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Slate: Democrats aren’t nearly as interested in the election as Republicans are. -- (link)

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Nov 9 '15, 15:06

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It’s not new information that the Democratic primary debate schedule is both thin and designed to keep the number of human viewers to a minimum. (www.slate.com)

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Wrongbad! -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 15:19 3
- Heh. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 15:21 2
  - I kid because I love -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 15:22 1
    - I like it. It's fun. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 9, 15:26
Oh no, my last free Slate story of the month! How will I cope with no Slate? -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 15:19 3
- incognito tabs are your friend. -- nm* - Reagen Nov 9, 15:21 1
  - Sadly, not available on Chrome at my work or on Safari. Not that I mind missing Slate but I do like to keep up on what's being talked about -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 16:09
- Get your glibness from... nah, there's no source of glib on ST -- nm - con_carne Nov 9, 15:20
and probably won't be for at least another 5 months. -- nm - mafic Nov 9, 15:11
Because I'd like to take my summer vacation before giving a damn about a fall election. -- nm - Max Nov 9, 15:11
While on some level this is not new news. I think that's the main reason that Republicans are winning as much as they do, I also take it with a grain - pmb Nov 9, 15:10
364 days before the general election, the Dems know pretty much for certain who their candidate will be. - ty97 Nov 9, 15:10 3
- This. Plus, to be fair, the Democratic vehicle is the same, just way fewer clowns get out when the door opens. - JaxSean Nov 9, 15:13
- Yeah, there's not much call for Dems to be invested in the theater right now. Definitely, there will - TWuG Nov 9, 15:12 1
  - To some degree you wonder whether the republican side will be less excited for the general. They may be burnt out on the process by then and a - pmb Nov 9, 15:14
less entertainment value than the political clown car that is the GOP primary, I guess. -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 15:09 3
- More charitably, the Republicans are having an internal battle over which wing of the party is in control. The Dems don't have that issue. -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 15:13 2
  - more charitable, perhaps, but far less fun of an image. :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 9, 15:33 1
    - Yeah, I missed the suggestion that it was down to the scintillating level of debate by the GOP and the lack of it by the Dems -- nm - Roger More Nov 9, 15:42

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