Today's early debate

The early debate is for the candidates who are not deemed to be serious contenders.

Shuffling all the wanna-bes off to a different debate prevents them from cluttering up the debate between the contenders.

Still Ora isn't it outright insult

Because there were so many people running, the Republicans decided that only so many people can be on the main debate at the same time. Before each debate, they check the polls, and the highest polling candidates get the late time, the lesser polling candidate get the early, lesser watched time slot.

It is not a deliberate insult, but if a candidate was on the during the main, later debate, and is now on the earlier time, it is a pretty clear indication to the public that his campaign is losing ground to the other candidates.

Before the debate season, Rand Paul was considered one of the very top Republican contenders. Now he's on at the early time because he can't get any appreciable support. That's a big comedown.

Thanks Blick. So whom do you support and why

Among Republicans, I cannot say, because I am a Democrat. Of the Democrats, I'm for Hillary but I like Bernie too.

Also sorta like Bernie but doesn't his apparent age weigh agin'm

Yes, that's my feeling too. For a job like the President, you need someone who absolutely is at the top of their ability. Many hard charging type people manage to hold that peak up until the mid seventies, then they need to start lightening up on the workload. Still very effective, still can get things done, but they can't handle as many things at once as they used to. If Hillary gets elected, I think she should voluntarily step down after one term because then she would be about Bernie's age now.

Yea Blick but doesn't Hillary have some bad vibes