If you count up the total who were in the running...it reached 27 at some point. Right now? In terms of outright winning primary states? I would suggest we are down to four candidates (Biden, Warren, Mayor Pete, and Sanders). But if you measured enthusiasm and getting people to actually come out in the primary...NONE of the four are achieving anything.
I’ll also offer this...having six months of debates was awful stupid. We have still twelve weeks before we get to the primary start-up. I seriously doubt that Sanders has the money to reach Iowa.
I think they built a weak field and then planned debates too early all so that Hillary could sail in and save them at the last minute.
Because if this debacle isn’t intentional it’s pretty amazing.