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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: O’Malley: Sanders fine with 'rigged' Dem debates [View all]Vattel
(9,289 posts)93. Serious question: What makes you think the unnamed people were Sanders staffers?
I mean the ones that said that in private the Sanders campaign were less emphatic about wanting more debates.
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The rules are that any Dem candidate who debated outside of the schedule would be barred from
djean111
Dec 2015
#1
Today is 'Bernie is the status quo' which alternates with 'Bernie is not enough of a Democrat'
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2015
#25
Well, he did agree to the DNC rules about debates. So did O'Malley. So did Clinton.
MADem
Dec 2015
#51
Yep. All this whining about him following the rules is beyond ridiculous.
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2015
#87
Yup. Just a typo. I am more of a Democrat than, say, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.
djean111
Dec 2015
#90
Perhaps things changed once the debates started. So far the DNC debates have been
Thinkingabout
Dec 2015
#53
I'm not "upset" at all. I'm a bit surprised that you are going to a confrontational and disruptive
MADem
Dec 2015
#72
You accused me of making "unsubstantiated claims." They weren't unsubstantiated at all.
MADem
Dec 2015
#81
Serious question: What makes you think the unnamed people were Sanders staffers?
Vattel
Dec 2015
#93
I wish I had your confidence in her, but I judge a candidate mostly by her record.
Vattel
Jan 2016
#136
She has done a superb job of carrying out POTUS's foreign policy vision, and advising him
MADem
Jan 2016
#138
Yeah, she had the skills necessary to support the invasion of Iraq. I am dazzled.
Vattel
Jan 2016
#165
And I am sure that is pleasing to you, as is the spate of OPs about this right here.
djean111
Dec 2015
#11
Funny, in the last debate when O'Malley had an opportunity to join Bernie in discussing
Dustlawyer
Dec 2015
#12
Hard to say for sure. I would speculate that in the debate he chose to appear
Dustlawyer
Dec 2015
#19
It really makes me wonder just what O'Malley was trying to do here with Bernie.
stillwaiting
Dec 2015
#43
Hell, when you're talking about Clinton, there's no point in alerting--the eighty percent of Sanders
MADem
Dec 2015
#105
Not all Bernie supporters are bad and not all Hillary supporters are angels.
Dustlawyer
Dec 2015
#22
When you fail to acknowledge the truth about your own candidate, and constantly attack
Dustlawyer
Dec 2015
#28
You nailed it. Look at the number of times in the debate where Sanders agreed with HRC and O'Malley
FSogol
Dec 2015
#32
All things considered, especially how Hillary's poll numbers rise after each debate ...
NurseJackie
Dec 2015
#24
Now now, you're only citing the official, and scientific polls... the ones with established history.
Amimnoch
Dec 2015
#29
Obama had a three point lead in IA at this point in 08. Sanders has a 13 point deficit.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2015
#44
That IS a fair point, and is similar to the comments by Howard Dean on the subject.
MADem
Dec 2015
#48
So, Sanders can demand more debates publicly--then staff later says he does not mean it. ha hs.
riversedge
Dec 2015
#73
He gets his base all riled up but what must they think of him now?? For weeks he
riversedge
Dec 2015
#78
You'd think there'd be some blowback from the BS campaign if there was any "lying" in that
MADem
Jan 2016
#148
I think the source was telling the simple truth--those debates are NOT his strength.
MADem
Jan 2016
#151
What tripe? It appears that O'Malley is making a play to raise the debate issue. That's the topic.
MADem
Dec 2015
#99
Well, to be fair to ALCON, it's not like these candidates were unaware of the debate schedule before
MADem
Dec 2015
#114
O'Malley. Trying so hard to be relevant and Hillary supporters jumping on his Bad Bernie
Autumn
Dec 2015
#104
There's no "Bad Bernie Bandwagon." There's a "Gee, Bernie Let His Supporters Say One Thing,
MADem
Dec 2015
#106
Given that BS has (carefully) said very little on the subject, it's hard to know what to "trust."
MADem
Dec 2015
#128