Yikes: Tom Steyer will likely become the tenth and final Democrat to make the September debate stage

If you had “Tom Steyer manipulates the DNC’s small donor incentives to become the dark horse to make the September debate stage” on your 2019 bingo card, get ready to collect your winnings.

After spending more than $7 million on ads, the billionaire has managed to buy — I mean earn — the 130,000 unique donor threshold and meet the requirement for the September Democratic presidential debate stage. Steyer, who entered the race late with the promise of committing $100 million of his own money to his campaign, needs just one more qualifying poll to secure his position.