Clinton is ahead in the polls, so she is only giving free publicity to Sanders if she mentions his name. Her best bet is to respond, "Bernie who?" She only has to get serious about Sanders if he starts to catch up in the Super Tuesday states, and his progress there is steady, but slow. Clinton should be able to wait him out, as long as people don't wake up and catch on that the party is about to nominate another business-as-usual candidate.

By emailing Democrats to watch their debates and talking about THEM instead of us. Goddamn assinine!

Go read #GOPDebate on twitter. They are the laughing stock of the world.

Get a clue.

Every voter who watches their performances is one more voter likely to vote for a Democrat.

Do you really feel watching the Republican debates would influence someone, anyone, to swing toward their side? Sure, it whips up the faithful GOP base, but undecided and independent voters would surely be repelled by what they see on the tee-vee. Am I wrong about this?

And talk to some non political people who think tweets come from birds.

what they have seen has mostly been Trump and the Rethugs, and they aren't covering themselves in glory.

diehard repugs aren't going to change their minds, but to everyone else it's a clown show, a fucking scary one. like if you don't already have a phobia of clowns you will after watching a horde of pennywise clones debate.

I suggest getting out of your bubble

can't be persuaded by reasonable common sense democratic positions.

did you watch? the ugly is all on the outside now, like a big old badge of pride. racist, misogynist, homophobic, corporatist garbage, the lot of them.

it's not worth getting concerned over.

There is nothing being said about what Democrats believe. Running on fear of crazy Republicans has lost us the House and Senate. It's a proven loser as is Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

but by encouraging people to watch the repug debate and tweet along with him, sanders is drawing attention to his and dems policies. seems like a good idea, no?

and still, for those social media challenged folks who aren't being reached by dems and who are only seeing repugs, again, the gop is a seething mass of vermin steeped in it's own excrement with it all being televised for the world to see. to say they are showing their asses is to understate it, and only other like-minded vermin could be swayed by them.

it's clear nobody wants her, and the more the public sees her and hears from her, the less they like her.

Despite Bernie's unexpected high numbers in IA and NH he's still considered a very longshot to win. If she takes the time to address him then that gives Sanders extra credibility. If he somehow continues his unlikely ascent then she can go after him. Plenty of time... in fact she can just wait until the debates.. which is pretty much what she said.

....but Clinton not talking about Sanders is "being evasive"?

he explains that he while he respects her, they have serious policy differences and then he goes on to explain what those differences are. He doesn't dismiss her condescendingly and try to pretend like she doesn't exist. But then again, he actually has positions that are defensible and resonate with the American people, so I can totally understand that this different tactics involved

He just doesn't engage in personal attacks. He will compare himself to her on the issues and has done so repeatedly.

but when it finally bursts, it will be quite the bummer.

This tactic just exudes confidence.

That is how big her lead is.

The thought of her acting as if she is already the nominee is really simple to understand. Might it hurt her in the end? Possibly. Is is understandable? By anyone who is not kidding themselves as to how far ahead she is. Shit, even the republicans are already running against her. They would love to feast on Sanders. But they, along with a majority of those paying attention, know it will be Clinton they have to beat.

There is no real need to campaign against Sanders according the current polling

Please do everything you can to make sure she doesn't deviate from that plan.

it's hillary.

and I am sure she figures that if it was good enough for Napoleon, it's good enough for her.

But I see Bernie coming over the ridge at Waterloo.......