In Miami, the Democratic debate circus begins well before the candidates take the stage
MIAMI - Standing on a sweltering street corner in Miami's Little Haiti, Jay Inslee practiced distilling his presidential campaign pitch to 60 seconds - the time limit he and fellow Democratic candidates will face for each question in this week's primary debates.
The Washington governor, speaking to a small scrum of reporters, launched into a polished answer on his plans for 100% clean energy and eliminating coal-fired power plants. "I'm ready for this job," he concluded, then evaluated his pithiness: "That was 58.2 seconds."
Actually, it was 50.
Even before any of the candidates stepped onto the
