The first Democratic presidential debate will be held Tuesday, and the candidates are expected to battle it out over issues as wide-ranging as gun control, climate change, and wealth inequality in America. Here’s how the candidates are preparing for the debate:
- Bernie Sanders repeatedly reminded not to point scolding finger directly into camera
- Hillary Clinton and Super PAC director meeting on back-to-back park benches to hammer out last-minute details
- Advisers submitting Jim Webb to a session of rapid-fire, hard-hitting questions about where he came from and why he’s here
- Martin O’Malley scrambling to turn Baltimore into peaceful utopia by Tuesday night
- Sanders carefully preparing to field questions about his 14-year tenure as head of Lehman Brothers
- Lincoln Chafee continually reminding self he only 0.6 percent away from fourth place
- Clinton put through a few warmup rounds with over-caffeinated Richard Dreyfuss
- John Kerry giving Jim Webb some pointers on downplaying an accomplished military career and service in Vietnam
- Stylists procuring balloon to rub against Sanders’ hair moments before debate begins
- Clinton preparing to show off fun, spontaneous side by opening with joke she has been rehearsing for seven months