the process . Thanks for having me. Its great to be here. What has surprised me about the process, and it shouldnt have been up surprise, but it was great to see the close, which was the voters in the early states take this process very seriously. That has been a positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. If other americans could see that, they would be much more comfortable with the early state process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative was that it seems like a social media primary has been inserted head of the iowa caucus and New Hampshire caucus. It got very nationalized, very early. There is no invisible primary. That is right. To some extent the early states , really where the first indication, in terms of what voters are thinking, but things like what the dnc did with the debate rules, requiring testimony of truth requiring candidates to have a certain number of small donors and all that, that encourag
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