Could Mike Gravel make the Detroit debate?

[Formerly Once-Ler]

https://spectator.us/mike-gravel-detroit-debate/

How could the Detroit Democratic debates in two weeks’ time possibly improve on the glitz of Miami? Perhaps by tossing 89-year-old anti-interventionist Sen. Mike Gravel into the mix.

The former Alaska senator and veteran missed out on the June debates by failing to meet the criteria of 65,000 individual donors or achieving one percent in three reputable polls. But with under five days to go before the qualifying cut-off, Gravel is less than 2,500 donations away from making the stage.

Gravel’s campaign is unique, in that it’s run by two 18-year-olds and largely consists of scything down the other candidates on Twitter. It is also very streamlined: when Cockburn spoke to the Gravel teens in Miami last month, they pointed out how they’d spent only $5,000 so far, compared to former Maryland congressman John Delaney, who was polling behind them after paying out around $6 million.

more at link.

A Gravalanche is coming!!!

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Update 7/12 7 p.m. ET: The Gravel campaign have reached 65,000 donors. There are 20 spaces on the Detroit debate stage. Polling, the other criteria by which a candidate could qualify, will therefore likely determine which 20 contenders appear.

[jmyrlefuller]

Riveting drama.

[Applewood]

Who? 

This campaign sounds like the one the late Fred Thompson ran where he merely used the internet.  Not sure this bare bones campaign is going anywhere. But kudos to Gavel for making the minimum qualifying donations.