2 - CNN should let Biden participate in their Democratic Presidential debate even if he doesnt run

1. CNN would get a huge bump in viewer ship by letting Biden in"Without a measurable difference it will not effect CNN"You have provided no source indicating that that is true, yet the 19% of the Dem vote who supports Biden suggests that a very big number of people who might not tune into the debate would end up tuning in if Biden was allowed in. There could very well be some GOP supporters who would tune in to watch Biden since they already have a strong distaste for Clinton and Sanders as well. 2) It would allow Biden to decide whether to ultimately run or not "CNN does not care if Biden runs or not. "Theyre the MEDIA, of COURSE they care if Biden runs or not. The fact that they are already allowing Biden to wait until the day of the debate to declare to let them in to their debate indicates that CNN does very much care if Biden decides to run or not. "As stated in Round 1 the reason Biden is not running is "because he doesn't know if his heart is in it. " A 3 hour debate will not answer this question"Sure it could. If he really debates with the other candidates about national issues and really believes that the audience reacts well to what he is saying, that could very well convince him to enter the race. "just doing well in something that lasts 3 hours max will not answer the question of if he wants to sign up to be in a year long presidential campaign. "Source? Oh wait, you're just stating your opinion as fact again without substantiating the opinion with any actual evidence. 3. The American people deserve to see Joe Biden in the debate"Is it really that outlandish to state that you should have to be a filed candidate for President to participate in a presidential debate? "When the person in question has been polling in the top 3 in the entire field and holds a voter base of 20%, then yeah, forcing that person to make a decision to run or not just to let them into the debate is outlandish and arbitrary. "If Biden is running they have given him until the day of the debate to announce that"Stating what I said in round 1 isnt making an argument Con, youre just going in circles and wasting my time. "CNN does not have to show them their first choice if the candidate is not a current candidate on the day of the debate"Oh look, another OPINION rather than an actual argument. .. "If these people want Biden to be in the debate they need to urge Biden to announce before October 13th. "And they have been: . https://draftbiden2016.com... want to see Biden in the debate, CNN should let him be in the debate. "CNN is doing more than they have to by allowing Biden to decide so late and he should be thankful for that alone"Thats opinion-rather-than-an-actual-argument number 3 for the voters keeping track. .. .. "As I said earlier is it really arbitrary that CNN expects for participants to be filed candidates to participate? "And as I answered earlier, yes it is. And by not providing arguments otherwise youve basically conceded this point4) Allowing Biden to participate is unfair to candidates currently not polling well"As we saw in the Republican debate, top tier candidates get more air time than lower candidates on average"Actually they dont. Republicans in the top tier debates average about 10 minutes of speaking time. Republicans in the lower tier debate on the other hand averaged 14:. http://www.npr.org...There were 6 candidates in the 1st low tier debate where Fiorina broke out from the pack. Allowing Biden into the Dem debate would still only have there be 6 candidates on the stage, meaning all candidates no matter how bad they are polling will have plenty of time to try to get a word in. Con has failed to provide sources or actual arguments for over half of his claims, CNN clearly has an incentive to let Biden in regardless if he declares or not, and the other Dem candidates will still have plenty of time to talk if Biden is allowed into the debate.