Allegations to smear Biden before the general.

"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

nominee. I have come to despise Sanders. If he really cared about any of us, he wouldn't risk the general for this nonsense.

Not many are excited about Bernie. He spent 100 million to basically tie Mayor Pete in Iowa and NH. Nevada is not a good metric. It was a caucus where only 4% of registered voters voted. He's getting his clock cleaned pretty good. He did not even win one county in 5 states!

Going forward, the DNC needs better and more restrictive rules on who gets to run "as a" Democrat.

Actually, no more of this "as a" Democrat nonsense. The phrase "as a Democrat" clearly means that the comparison is being made with something that is NOT a Democrat. The candidate may be similar to a Democrat, but it's not actually Democrat, and therefore we cannot be assured that the best interests of the Democratic Party will be held in high regard by the "as a" Democrat contender.

I'm even suspicious of the "recently declared" Democrats who switch parties for one reason or another. I feel the same away about those politicians who believe it is in their current and immediate best interests to just-now make a party declaration of being a Democrat.

Therefore, I believe anyone who fancies a shot at becoming the Democratic presidential nominee must be a Democrat for at least ONE FULL election cycle--FOUR YEARS--before they can throw their hat into our ring and seek our party's nomination.

Being an "ally" isn't good enough. Having an 80% voting-with-Democrats record isn't good enough. Promising to "govern as" a Democrat isn't good enough.

I am a very old-fashioned fellow, when all is said and done.





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

It would certainly help to avoid the problem of disloyal usurpers, and any others who may seek to use the Democratic party machinery and assets to his (or her) exclusive benefit.

....for President at the SAME time he is already registered with the FEC as an "Independent" candidate for Senate in 2024. This should not be permitted.

Here's his statement of candidacy for 2024:

https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/S4VT00033/1318178/

So much for loyalty to the Democratic Party.

Also, before someone chimes in and claims there are no party registrations in Vermont, that applies to VOTERS, not CANDIDATES. Patrick Leahy has been running for office in Vermont Since 1974, 46 years, each and every time as a Democrat! Here's his most recent staement of candidacy from 2017:

https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/851/201702020200050851/201702020200050851.pdf

Sanders' method there is to run in the Democratic primary, and upon winning, decline the nomination to make his 'independent' run. They ought to find and field a candidate who can beat him, and press the issue, even at the risk of giving a Republican a shot in a three-way race. Better to grasp the nettle and get it over with....





"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

....find some "progressive" schmoe and run it in the primary against an established (or should I say establishment?) Democrat already in office and hope to get lucky. In 2018 that succeeded once, while putting forward almost 80 losing candidates.

It's something they have in common with Trump Cultists: Neither group can see that their God has feet of clay. Or maybe they simply refuse to see!

or COVID-19 takes out Biden. Someone in my social circle posted that they just donated to BS and that "anything can happen" because of the pandemic. They are in full on Eve Harrington mode. However, even under the most unthinkable scenario, Sanders still would not be the nominee.