In general, when you only have TWO primary candidates remaining, it's silly to do tons of extra debates but, at the same time, I would have loved to have seen additional general election debates where, just like most years, we only got 3 presidential debates.
Plus it should be noted that your source seems to claim more about the *placement* of the debates than the quantity. While your source does make a mention or two towards quantity, it relates it to the highly anomalous 2008 which was the first time since 1988 that over 20 primary debates were held and, in general, 2008 had the most that were held in at least 30 years.
Nor is there any indication that additional debates would have made any difference because, again, it was really just down to 2 candidates for most of them. Jim Webb dropped out after the first one -- where he had no talking time -- and Chafee soon followed. Keep in mind that the Republicans consistently had more than six candidates for almost the entire debate season and they only held NINE debates. The Dems' 6 debate season being too small is a convenient fiction cooked up by Sanders supporters.
Having them when they did, and as few as they did at a time when the country is pissed, ya it was an awful idea.
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Overlooking that it's the definition of quality control, Hillary won WITHOUT the supderdelegates so your entire argument is moot.
Bernie won states by popular vote but lost delegate counts in those states. That should never of happened. Zeus posted...
And again, that term you made up on the spot is flat-out wrong for the reasons I already spelled out. You've apparently conflated economic stagnation with cultural stagnation and, if you're going to blame economic stagnation for cultural stagnation -- which would be completely stupid and hold no basis in reality -- then you should just be referencing economic stagnation and cutting out the middle man.
Economic stagnation is cultural stagnation. Get over it.
Also you forgot to apologize for your massive straw man about gay marriage. ---