Okay I see. That makes things less chaotic. I hope some of the lesser known candidates can stand out. 

As I probably mentioned Tulsi, Yang, and possibly Bernie are my candidates right now. I'm really not interested in the other candidates as most seem to be either your typical establishment Neolib/mainstream Dems and/or are just too heavy on the Trump hysteria and/or identity politics bs, all traits that repel me with the Dem candidates.

Though Buttigieg seems like a decent guy from what little I've heard and seen of him. Thing is I just don't know a ton about him, and he doesn't seem to be on record with too many policies or ideals. I hear there's a chance he'll be appearing on Dave Rubin's show which would certainly raise his respect in my book even further and give me a chance to learn about him.

Wait really? He has announced and instantly got 65K donors?

Welp that was fast, although somehow I knew it was coming.. Apparently Pete and his staff seem to have already been pressured and bullied into steering clear of the Dave Rubin show. Forget it then. Tough for me to hold any respect for the man if all it takes for him to cave are a handful of twitter brats and a few puritanical media outlets. I'll just go on supporting Yang/Tulsi/Bernie...

Check out Gravel. He definitely won't make it, but if you check him out, I bet you'll wish he made it farther.

Great work on that campaign finances chart, SpokenTruth.

Can't wait for the debates. I doubt much of anything substantial will happen on this front until then.

The DNC apparently has released the the qualifying criteria for the third debate. This time both criteria (unique donors and polling) have to be met and both criteria have higher thresholds. You need both:

• 135,000 unique donors
• four polls released between June 28 and August 28 with 2% or higher for the candidate

Looking at the current field, this will be hard to achieve for a lot of contenders. So for the third debate probably less than 10 contenders will qualify.

Nate Silver from 538 has made a quick analysis: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/silver-bulletpoints-whos-in-danger-of-missing-the-third-debate/

It should have been this from the start.

The wide field is favoring Uncle Joe, and I don't think he'd fare much better than Hillary with his creepy antics.

(edit: that is probably enough to defeat Trump, but I'm thinking more about the potential to help state and local elections)

September? Seriously? Stacey, you're amazing, but seriously, go run for an office in Georgia already. This is getting ridiculous.

Gravel seems awesome. I just wish he was like 20 years younger lol. He makes Bernie look young.