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The Commision on Presidential Debates sets the criteria and selects the candidates for each debate. This was formerly the domain of the League of Women Voters, but they were dumped for reasons that I am not sure of, although it probably comes down to direct control of the debates. Neither the Republicans or the Democrats have any interest in sharing the stage with alternate parties, and the CPD obliges them. The only way this will change is if people make MASSIVE amounts of noise.
Note: Nader does not have the endorsement of any party this time around....David Cobb is the Green Party candidate. He and Badnarik will be debating in parallel with the "real" debates.
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