If Bernie damages Biden

[cilla4progress]

in tonight's debate, all my support and loyalty to Bernie through 40+ years will dissolve!

[Cozmo]

1. Spoken like a true Democrat - Thank you!

[RandySF]

2. The stakes are different now

It’s a life or death election.

[Turin_C3PO]

3. I hope he keeps

to real issues and not bullshit like “Biden wants to cut social security!” or anything like that.

[honest.abe]

4. You will not be alone.

He will be seen as an opportunist willing to to risk losing the election to Trump just to feed his ego and ambitions.

[msongs]

6. "seen as.." lol. nt

[NCProgressive]

29. It struck me as well ... lol

[wyldwolf]

5. The already damaged "progressive" movement...

... May not recover. Ever.

[FM123]

7. I was hoping that Bernie's objective at this point in time was to try get Joe to go more left

but the fact that he just opened up five new campaign offices in Pennsylvania day before yesterday (they don't vote til end of April) tells me that he just may just go full attack mode after all and try to win this thing.

[Indykatie]

17. Bernie Won't Be Happy With Anything but Biden Supporting M4ALL and That Ain't Happening

Wiping out all student loan debt ain't happening either.

[FM123]

24. This is why many of us Warren supporters are voting Biden and not Bernie.

I remember when Elizabeth was criticized and attacked when she moved her position on M4A to emphasize that consumers should have a choice to opt-in to the program during a transition period instead of Bernie's version and his team got so angry. Not happy is an understatement.

[Demsrule86]

25. Mathematically he can't win this thing but he cqn damage Biden our presumptive nominee...and PA is

where Biden was born but it is the only state left with a good amount of delegates besides New York and he won't do great there.

[Cha]

8. I never had it.. especially in 2012 when

he thought it was "... good idea to primary President Obama"

[NurseJackie]

11. That was the moment I knew that I could never trust (or respect) him again.

He wanted to kneecap Obama's reelection. He wanted to damage him. I'll never forgive him for that.

He didn't want to do everything possible to protect and help our nation's first AA president to succeed and thrive... he only wanted to harm him or remove him.

Disgusting.

[Cha]

18. Indeed. & now.. Fact check: Bernie Sanders ad featuring praise from Obama leaves out important..

Fact check: Bernie Sanders ad featuring praise from Obama leaves out important context

Obama did say, "That's right. Feel the Bern!" at the 2016 convention. But he said it while trying to get Sanders supporters to vote for Clinton, not while offering an endorsement of Sanders.

Obama was trying to unite the party behind Clinton after her contentious primary with Sanders. During Obama's lengthy testimonial to Clinton, he complimented Sanders supporters -- and promptly encouraged everybody to vote for Democrats.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287638675

[NurseJackie]

19. Very dishonest of his campaign. I just can't trust him.

That's how I feel about it... others may feel differently, but those are my opinions.

[Cha]

21. They've earned it.

[NurseJackie]

9. Kneecapping 101

His campaign staff has made the "scorched earth" philosophy abundantly clear.

[cilla4progress]

10. In fairness,

I've lately heard Bernie refer to Biden as his friend.

[NurseJackie]

14. LOL! They all do that.

It's insincere Senate "code talk" ... when you hear someone say: "My good friend Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma brings a snowball into the senate chambers as proof that global warming is a hoax" ... what they really mean is: "That dumb son of a bitch from from Oklahoma..."

[Todd79]

20. Most reports

Most reports are that they actually did have a pretty good relationship beforehand (at least as good as any friendship with Bernie is).

[Cha]

22. Of course.. Now. BS thought it was a "good idea

to primary Pres Obama" in 2012.

And, now..

Fact check: Bernie Sanders ad featuring praise from Obama leaves out important context

Obama did say, "That's right. Feel the Bern!" at the 2016 convention. But he said it while trying to get Sanders supporters to vote for Clinton, not while offering an endorsement of Sanders.

Obama was trying to unite the party behind Clinton after her contentious primary with Sanders. During Obama's lengthy testimonial to Clinton, he complimented Sanders supporters -- and promptly encouraged everybody to vote for Democrats.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287638675

[TwilightZone]

12. Eh, don't worry about it. Biden will do fine.

And I'm not sure anyone is even paying attention, outside of Sanders supporters hoping for a miracle.

[Thekaspervote]

26. I agree.. Biden had even his detractors saying he did very well the last 2 debates

IMO.... bernie is going to be the one wishing he hadn’t challenged Joe

[PatSeg]

13. Bernie clearly is not the person I thought he was

I don't know, maybe he changed, but the person I see now, along with his staff, has campaigned in ways I would expect from a republican, not a Democrat. I keep waiting for him to take the high road, but I don't think that is going to happen.

[Demguy81]

15. I like Bernie

But from what I've seen coming out in the press about the debate, I'm less than impressed. Getting Biden to move a bit in the progressive direction is a good thing.

Needlessly attacking and weakening him makes 0 sense.

[IronLionZion]

16. I voted for Bernie

in the 2016 primaries. And I agree with you.

[Demsrule86]

23. He won't stop Bide from winning the nomination but he could damage Biden for the General.

[world wide wally]

27. I doubt he can,but what else could he possibly accomplish?

[Mr.Bill]

28. This will be Biden's easiest debate to prepare for.

Only one opponent and everything Bernie has to throw at him we've heard before.

Remember how Biden made Paul Ryan look like a 14 year old child and laughed at him in the VP debate? I do.

[helpisontheway]

30. If Bernie tries to destroy Biden,Biden better fight back! Nt

[democrattotheend]

31. I don't think he did

I think the debate was good for Biden. It gave him a chance to seem presidential and assuage concerns people had about whether he is up to the task of taking on Trump and being president. And to lay out his plans in a little more detail than I've heard so far, which is probably due to the format of the multi-candidate debates.

As I predicted, this debate was more respectful than prior debates this cycle or in 2016. It was very substantive and you could tell Bernie and Joe don't hate each other.