For a few days, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii technically had a chance of making it back onto the debate stage.
But after the Democratic National Committee announced on Friday that candidates would need at least 20% of all of the delegates allocated so far to qualify, Gabbard will be on the outside looking in at the race's first one-on-one debate on March 15 between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Even if Gabbard were to somehow secure all 352 of the delegates on the table on election night March 10 and nab the dozen on March 14 between Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, she would still fail to break the 20% threshold.
The Friday news led to the retirement of the hyperobservant Twitter account dedicated to the televised-debate qualifications, which now goes by the name "The Artist Formerly Known as Debate Tracker."
—The Artist Formerly Known as Debate Tracker (@TrackerDebate) March 6, 2020
The only word from Gabbard's campaign Friday was an announcement postponing an event in Las Vegas, where the Nevada caucus took place almost two weeks ago.
