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But the bar set for Democrats to qualify for this year’s presidential debates has become a force in its own right, more consequential than any of the early debates it administered — and with unintended effects that continue to ripple through the party.

Hofstra University recently announced that it would not be applying to host a presidential debate as it has done in the past. This is a terrible decision and I am infuriated that the University has decided to do this. And the fact that they haven’t explained their reasoning is disrespectful to every

The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, along with immigration and President Barack Obama's legacy in a fierce debate Thursday night that pitted an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that CNN and The New York Times will co-host the party's fourth presidential debate next month in Westerville, Ohio.

The presidential hopefuls will have 1 minute and 15 seconds for direct responses to questions and 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals. Candidates will have the opportunity to deliver opening statements, but there will be no closing statements.

Amazingly enough, there are still 20 “major” candidates in the field, which makes the field too big to function. Fitting all of them into a debate takes two nights. Listening to each of them talk for just six minutes back to back would take two hours.

CNN's Chris Cillizza looks back at past presidential debate performances and explains how to have a breakout moment

The word on the street is that the third Democratic Presidential debate, the serious-candidates-only-one, will be where things go down.

One debate getting a lot of attention is the 2020 presidential debate possibly coming to Connecticut sometime next year. Connecticut is one of six locations being looked at across the country.