Dems' hiding debates backfires on Hillary Clinton

On Sunday night, in the middle of this three-day weekend and shortly after the Steelers-Broncos playoff game, the three remaining Democratic candidates for president will hold another debate.

If you ask progressive supporters of Bernie Sanders, this is because Democratic Party officials have made the cynical calculation that their chosen candidate, Hillary Clinton, will sail more smoothly to her coronation as nominee if they minimize voters’ chances to compare her to her rivals. Holding relatively few debates in out-of-the-way time slots, when most people have better things to do than watch pols yapping, is one way of keeping the party’s primary season off the radar.