It would serve Sanders right if the media stopped going to his "press conferences" until he

[highplainsdem]

stops using them mainly to attack Biden with the same tired talking points.

He's just trying to get free media for his attacks on Biden.

[BeckyDem]

1. wow

[highplainsdem]

6. I have nothing against Sanders holding real press conferences. But I've seen two in a couple of

that he used mainly as platforms to attack Biden at length while claiming that he "likes" Joe (with friends like Sanders...).

[Poeraria]

2. I support Joe, and am confident that he will be the candidate.

But the primary is an opportunity for Joe to show the country what he is made of, that he is a fighter, and to answer questions that effective smear campaigns have stimulated. Joe should fight Bernie, fair and square, not by bringing Bernie down, but by defneding himself and clearing up any doubts.

Primaries, if executed honestly, strengthen the eventual nominee.

[jimfields33]

3. Hasn't joe been protected enough?

I mean it took the whole party to get him to look like he has a shot. One day he’ll have to do this on his own.

[highplainsdem]

5. You have that backward. The party is coalescing around Joe because they feel he has the best

shot.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Bernie and Joe should show us their stuff

and start attacking Trump. Bernie seems to think socialist revolutionary theory will carry the day. His volleys are weak, and he'll face a fusillade in the bargain. Joe seems to understand the Trump personality better. He may not attack as viscerally as Mayor Mike, but he dings Trump's character good. Bernie, no such sauce.

[emmaverybo]

7. It's the distortion of Biden's positions that gets me. Alternative facts.

[showblue22]

10. He did that to Hillary.

A very accomplished woman compared to his record and he exaggerated her negatives, presented her votes out of context and pumped his his few good deeds to make himself look better than her.

[highplainsdem]

13. Yes.

[Cha]

15. +1!

[showblue22]

8. Let him do whatever he wants.

It looks to me like Americans are tired of the negative attacks. I think it will backfire on Bernie.

[oasis]

9. That's why I believe nothing would be gained by Joe if debated Bernie.

Biden's in the driver's seat with a constant flow of delegates coming to him. Bernie would muddy him up for the General Election.

Trump voters wouldn't give a damn about any negative thing Bernie had to say about Joe.

[highplainsdem]

11. I'd expect Sanders' debating to be mainly louder and louder recitations of parts of his stump speech

plus lots of waving and pointing.

[William769]

12. That's his MO

Attack people & entities then demand their support.

When V.P. Biden accepts the nomination, maybe then he will figure out that his tactics didn't work. I doubt it though.

[abqtommy]

14. As long as tRUMP, the Scum of the Scrum, gets a free pass from the MSM

then so should everybody else. I support the 1st Amendment and Fairness. I don't have any desire
to punish anyone unless tRUMP is included.