Four out of five of President Obama’s largest individual donors from 2012 have not yet donated any money to Democratic candidates. Some donors said that Hillary Clinton hadn’t yet motivated them to donate to her campaign. Donors also mentioned the increased role of Super-PACs and that the individual limit of $5,400 just doesn’t make that much of a difference any more.

In Tuesday’s Fox/Wall Street Journal debate, the candidates appealed to populist sentiment by attacking the Federal Reserve, railing on banks, corporations and international trade deals. The field has slowly moved candidates into two camps. The more establishment-friendly pool includes Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and John Kasich. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and the two front-runners, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, carry the anti-establishment torch.

National CineMedia, which sells ads that appear on more than 20,000 movie screens around the country, together with the advertising representative for AMC, Regal and Cinemark, have decided to eliminate political ads from their inventory. This decision comes following large numbers of customer complaints after the 2012 election. Seeing Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton ads before your movie may very well take away from the experience.

Former Obama finance committee members from his first presidential campaign have circulated a letter calling for increased support for Martin O’Malley. The five former committee members wrote that O’Malley “can and should win” against Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Adding that he is a “true progressive” and embodies a “new generation of leadership.”

In spite of strong poll numbers, most pundits agree that the political novices, Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina, would get destroyed by Clinton in the general election. It is noted that Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio would present the strongest GOP challenge to the projected Democratic nominee, with Rubio taking the edge. Others mention Chris Christie, though his chances of getting through the primaries look slim.

Tonight’s debate will be integral to how the winter primary season shapes up. Jeb Bush will be on the ropes and needs to buttress his campaign reset with a strong performance. Marco Rubio could possibly face a Bush-Ted Cruz tag team. Donald Trump and Ben Carson will battle it out as front-runners.

In an attempt to counter Republican moves to tighten voting laws, aides to former President Clinton and President Obama are pledging to spend $10 million to support automatic voting registration. iVote would allow citizens to automatically register to vote when getting their driver's’ licenses, unless they opt out.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow moderated a one-on-one discussion with each of the three Democratic candidates left in the race last Friday. In a slight shift in tone, Hillary Clinton began taking heat from the other contenders. They pointed to her being close to Wall Street and her questionable commitment to climate protection policies, among other issues.

Resonating with millennials and having strong social media and organizing bases, Bernie Sanders’ brand should not be underestimated. Low name-recognition may be partly to blame for his poor showings in many primary races around the country. Having started airing ads, as we move closer to the start of primary season, Sanders may see an additional rise in popularity.

The Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee campaigns have been relegated to the second-tier Republican debate in next week’s Fox/WSJ event. Neither candidate was able to break 2.5% in the polls, the threshold for making it to the main debate stage. They will join Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum in a four-way debate.