i m running for those people. i don t understand why one of the criteria is this money donor standard. it seems to me the half of the american people that have having a hard time affording basic necessities, it doesn t seem like they re probably contributing a lot of money to political campaigns, so why is their voice not relevant in the debate? arthel: let s bring in our political panel, mandy gunesecara, former administration official, an antoine searight, and the founder and ceo of blueprint strategy. antoine, i m going to start with you. mandy, i m going to get your reaction in a second. antoine, overall, do those democratic candidates who are upset about the new debate rules have a valid argument? no. welcome to the big leagues. we know what it s going to take to take on donald trump and the republicans next year and what the dnc has done to this point,