This isn’t helpful

Yes, it was a convoluted press conference from Sanders. But, the questions he asked were interesting. If he is pressing Biden to lean left (without unnecessary personal attacks), it will be Biden's time to shine. Bernie should bow out after losing next week's primaries.

get to dictate terms or make demands.

There is no prize for participation.

pushing Joe to move left as long as he refrains from attacking him. We shall see how it all plays out in the next week.

Joe to go against all the people who DID NOT VOTE FOR BSs agenda.

We voted for Joe. Not Bernie. Bernie lost. He does not get a prize for participation, any more than any of the other candidates.

And besides, we know where it leads when BS tells us he's improving us. We've seen it before.

has to actually listen to him. I’m just saying I don’t mind if he stays in another week as long as he stops the negativity.

Trump again wins by virtue of only the electoral college or only by a small majority of the popular vote. Then you can think about all the never-Trump republicans and middle-of-the road voters that were alienated by Biden’s move to the left in order to placate Bernie, WHO DECISIVELY LOST THE PRIMARY, and has no business making any demands.

This happened in 2016 and will happen again if we let it. Bernie should drop out, and Biden should refuse to participate in any further debates. Enough. Bernie is an asshole. I’m sick of him, and I’m sick of his supporters making lame excuses for him and justifying his conduct, which is not in the interests of the Country or the Democratic Party.

Oh I forgot. BERNIE IS NOT A DEMOCRAT. Why should we expect him to act as one?

I don’t think he should stay in past next week. I wish he would have dropped out today, but he didn’t. We’ll see what the next week brings.

Having the last debate, having Bernie lose the next primaries, and then a reconciliation between the two candidates and their supporters and to build a platform that will decimate Trump. It will require the cooperation of both groups. Any talk of "we won get lost" or "Bernie or Bust" is unhelpful.

And this isn't, "we won, get lost." This is "Joe won. Get on his bus. Just like the rest of us did when our candidates lost."

Why is BS different?

Will it happen? I think so, but I've been wrong before. I think the issue is that (whether rightly or wrongly), there is a perception that Biden's side represents the establishment, and Bernie's side represents an insurgency. Getting those sides together is going to require work. I am a Bernie voter who will enthusiatically endorse Biden, but I can't speak for others who might need more time. A lot will ride on Bernie, he's got to do better than he did in 2016.

And we know that "work" means concessions. But that means concessions to the "insurgency" that has been soundly rejected by voters.

So why is BS entitled to this "work"? Liz isn't. Amy isn't. Kamala isn't. Mike and Pete and Andrew aren't. Why is BS?

If BS and his supporters getting special treatment leads to a greater probability of beating Trump, then I'm all for it.

There is nothing in history to suggest that appeasing BS leads to better outcomes.

A lot will ride on Bernie doing the right thing next week, and a lot of BS ideas are popular, even if he is a terrible messenger. All should ride on the GE, take from BS what will help in the GE, and politely dismiss what won't. In turn, BS should be a surrogate for Joe, talking about their friendship and Joe's character.

2 hours of attack footage against Joe, it's going to backfire on him tremendously. He's currently well- liked by dem voters, but that's going to change if he does what he did 4 years ago. 35% is all he'll ever get in a democratic primary (not caucus). A revolution, that isn't.

now. We have serious work to do and the survival of the Democracy depends on it. We don't have time for this shit.

why ones positions are the best ones?

His staff pretty clearly believes that going hard negative is the only way to turn his campaign around. They're not about to bail on that now.

Cancel the debate ...Corona virus is too dangerous.

did cancel the audience at the debate. So that’s something, at least.

I might be in the minority, but I think the crowd takes away from substance and awards crass personal attacks.

It’s not professional wrestling.

Better to get it out in the open now and deal with it before Trump gets a hold of it which he surely will. As far as the debate goes, there will not be a live audience so I think there will be minimal risk.

Now,I despise him.

Just because he will probably be the nominee should not make him immune from criticism.

Sore loser gonna sore.

But Sanders isn’t a D and he doesn’t really care about what’s best for the Party. In fact, he’s pretty much declared war on the Party.

Does Sanders seriously think that regurgitating the talking points we’ve heard for six years Sunday is going to change a single vote in his favor? Hell, most voters have his stump speech down cold.

claimed victory in the polling (the exit polls were overwhelmingly for us) and then went on a long rambling attack on Biden... basically asking Joe to have a plan to fix every social and economic "injustice" in the world... and quoted a number of questionable statistics.

Keeps Democrat politics in the headlines. It is probably not bad even if they are in a pissing contest. I don't think that it hurts the cause for the battle continue until the convention.

I would like to see Biden campaigning against Trump, as if he is the nominee, and not worry too much about Sander's campaign.

I will tell you this though, if we can't beat Trump, with any candidate, after his mishandling this present crisis, we are doomed.

... was the prospect of Biden disappearing from TV until.... oh.... July? Or even later if Trump refuses to debate.

I appreciate the kind words I got from Biden supporters. It is hard when you realize your candidate basically has no chance.

I think the debate would be good if it is a productive exchange of ideas.

And if in the next couple weeks Biden gets an even more insurmountable lead (very likely), time for Sanders to give it up. The movement is not just about Bernie. Hopefully most Bernie supporters are like me and support Biden while keeping things like Medicare for All in the spotlight.

sanders not dropping out may help Biden. sanders keeps on losing primaries by large margins nnly strenghten's Joe's position https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/11/no-surprise-bernie-sanders-is-still-all-about-himself-never-party/

Why do you think he would stop now?

when they realize that he has in fact lost right now.

that it ends up a brokered convention. Even with the sizable plurality Biden would probably have, I can see Bernie lunging at his last chance at the ticket by going into full attack mode on Biden.