Magical Thinking With the No-Hopers: Inside Debate Night 1’s Spin Room

COMING THROUGH

For several hours, the no-chancers and hangers-on had their first big opportunity to sell their candidate in the glare of the media.

Politics Reporter

Published Jun. 27 2019 6:18AM EDT

MIAMI—No stage time? No problem. In the spin room, even the opinion-poll one-percenters got a glimpse of double-digit fame.

It didn’t take long. Before all 10 presidential candidates closed out the first Democratic primary debate, the arena had morphed into an alternate universe where popularity no longer mattered.

Hanna Trudo

Politics Reporter

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Magical Thinking With the No-Hopers: Inside Debate Night 1’s Spin Room

For several hours, the no-chancers and hangers-on had their first big opportunity to sell their candidate in the glare of the media.

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