a more sparsely attended forum. rules state they re awarred 200 points when one of their candidates participates in a sanctioned debate and according to rnc, the prime time and not so prime time fox debates are considered to be sanctions debates. so where does that lead our score board. joy reid had four draft picks putting her in the lead with 1300 points. jess mcintosh has picks in the debate all of them making the main stage giving 1200 point. michael steele in third place with three of his five picks participating in the debates, that earns him 1100 point. sam cedar a thousand points with three draft picks in those debates and last but not least, josh barrow just chugging along with ted cruz and carly fiorina, he s still this thing with 600 points. the candidate field on the republican side it s as large as it is going to get and the question now becomes, particularly for our fantasy
and freedom tour. the democratic national committee says it s six or nothing, when it comes to presidential debates. the party announced it is sanctioning six presidential debates for its 2016 candidates. no dates or locations were announced, except for the broad outline. the debate will begin this fall. and four will take place in the early primary caucasus states of iowa new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. the dnc will ask candidates to take part in sanctions debates. any outside debates could mean elimination from the process. hillary clinton tweeted her approval of the plan. quote, while gop debates the same failed policies democrats will debate how to help families get ahead. another democrat likely to run was not so thrilled with the plan. former maryland governor, martin o malley s spokeswoman said in a year as critical as 2016,