30 legitimate democratic candidates for president, then pair them into groupings of five or six. so maybe we have six individuals on a stage at a time on different nights and we've got five different rotating groups drawn by lots. or better yet, we emulate the ncaa and have a little march madness. first, we'd have seeds based on polling data, something like this, for example, joe biden who was polling at the top by most accounts, he would be the number one seed. so that would mean he would square off against someone who's not yet breaking 5% in the polls. that could be congressman john delaney who i happen to think is a very credible individual, just not getting a lot of attention. bernie is coming in at number two so maybe he would square off against the mayor of south bend. beto o'rourke is ranked at about number three so maybe somebody further at the bottom, say, cory