The Next Democratic Debate Will Be Moderated By An All-Female Panel

WASHINGTON - MARCH 14: Television host Rachel Maddow arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Department on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. Cameron is on an official visit to Washington, where President Obama will host him at a State Dinner tonight. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Rachel Maddow
MSNBC Rachel Maddow arrives for a lunch hosted in honor of Prime Minister David Cameron at the State Department on March 14, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

MSNBC announced on Wednesday that the next debate in the Democratic presidential primaries will be moderated by an all-female panel.

MSNBC hosts Rachel Maddow and Andrea Mitchell, Washington Post reporter and MSNBC analyst Ashley Parker, and NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will moderate the fifth Democratic debate.

According to NBC News, only eight candidates have qualified to participate in the debate so far: Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Andrew Yang, and Tom Steyer.

The debate, co-hosted by MSNBC and the Washington Post, will air from 9 PM EST to 11 on November 20.

Latest News

Notable Replies

  1. Avatar for n_b n_b says:

    I, for one, look forward to our all-female overlords.

    Wait.

    I mean I am looking forward to a debate with substantive questions without a great deal of dick posturing.

  2. Still not a reason to start watching. Wake me when there are no more than three candidates on the stage.

    Gender of the moderators is less important to me than their journalistic chops.

  3. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    It will give Donnie something extra to whine and snark about. Go for it, Donnie, your numbers with women will be better than ever.

  4. I cringe at the thought of any question Andrea Mitchell would ask

  5. How is Yang in this debate—or Steyer for that matter—but not Klobuchar?

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

72 more replies

Participants

Avatar for ghost Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for meri Avatar for imkmu3 Avatar for scottnatlanta Avatar for cervantes Avatar for sniffit Avatar for arrendis Avatar for sickneffintired Avatar for daveyjones64 Avatar for tomanjeri Avatar for hornblower Avatar for morrigan_2575 Avatar for jakester Avatar for jeverett Avatar for castor_troy Avatar for hahagoodman Avatar for timorwig Avatar for donnamugavero Avatar for swampsofjersey Avatar for txlawyer Avatar for n_b Avatar for kovie Avatar for Swan

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: