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salinsky

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43. Who said anything about conceding? ...
Thu May 19, 2016, 02:46 PM
May 2016

... he can stay in as long as he likes, but Hillary certainly is no longer under any obligation to debate him, or even really to acknowledge him at this point.

He's just doing damage to his own legacy.

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I wouldn't have thought so, no. auntpurl May 2016 #1
Yes Hillary will debate before California NWCorona May 2016 #2
Yeah, even if she didn't want to... joshcryer May 2016 #7
The evil thing wouldn't stick but she would definitely be called out. NWCorona May 2016 #9
Everything she does is under incredibly critical optics. joshcryer May 2016 #15
The only reason this debate exists is because Hillary demanded a NH debate JonLeibowitz May 2016 #45
Oh, the debate Sanders team threatened not to go to? joshcryer May 2016 #49
Clinton asked for a debate, Sanders asked for 3 more; there was hesitation on Clinton's part JonLeibowitz May 2016 #56
No, Sanders camp threatened to skip. joshcryer May 2016 #57
My reading of that is quite different from yours, is the mildest way to put it. JonLeibowitz May 2016 #58
And everyone else apparently. joshcryer May 2016 #60
I would hope not. NCTraveler May 2016 #3
Wow. Fomenting hate. Appeasing. Seriously get hurt. libdem4life May 2016 #28
Not exagerating at all. NCTraveler May 2016 #33
This is not a "one note Samba" here. Good lord that horse has been libdem4life May 2016 #37
Might have been a wee bit of instigation. Not like that is difficult with the Sanders crowd. NCTraveler May 2016 #40
Yeah, the Victim Card again. Have no clue which "best line" you were libdem4life May 2016 #44
What are you talking about "victim card"? NCTraveler May 2016 #50
She has not turned down a debate. joshcryer May 2016 #4
No, no, no... Mike Nelson May 2016 #5
Hillary should NEVER agree to debate the nasty false accuser. boston bean May 2016 #6
I hope Hillary takes your advice! NWCorona May 2016 #11
Sanders camp should have consulted with the Hillary camp before he publicly agreed. But riversedge May 2016 #13
I'd say no..but if they think he may bolt the party? tokenlib May 2016 #8
umm if he 'bolts the party" he will be making a liar out of himself = self destruction nt msongs May 2016 #17
After the way DWS, the DNC, the corporate media, etc........ tokenlib May 2016 #21
He's been I-VT for years, so in itself that's not a big threat Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #38
Bernie should realize he's being trolled by FAUX News ... salinsky May 2016 #10
Agree 100% apcalc May 2016 #29
Maybe for once, California voters don't want to be the "us, too voters". libdem4life May 2016 #39
Who said anything about conceding? ... salinsky May 2016 #43
Would "telling him to step down" be more intellectually convincing? libdem4life May 2016 #46
She just gave a strong interview on CNN. Not sure Sanders is up to it. He would get riversedge May 2016 #12
Then why not encourage it? It could bring him down, right? libdem4life May 2016 #47
no, Democrats need a strong image now-not Sanders image riversedge May 2016 #52
I'd actually be for HRC if it weren't for the mess that is still rotting libdem4life May 2016 #54
Some truth riversedge May 2016 #55
We'll all know, at least what we are meant to know, soon. libdem4life May 2016 #59
Bernies campaign is no longer credible griffi94 May 2016 #14
It's major attention time on the Democrats. Hortensis May 2016 #23
At this point I don't trust Bernie not to melt down griffi94 May 2016 #24
Melt down? IMO, it would be entirely premeditated, Hortensis May 2016 #25
fox? the trump/sanders campaign ganging up against her on fox? nt msongs May 2016 #16
No, and she shouldn't obamanut2012 May 2016 #18
Well, she agreed to debate in Calif to get one in Michigan so, SPOILER ALERT, she was lying. AtomicKitten May 2016 #19
What's the point? carburyme May 2016 #20
No. The more she talks, the more she drops. nt IdaBriggs May 2016 #22
She said she would so I think she will. It will make her tumble further. ViseGrip May 2016 #26
For what purpose? Sure as hell hope not. It's over.... apcalc May 2016 #27
Hillary says she WILL be the nominee... the primary is done nt BootinUp May 2016 #30
Notwithstanding anything else: Democrats/Liberals/Progressives should not appear on FOX Algernon Moncrieff May 2016 #31
Fox is a very bad idea BeyondGeography May 2016 #32
No more Debates. Time to run the clock out on Bernie. timlot May 2016 #34
HELL NO JanetLovesObama May 2016 #35
No probably not. Agschmid May 2016 #36
Are Bernie supporters Fox news watchers now? MariaThinks May 2016 #41
I don't usually watch Fox News, but I watched the town hall Eric J in MN May 2016 #61
Why? workinclasszero May 2016 #42
When? Did the FBI Lady Sing Yet? libdem4life May 2016 #48
You're suffering from "Premature Administration." mac56 May 2016 #51
No. She's stockpiling her CYA statements for Trump. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2016 #53
No debates on Fox, and no debates with a candidate who is all but The Second Stone May 2016 #62
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