Vee

I shouldn't laugh:

He has the best medical care, unfortunately.

Oh, boy. God: Of course the economic stump speech will be woven in. Again.

I felt a week ago that Joe or no Joe, this might be Trump's Katrina, or 2008 meltdown: A rogue event which will drag him and the GOP into the electoral abyss. I still do.

Joe should approach him if he hasn't (and I'll bet he has) and say: Let's go there as friends and do a duet. Let's talk to the country together as allies about our shared causes, about the public's safety re: Corona, their prevention options, and why Trump and the GOP have failed in this global crisis on multiple levels that resonate across the first term of this administration. That's what statesmen do. The public is not going to be here for Bernie trying to score points about progressive bonafides in a race he's already lost in the epicenter of a global pandemic. No mature person is going to be there for that by Sunday; I don't think many are now. He'd have to be insane.

Like September 08, normal politics is now over. If Biden can seize the moment well today (he will be speaking at 1 EST) and not bring up Corn Pop or foxy ladies but do what he does well, things may coalesce in a new way. Frankly, I don’t know why anyone’s still interested in this debate. Both Dem candidates should get up there and speak as one, as friends and colleagues with common cause, speaking as one to the public about this outbreak, prevention, safety, and Trump's poor response. No one electorally viable in this country is down to watch one loser haranguing the man who beat him about leftist policy right now. If Bernie doesn't realize this then he's a fool and has no business being up there on Sunday. This is so much more important than internecine policy debates or his ego. If he wants a remotely graceful and statesman-like finish, this is his answer unless he intends to stream his next ten stump rallies on Twitch ranting to dwindling viewership about the corporate Dems.