The Democratic National Committee and MSNBC announced Wednesday afternoon the name of the 10 candidates who will be participating in the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 electoral season. Only the top 10 candidates in the most five most recent polls will be allowed to participate in the debate, which will be moderated by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and PBS's Gwen Ifill.
The meteoric rise of media mogul Oprah Winfrey (23%) is posing a threat to both establishment favorite Hillary Clinton (13%) and insurgent socialist Bernie Sanders (11%), both of whom must be concerned with what the beloved Chicago politician-in-training might say given that she's vowed to "hurt anybody" who criticizes her.