No....its because a lot of people are laughing at them and the dnc is trying to keep this to a minimum by holding these debates at 11 pm on monday nights.
"a lot"? Is that a majority, or only the majority to which you identify?
Do you not find the Clown Car not hilarious? If not why not? Four years ago it was the same sort of childish banter, wherein each candidate tried to be the most conservative. Everyone who watched and thinks about such things knows that what the clowns offer if elected is far and away from what they will or can do if they get enough electoral votes to claim the prize.
I'm as certain as possible the GOP will once again lose the popular vote, the only way the GOP can win is to convince the single issue voters in Red States to vote for them, thus they will continue the drum beat on wedge issues for at least one more general election iteration.
Some day the single issue, wedge issue, voter will realize the Republican Party talks the talk but always fails to walk the walk. My unsolicited advice to them is too watch their feet, what have they done, not their lips, what they say they will do.
I do find the clown car hilarious. There are two of them, one representing each party and they both work against the US and its citizens. It won't surprise me one bit if hillary wins. The dems have attained that magical number of worthless people who suck and leach off of the hard working people of this country. This is your dem party. I have no idea who the repubs are anymore.
The Democratic Party voter is generally the one who showers after work. The Republicans drink double martini's and don't leave tips (see, I can play your stupid game too, but I recognize it is stupid).
The underclass, those you consider "worthless" likely don't vote, are prevented from voting (voter suppression by your side of the aisle) or if they do vote they won't vote for people who call them worthless.
Many of the "worthless" suffer from untreated mental illness, alcohol or drug addictions or have had their job outsourced to Mexico, China, etc. or purchased by Romney and sold for parts.
Your side attacks collective bargaining, minimum wage and unemployment - why would anyone who suffers under such oppressive ideologies seek to support them, or those of us who have empathy?
The may be no atheists in fox holes, but there are few callous conservatives when faced with a personal crisis by ill health, accident or nature.
It has never been the govts responsibility to take care of us. That comes from the people and their charity towards the not so fortunate. Unfortunately, that is starting to wax cold. One other note, I'm not an atheist. I believe in God.
Dear
LordBrownTrout What I have come to discover
is there is a whole population who uses the Govt as the default caretaker. I think it comes from thinking "security and safety" crosses the line into govt handling health care emergencies (I understand when it comes to Ebola, but when you start counting costs and want to pay for prevention not ER costs, then Govt expands into all areas of personal decisions to "try to cut costs"). So it escalates from there.
Charities are not required to help all people out of emergencies, so people turn to Govt to do that.
Instead of reserving Govt for just the absolute emergencies, this has expanded into governing all stages and steps
thinking "this will ensure everyone is treated and protected equally"
People mean well, but so do the Christians when they want everyone to have the benefits of Christian practice.
That may be true and good, and better for public health and welfare.
But it's still not the place of government to mandate and regulate that for all people,
no matter how many lives it saves and what good it does.
Same with stretching Govt to handle health care or private marriage practices.
If we don't handle mental health therapy, and curing drug addictions or abuse on an individual private level, then these problems escalate to the point of a crime or threat to public safety,
so the govt HAS to get involved. So to control those costs, people turn to govt to reform the system and try to manage these populations that way, instead of organizing through churches or charities.
Instead of "establishing equality" by how we treat people ourselves, and setting up free market solutions that cover all the demands of the populations,
the people who believe in establishing this "equal protection" through Govt end up crossing the line and into subjective beliefs, as to what is a threat or priority of "public health safety and general welfare"
I don't think they realize this, but really think they are pushing true equality and what is right as the universal norm, and not something debatable like an optional "belief." But that's the same thing Christians say about prolife arguments and how this is science, not a belief not a choice, and is the right thing for Govt to protect. They believe that is the truth, not a religious option.
Both are pushing beliefs, but the secular will discriminate against the religious beliefs by the fact they are beliefs (not whether the idea is good or will save lives, but on principle).
But when it comes to political beliefs about "right to marriage" or "right to health care"
this same group will push that through Govt while denouncing other groups from doing the same with their "beliefs." How is that not discriminating by creed to treat them differently?
It's sad to me when people on both sides can't respect each other's beliefs as EQUAL
and won't quit compete to force their side on the other, claiming they are defending their beliefs not imposing them.
My solution is to let parties declare their own platforms as political beliefs and religions
and agree to keep them out of govt unless there is a consensus on policy.
Until then, we have this uneven game going on where only the secular beliefs
get to be railroaded through govt, but the religious beliefs are barred by "separation of church and state"
How is that treating people equally by creed, if one group gets their beliefs endorsed by govt but the other gets barred from it?
Shouldn't both groups be barred from imposing either religious or political beliefs on opposing groups?
Whoever figures this out first, If Obama puts himself in a position to make peace with the major parties,
maybe he can earn that Nobel after all. Let's see who is the first public figure to figure it out,
that the parties are pushing creeds, and govt should not be in the business of endorsing one belief over another.
Maybe we should set up a time clock, issue this as a challenge to all religious, political and academic leaders,
and offer to nominate the winner for a Nobel -- whoever is the first to deliver a speech or statement that
brings the parties to acknowledge they are both guilty of pushing beliefs and need to stop discriminating against people of other beliefs.
Ready, Get Set, Start your engines....