Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii walked onstage here at Otterbein University with a stark reality looming: This could be their last debate, as none of them have yet qualified for the November contest.

To make the November debate stage, candidates will have to reach 3% in at least four Democratic National Committee-approved polls of Democratic voters nationally or in one of the four early-voting states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — and raise money from 165,000 separate donors — including a minimum of 600 donors each in at least 20 states or territories.

The reality for the four Democrats on the bubble is that none of them are that close to making the fourth debate. All the candidates have the needed donors, but only O’Rourke and Klobuchar have one of the needed polls.

The Warren campaign deliberately leaking that she may choose Gillum if SHE’s the nominee strikes me the same as the Biden campaign leaking that he may choose Stacy Abrams if HE’s the nominee. STOP IT!

Black people AREN’T fools. And we’re NOT kids. Don’t try to play Us.

Just make the case for why YOU would make the best choice for president. Period.

Honestly, I couldn’t do it. I cannot sit and listen to 12 Dem candidates go at each other, trying to score points at the expense of the greater goal – DEFEATING TRUMP. Btw-Shout Out to Corey Booker, who apparently called out his fellow candidates and “warned them against fracturing the party” with their attacks on one another.

Personally, I can’t wait until we’re down to the final 2 or 3 candidates who actually have a chance of winning the nomination. I’ll probably watch a bit of the debates then.