I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm Ross Douthett.

I'm David Lee and Hart.

And this is the argument.

This week, is the Democratic Party doing too much to narrow its presidential field?

I think the way this field has narrowed has the potential to strip some interesting ideological

and intellectual diversity out of the Democratic debates.

Then, can the American right escape racism?

And racism was on the menu?

They made it very, very clear what they really wanted.

And finally, a recommendation.

It's more realistic than the highly scripted and staged American reality shows.

The Democrats narrowed the field for this week's debate in Houston.

Only 10 candidates made the stage.

And this narrower debate field has real consequences.

Several candidates, including Kirsten Gillibrand, John Hickenlooper, and Jay Inslee, have recently

dropped out of the race.

I'm going to go first on this topic, and my argument is going to be a big no-no-no.

The Democratic Party is not doing too much to narrow the field.

If anything, it's doing too little.

I'm a journalist, I like politics, and even for me, the early debates, two nights, multiple

hours, more than 20 candidates, were just too much.

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