It is, but it is about who shows up to attend and they will be a strong presence. And if the scene outside is the streets full of Sanders supporters, like Trump in Vermont, that makes for good b-roll and makes him look stronger in a state that she is supposed to control than he really is

And to have footage of his people filling the streets, like Trump intentionally overbooking in Vermont, because it makes for good b-roll. I’d counter with Harlem or Manhattan and go from there, or better yet, I think it was Henry Clay who said “A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied,” so Jersey it is!

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This is where it is significant that while he is a committed liberal, he is not a committed Democrat. Hilary stumped like crazy in ‘08, and sure some of it was calculated and for her own future, but it was also because she’s a true party loyalist and that is what you are supposed to do. The party comes first, because…

That’s the main reason I want him to be Canadian! Please keep him! Pretty please. Who do we have to throw in to make this work?

I miss Shea stadium. Hmmm...Oh I’m sorry, you sent me off reminiscing, politics, I remember now. My point was that there is a reason he said Brooklyn not NYC, and that it’s hardly random or a neutral location

And you are right that the level of cognitive dissonance that goes into someone thinking “we need Bernie Sanders, because only his progressive values can save our country, but if not him it might as well be a Republican” is unsettling

I don’t think the number is that high of Sanders supporters who won’t vote for her, though I’m assuming it gets higher the younger you get, which is ridiculous. He has union support, and someone would have to be an idiot to be pro-union and vote Republican at this point with how committed they are to union busting. I…

Yeah there is a reason they said Brooklyn, not New York or even NYC. I just think jumping right to threatening to sit it out is an overreaction, and doesn’t make him look good

He had nothing but time, connections, and money, it really is amazing. He just is a shockingly bad candidate, just such a sad sack. You’re right that without him it’s a crazy group, I think Kasich is the exception and if he comes in second or third in New Hampshire he makes his case for the Veep slot, but that still…

I got sucked into one earlier with someone insisting Sanders is the only progressive there is, basically. I don’t want us going down that tea party rabbit hole of demanding absolutism, because it isn’t there (that’s partly why the tea party keeps eating their own) to be found. They are both liberals, who generally…

Did you happen to see the Rachel Maddow interview I’m talking about? I just ask because it was wonderfully beyond what most newscasters wotld do, she really held her to the questions. And I agree with you about debates, but after the previous debates with Sanders she has gotten bumps in the polls, I don’t see any…

It’s not my thinking, but I’ve been a part of enough polling and worked with enough campaigns to know that when you hear several random people in different locations and situations discussing something, it’s virtually a given that others are thinking it as well. Not saying a lot, I’m not quantifying it at all, but I…

Rachel Maddow grilled her and she did great, and the debates have been substantive and she's gotten bumps in the polls

Is it that I said many instead of some? Because I’m not saying he’s going to take a big hit, but I’ve seen interviews with people and comments from people talking about it. Someone on the way home from work said to me, “first Trump backs out of one, now Bernie, huh?” I talked about how different the situations were…

Not to mention she won’t win New Hampshire anyway, she is right that it’s absolutely Sanders country

Except that she has gained in the polls after their debates

Sanders isn’t refusing to help her, he’s trying to change the terms they agreed to, talking about backing out of their agreed debate schedule. I did not call it shifty, I called it strategic. I also said it’s not like Trump, just that the close proximity draws the comparison for many

Assuming his time in Baltimore taught him a few things, eh?

I totally agree that comes into play with motivation, absolutely, but choosing Brooklyn specifically I do believe is about the crowd inside and optics outside the venue, where he’ll flood the streets with his people the same way Trump did in Vermont.