his people have not been able to talk him into that registration. especially the voters in the middle. the voters here in the industrial midwest who like sanders message, but they really ideas like medicare for all are just a step too far for many of them, especially if you are a union household, you ve worked hard for your benefits. and she just explains things sometimes better than he does. she s very good on the stump. a lot of democratic voters thank him for running in 2016 but frame it in he s done his job, now it s time to move on. he has to deal with that dynamic. but let s get into this because as you look, let s show the lineup. you have the two leading progressives right here in at center stage, sanders and warren. they make the case the country needs to take the risk. go for medicare for all, go for the green new deal, do it all in one election. can the democrats sell that? they say times have changed. who s going to argue? steve bullock making his first
september. marianne williamson, tim ryan, senator amy klobuchar, john hickenlooper, john delaney and governor steve bullock. klobuchar is closest among them. she s met the polling requirements but needs more donors to get across the threshold. so the struggling candidates will be especially eager to make a mark, even though the democratic party chairman expects things will stay civil. i think tonight people are going to see, again, that we have a deep bench. if people are looking for chair throwing and name calling, you better turn the channel to jerry springer or something else because you re not going to see it here. maybe thought chair throwing or name calling, but if you re one of those candidates who some will say, oh, i didn t make the debates, i m going to stay in the race. it s hard to raise money and climb in the polls if you can t get the national exposure of the debates. what do you do? you need a breakout moment, a viral moment. that s what a lot of these candidates h