When you buy the managers, you get a backstage pass...
The Democratic National Committee recently changed its rules for how a candidate qualifies for the debate, opening the door for Bloomberg to be on stage and drawing the ire of some candidates who dropped out of the race for failing to make prior stages. The candidates were previously required to receive a certain number of campaign contributions to qualify, but Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $60 billion, is not taking donations.
So, yeah -- they rigged it. But no one else seems to be able to stop the socialist from Vermont and his lemming-like followers who are prepared to take the entire Democratic Party over a cliff to perdition.
He can buy his spot on the stage but he can't buy 6 inches. He will need to bring a box to stand on.