Who made the stage for the 5th Democratic Debate?

Some of the Presidential candidates. NPR/Getty.

The next Democratic Debate is next week on November 20th. 10 candidates have made the cut and will participate. They include the following:

Joe Biden

Elizabeth Warren
Bernie Sanders

Peter Buttgieg

Corey Booker

Tulsi Gabbard

Andrew Yang

Kamala Harris

Amy Klobucher 

Tom Steyer.

Julian Castro made the last debate but did not qualify for this one. Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke was also present in the last debate but has dropped out of the contest. Eight other candidates also did not qualify, including new candidates Michael Bloomberg and Deval Patrcik, both of whom just announced their candidacies. 

The debate will be broadcast on MSNBC and moderating duties will be split between MSNBC/NBC and The Washington Post. It will be on Wednesday November 20th from 8pm to 10pm. 

As always, I plan to live tweet the debate. I will be doing so both on Twitter and Gab. My twitter account can be found here and my Gab account can be found here.

What's my take on this? I personally am glad that the field has narrowed a bit. 12 candidates at the last debate was just stupid. It was hard for any candidate to find any momentum and the thing lasted way too long. Some of the more interesting candidates, including Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard barely got a chance to speak. Part of that is due to bias from the moderators but even then it was frustrating. 

As for the debate itself, I think it's do or die time for most of the candidates, espically the ones that haven't yet qualified for the December debate. There are a lot of candidates stuck in single digits and a good debate performance could help them out of it. 

The biggest stories will probably be the four front runners. Biden's had a rough go of it and hasn't done well in the debates. Warren and Sanders have been getting beat up by everyone else and Pete Buttgieg will have to prove his candidacy is legit and not just having a "moment". 

The other big story will be the candidates that did not make the stage. I'm guessing that Julian Castro will probably drop out, but he was an afterthought anyways. The real story is Michael Bloomberg. I guess Deval Patrick is a story too, but nobody knows who he is. Bloomberg is a national name and it remains to be seen if he will make any kind of impact. 

Either way, I will be following the debate closely, even if I don't expect any huge moments. It probably won't be that entertaining but I do enjoy watching the political process.