He believes the debate criteria incentivize nationalizing campaigns through media appearances rather than engaging with early-state voters.

“But I think they have the impact of nationalizing these campaigns and incentivizing these candidates to do a ton of appearances on Fox News or the Ben Shapiro show or other right-wing outlets rather than grinding it out in early states and talking to real voters.”

He doubts the efficacy of the debate criteria, describing them as very imperfect.

“I'm not sure I think it might be it's it's doesn't seem like a a great set of criteria. But I wonder if it's the best of a bunch of bad options.”