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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hillary should release a statement reinforcing her trust in Bernie. If she doesn't, this is going to move against her.[/quote]

No it's not. Bernie's a loser and his staff are losers. He didn't even want to be a Democrat until he decided to run for president. His loser data director stole
from her, it's not on Hillary to release a statement about "trusting" Bernie because we now know she shouldn't trust him.[/quote]

I'm speaking as someone who is not sure which candidate I'll pick in the primary. I like them both for different reasons. The way this is developing hurts Hillary. It's not her responsibility to do anything, but she's a smart politician and she should. [/quote]

Why?  [/quote]

Because for whatever reason it feels like the dnc favors her to the point of trying to discredit Sanders. It's because he's the underdog and she seems more like an insider. I'm not saying it's all true, but when we're undecided many of us vote with our gut, and these kinds of negative associations with Hillary make me want to go the other way.

If she speaks out against the dnc reaction or facilitates Bernie being back in good graces, it will restore faith in her as more than just someone in it to win. It's why people applauded when Bernie said that "damn emails" line. It's even why trump gains popularity. You want to feel like the person is making human connections and saying something "real" not just playing a game to win.[/quote]

But why shouldn't the DNC favor her? Why do they owe Sanders anything? All those years in the Senate he refused to join party, refused to pay DNC and DSCC dues, why do they owe him anything now that he's begging for their charity?[/quote]

Are they supposed to treat all people running as Democrats equally? (Sincere question)[/quote]

Maybe theoretically, but it's really not cool or fair for someone who just decided to be a Democrat last Thursday to come in demanding this. [b]Bernie has never been loyal to the party[/b] but he seems to expect the same in return. No thanks.[/quote]
In 2006, he decided to caucus with Dems. If he hadn't, it would be a 50-50 split, and Republicans would have kept the Senate.[/quote]

Your statement is true, but that speaks to only one part of the relationship. He caucuses with the Dems in the Senate and campaigns for some Democratic candidates, but he doesn't support the DNC as a whole in the same way other Democrats do. If he had, this would have played out somewhat differently, I think. His brand has been all about independence and then he decided to run within the system. That creates a lot of tension.

The DNC data are one major advantage we hold over the RNC. Obviously Bernie needs access to his data, and as I've said, I don't think DWS should have cut him off. In the end, though, Bernie did exactly what the DNC asked: he's agreed to provide sworn affidavits and submit to an independent audit. Had he done that 2 days ago, data access would never have been cut off in the first place. So why didn't his staff tell him about this problem right away? Why did he have to learn about it from DWS? Why did he file a lawsuit only to end up giving the DNC what it asked for? [/quote]

Because he doesn't know how to act or play by the rules, which you have to do if you want their data.[/quote]

I'm the PP you responded to. I don't think Bernie knew anything about the data breach and I'm sure he was genuinely pissed that his staff did something so stupid. But I think he gets some bad advice and his aides don't always serve him well. [/quote]

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