Is Biden needed just to impact Sanders at the debate?

[reddread]

Could his sole value (discounting his appeal/track record. face it,
he's no JFK)
be in how much time and attention he could absorb during the debate,
just to diminish Bernie Sanders potential impact?

I dont think it will work, but it seems like the real reason for this particular farce.
Im sure DWS will be very amenable to whatever happens.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. As a twin to Hillary, I think is impact will be more on her.

And, I think he has a good chance of forcing her out of the race....giving Bernie a better chance of getting the nomination.

[DanTex]

2. Either way, it's definitely a conspiracy. Definitely.

[reddread]

3. crazy talk

[DanTex]

4. And don't get me started about the moon landing...

[sabrina 1]

5. It's a bad one if so. Conspiring to lessen Bernie's impact, if true, truly would be a very bad

conspiracy. But we saw the Brock conspiracy to lessen Bernie's impact. So anything is possible. That one raised over one million dollars for Bernie. Talk about unintended consequences from a conspiracy gone bad.

Btw, did Medid Matters ever correctherecord on Brock's totally embarrassing effort to earn his Big Donor pay off to his 'Super (bad) Pac'? Isn't that what they do over there? Correcttherecord?

[DanTex]

6. There's no bad conspiracy theory. I love them all. The wackier, the better.

[Maedhros]

7. Regardless of the underlying reason, it's clear that Biden's inclusion in the '16 Primary discussion

is some tactical ploy by elements within the DNC that want to game the outcome.

[hifiguy]

26. Very true.

They want an alternative to jump to when HRH craters. Which she will, just like in '08.

Two hours on stage with Martin and Bernie - who give straight answers to even the tough questions - and there will be nothing left of HRH but a pair of smoking shoes and a nebulous miasma of platitudinous and meaningless Turd Way rhetoric.

[JoePhilly]

8. I thought he was the DLC, 3rd way, plan B when Hillary implodes????

Its funny how the Biden meme swings 180 degrees from day to day.

[HerbChestnut]

9. I hope Bernie gets a chance to debate Hillary on stage without Biden

That will give people a chance to compare the two side by side for the first time. It might also give O'Malley a chance to gain some steam.

[jwirr]

10. I haven't heard that he is going to be in the debate. Is

this official?

And unless he is actually running this should not be allowed.

[mak3cats]

11. CNN will admit him as long as he declares he's running, even if it's the day of the debate (eom)

[Fearless]

12. I think it's more likely he'd overshadow Hillary. He is a better speaker, but Bernie is best.

Bernie is far more engaging than both. Biden is far more engaging than Hillary. She will lose more from the debates if Biden enters.

[leftofcool]

13. Hillary doesn't need Biden to clean bernie's clock in a debate.

[reddread]

14. of course not, she only needs a miracle

and a clock cleaning kit.

[Left Ear]

16. ....and a flashlight and a map

But I digress....

[reddread]

17. GPS and a pocketful of minions

screwing up a wet dream

[Fumesucker]

22. Perhaps she could wipe Bernie's clock, with a cloth

[artislife]

27. I think she still has the rag she wiped the server with

Hee



Just joking...geez!

[Fawke Em]

15. Hillary needs to worry about all her evolving.

She might get tripped up on what she believes that day. We'll know when that happens when she starts that high-pitched laugh and starts speaking as though her vowels have been flattened by a Mac truck.

But, that reminds me, I need a new clock. This one will do.

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[hifiguy]

28. You're joking, right?

She is double-plus ungood as a debater. Sanders and O'Malley are very good indeed.

[Todays_Illusion]

18. Joe Biden is going to sound like Hillary so why bother?

How can corporate Democratic Joe offer anything in a debate that corporate Democratic Hillary won't.

[restorefreedom]

19. i doubt he will do it

he and the dnc will look pretty foolish if he does the debate and them says naaahhh. and i still don't think he is running

[reddread]

20. I think he will enter and drop out

[restorefreedom]

21. hmmm. that would be interesting nt

[Uncle Joe]

23. I've thought about that aspect that if Biden should run it wouldn't be to win so much

but to take attention and time away from Bernie and/or damage him in the debates via gang up.

Thanks for the thread, reddread.

[reddread]

25. usually when someone actually wants to run for president

EVERYONE knows it.
if anyone "doesnt" know by now, they dont wanna,
and CLEARLY lack the necessary spirit for a job this big.
incredible how many willing victims to this chicanery when
they should be organizing candidates and campaigns for
their own interests and the common good.
these vultures are leaders only in the sense of Judas Goats.

[HereSince1628]

24. Biden would be another voice to the party right

That would shift the balance of the debate and the campaign conversation toward the right.

Biden provides a challenge and an opportunity for H>. Biden's entry takes up a share of everything, including available voters, making the dominance of H> look not dominant.

Still, Biden would provide an obvious ally against the message of the left, and an opportunity for H> to distance herself from Obama policy in that she can be openly against Biden without being openly against Obama.

The challenge is how to do the dance. Biden can't threaten Clinton presence on the national stage. Such a thing would likely unleash the sequel 'Petulance of the PUMA' and Biden's emotional endurance would be truly tested.