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Allies of Hillary Clinton say the Democratic front-runner should feel no pressure to appear in another debate against Bernie Sanders.
Sanders accepted an invitation by Fox News earlier this week to take part in an upcoming debate ahead of the California primary. But Clinton, who is 90 delegates away from clinching the Democratic nomination, hasnt agreed to participate.
Nor should she, allies say.
Theres nothing to debate, said one longtime ally and confidante. Theres nothing new. You can run these debates on loop. The attacks are all the same. And we cannot tolerate his tired, old attacks that continue to disunite the party at a time when its supposed to be united.
A former Clinton aide said Sanders should be allowed to finish campaigning in the primary but he should also give Clinton the space she needs to focus on the general without creating more friction.
Its basically over, the former aide said. He needs to work on uniting the party, not scheduling another debate.
As of Friday afternoon, there was no word on whether the debate would happen.
Luis Miranda, the communications director at the Democratic National Committee, said officials there will continue to facilitate negotiations with both candidates.
The last time the two candidates faced-off was just before the New York primary in April. The two held an at times tense debate, at which Sanders pressed Clinton about releasing transcripts of her speeches to Goldman Sachs.
Democratic strategists said they would be surprised if Clinton agreed to share a debate stage again with Sanders.
There is no reason for another debate at this stage of the process, said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist and Clinton supporter. We have had enough of them. The only one that would benefit from another is Trump.
The Sanders camp doesnt see it that way. This week, campaign manager Jeff Weaver urged Clinton to make good on her campaigns commitment to agree to a time and place" for the debate.
In February, both the Clinton and Sanders campaigns had agreed to holding debates, including face-offs in Flint, Michigan and California. But a date for the California debate was never scheduled.
There are issues of enormous importance facing the people of California and our nation and the people of our largest state deserve to hear the Democratic candidates opinions, Weaver said. But so far, there has been no official movement in the Clinton camp.
A longtime adviser to the Clintons said deciding whether to participate in another debate could be a tough call.
Polls taken last month in California show Clinton leading by roughly 10 points, according to Real Clear Politics. Leaders in political races typically have less interest in holding debates than their challengers.
I dont think its super high risk, as she so often does very well in debates, and it showcases her range of knowledge, experience and steadiness, all of which draw a contrast with Trump, even if hes not on stage, the longtime adviser said.
But the adviser said would could make it risky is if the moderators focused heavily on Trumps lines of attack including Benghazi, Clintons use of a private email server as secretary of State and allegations of President Clintons infidelities.
Those storylines would dominate the resulting news coverage at a time when Clinton is beginning her general election fight against Trump.
The fact that Fox News would be the debates moderator might also add to Clinton worries.
Shes right..... no more debates.....update on my post I did
BeyondGeography
(39,399 posts)Pass.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...you just NAILED it!
PEACE!
Arkansas Granny
(31,545 posts)If Bernie wants to continue his campaign, so be it, but I do wish he would stop his negative attacks on Hillary. It only helps Trump.
Cha
(298,139 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)She doesn't need it and, given what a disaster the NY debate was for Back Bench Bernie, it wouldn't help HIM much either. The fact that he's so willing to jump into bed with Fox "News" is an indicator of just how desperate he is, not to win the nomination, but to keep as many of his pea brained Stepford like followers sending their $27 as possible for as long as possible. The Sanders campaign is quite possibly the most cynical political operation I've ever seen. That's saying something since my first political campaign was stuffing envelopes for Bobby Kennedy before he was assassinated a couple of weeks before my 13th birthday in 1968.
As I said in an OP a few days ago, I am DONE with Bernard Sanders for good!
PEACE!
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)He can debate his birdie.......LOL
liberal N proud
(60,352 posts)Finger wagging Bernie
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)I am DONE with Back Bench Bernie for GOOD!
PEACE!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Debate for Sanders. Right now it will not change the outcome, it will not switch SD's to him and Hillary will get more than half of the pledged delegates very soon.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)livetohike
(22,172 posts)increasingly bitter and angry Sanders. He will just repeat his stump speech anyway. More dangerous for him to debate again because it would highlight his temperament which is not suited for the Presidency.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)This is Great, Iaaa.. hope it holds!
Don't do it, Hillary!
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Time to move on to the general election.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Her Sister
(6,444 posts)AH NO! BS we can see you!
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)He's desperate to make her look bad ,truly I think he doesn't like her.....or jealous and has been making it bad for her in this primary ,and he says his a Dem....no way more like Trump everyday
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Squinch
(51,096 posts)would be as useful as her debating Pee Wee Herman. Neither matters to the general election.
These "waaaah, she's breaking her promise!" people are idiots.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)and wag his finger..
Squinch
(51,096 posts)Cha
(298,139 posts)watch burnie.. he portrays something he's not.. and wags and wags and wags.. For some reason I couldn't stomach him. Nothing gd funny about burnie.
With trump.. what you see it what you get.. big vulgar vile blowhard.. quite laughable.
And, Hillary will take care of him, too.
Charlie Pierce calls him the vulgar talking yam.
Squinch
(51,096 posts)TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)still_one
(92,552 posts)The only ones that want this debate are those hoping for a "reality show circus"
Paddy Chayefsky's Network is alive and well today, in what is portrayed as news. Just the over whelming coverage of Trump indicates that, and when the head of CBS Chief Les Moonves said Trump's 'Damn Good' for business, along with:
Sorry. Its a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going.
He confirmed it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/les-moonves-donald-trump_us_56d52ce8e4b03260bf780275
Cha
(298,139 posts)chance in hell.
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)And they don't care who it hurts in long run....
Iamaartist
(3,300 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Dumbass-Donald. I mean, come on! Fox "News" Channel hosting an honest and fair debate?? In what universe?
George II
(67,782 posts)Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)We can all recite his hackneyed BS speech verbatim anyway.
pandr32
(11,646 posts)...and bring Hillary to heel in front of his supporters.
It isn't going to work this time. She needs to treat him respectfully (whenever she mentions him to the Press) but as he really is with her actions--an interloper with trouble on his mind.
She will be the nominee without another ridiculous debate that Sanders needs to give the illusion he is still viable. The less airtime we give to this blowhard, the better.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)No no no no no! A thousand times no. There is absolutely no advantage to Hillary to debate Sanders. She may as well debate Donald Duck. He is irrelevant and she needs to (and is trying to) focus on the general.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)LannyDeVaney
(1,033 posts)he's not even worth mentioning anymore. He's done. His campaign is done. They are going broke, he's lost control of his most fringe supporters, and he is hurting the very party he claims to support. He has destroyed his Senate legacy, and is no longer qualified to name a post office.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)Bernie can tell everyone how to crash the economy and Trump can explain why a nuclear war between China and North Korea is a good thing!!!
SunSeeker
(51,824 posts)Kaleva
(36,409 posts)As Webb, Chafee and O'Malley have as much a chance to win the nomination as Bernie does, they have just as much a legitimate reason to be on the debate stage as Bernie does.
DavidDvorkin
(19,515 posts)And in O'Malley's case, there's far more to him than there is to Sanders. In addition to which, O'Malley probably has a bright future. Sanders has none.
Kaleva
(36,409 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)F' fox
TwilightZone
(25,525 posts)You should probably evaluate the state of your campaign.