Have you ever wanted to see 12 politicians on a debate stage, at the same time, on the same night, fighting for the same job, clobbering each other to claim tiny morsels of preciously limited speaking time? No? Well, too bad.
On Tuesday night, the top dozen Democratic candidates are set to appear at the party's fourth 2020 primary debate, set at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern. The debate, co-hosted by CNN and The New York Times, will be broadcast on CNN and streamed online at www.cnn.com and www.nytimes.com, as well as on the outlets' apps.
The candidates are former Vice President Joe Biden; Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; California Sen. Kamala Harris; Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind. ...
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New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas; former Housing Secretary Julian Castro; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar ... and (deep breath) businessmen Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer.
The number of candidates onstage appears to be the largest ever in a primary debate, which is likely to irritate and bewilder many undecided Democratic voters who have been hoping the massive field might narrow to a more manageable number. Especially because last month's debate featured only _ "only" _ 10 candidates.
