Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Why Bernie should be very careful about O'Malley's proposal to hold Debates himself. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)without them, the DNC has no debate, unless as someone said, Hillary chooses to debate the varying versions of herself.
IF they join O'Malley, then they too are banned by the DNC.
If they do not, then the DNC gets its wish. A show debate, where they will announce their regrets that Bernie isn't showing up and most likely will not explain why.
As for 'regardless of anything else', that was intended to show the option that he should just ignore all other debates EVEN if the DNC might be forced into lifting the ban.
There are people supporting Bernie who are loyal Dems and would want him to simply abide by the DNC's rules, regardless because for some Dems they are going out on a limb to support Bernie considering his longtime status as an Independent and would definitely want to assuage any misgivings they have by seeing him abide by the party rules.