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So its hard in terms of that. but then youre dealing with that number of people and the margin of error at 3%. theyre all going be clustered together at some point. >> on the possibility of them using money as a metric it does feel sort of anti-democratic. to consider that even though we know money is part of a candidates viability, are they talking about campaign donations or is it donations to super pacs in support of a candidate or you know other interest groups that seem to be pushing for th...

Thats 22 noncrack pot names. 22 names. which of them get cut out this year? none of them would have been cut out in 2008 or 2012. if you rank them individually, rank them against would who did make it? seriously, how are they going to decide? time magazines squeak miller reports today that the process is already under way quietly between republican party officials and some of the tv networks that are supposed to be airing the nine republican debates this year. typically, you use a polling thresh...

Football teams and kan kanye west will be micked in among them with nobody understanding why. would gets to stand up on the stage for the debates? how is the party going to choose? and if that process is under way right now, what are they considering for whittling the process. jim miller is reporting on this subject. its knight nice to have you on the program tonight. thanks for having pe thank you for having me. >> aim wrong that khananye west is running? >> its news to me. were at 22 running, ...

22 names. which of them get cut out this year? none of them would have been cut out in 2008 or 2012. if you rank them individually, rank them against would who did make it? seriously, how are they going to decide? time magazines squeak miller reports today that the process is already under way quietly between republican party officials and some of the tv networks that are supposed to be airing the nine republican debates this year. typically, you use a polling threshold to decide who makes it in...

Year decided, i think, not without reason, that they wouldnt make that same mistake again. so for the 2016 cycle, the republicans announced early on in january that the official republican party would have an official republican party sanctioned short list of debates. they said any candidates who participated in any debate that wasnt on that official short list would be punished in the process. everybody can only do that short list chosen by the party. there would not be too many debates again t...

In january that the official republican party would have an official republican party sanctioned short list of debates. they said any candidates who participated in any debate that wasnt on that official short list would be punished in the process. everybody can only do that short list chosen by the party. there would not be too many debates again this time. democratic party followed suit. democratic party followed there would be six democratic primary debates in total, down from 26 in 2008. the...

Ech. which maybe is practical politics in terms of who might have a chance of getting into the white house, but it seems somehow fundamentally wrong that the literal size of your campaign bank account will determine whether or not people are loud to consider you as a candidate for public office. running for president is a process that has always been very democratic and a little nutty. but this year poses a challenge that has never, ever been faced before and i have no idea, absolutely no idea h...

Made everybody look small and fringe and divisive and petty. and so the republican party in year decided, i think, not without reason that they wouldnt make that same mistake again. so for the 20 16 cycle, the republicans announced early on in january that the official republican party would have an official republican party sanctioned short list of debates. they said any candidates who participated in any debate that wasnt on that official short list would be punished in the process. everybody ...

Large debates, right? you dont want ole savior and princess kadija in there. thats like you couldnt get lar daly. if you have to stretch to nine, 10, 11, 12 candidates so you can get ron paul and dennis kucinich and jim gilmore and all these guys in there, basically, the tendency has been to do it, right? thats how our system works. err on the side of inclusion. thats how our system works. until now. because this year, there is a real problem if this is going to continue to be our system. the sy...

Together at some point. >> on the possibility of them using money as a metric it does feel sort of anti-democratic with a small d to consider that even though we know money is part of a candidates viability. are they talking about campaign donations? is it donations to super pacs in support of a candidate, or other interest groups that would seem to be pushing for the candidates? >> its not entirely clear both sort of the party and the networks are being very tight-lipped about this. they dont w...