Your daughter’s piece attracts more Bernie haters than supporters.

not a major health problem is foolish.

I agree completely and in my opinion he hasn’t looked well in recent months. Keeping the schedule necessary to campaign would be tough on the healthiest and youngest of candidates. He just can’t pretend that this isn’t serious.

Thanks for posting.

Little wavy guy back! (too old to use those smileys right, so I hope my words work as well!)

Their own poll released tonight shows no slippage in support for Bernie in the last week …….Politico wants Bernie out of the race ...I wish they would be honest about it ….

It will be a good thing when he drops out. His divisive tactics are not good for the Democratic party.

From everything I have read, she is 100% Sanders. I have read what Joe shares of his daughters posts and for the most part I 100% disagree with Holly. When I do I just move along and do not comment. I am not a Sanders person and frankly I appreciate her candid comments here. She is being honest. If you read the whole article you would see Briahna Joy Gray, Bernie Sanders’ national press secretary comments:

Fact is, when you run for the office of President of the United States...there are no three days of privacy only transparency.

That is my take.

Please don't get me wrong, they were often just more lighthearted pieces and she often came at her story from a different angle than others. More like opinion pieces dashed with a bit of journalism. A lot of them were really good reads.

Overall she seems to be a "fan" of Sanders. Her piece on the old videos of Sanders was pretty good.

judgement, not to mention selfishness. Recovery takes time, even for someone half his age.

I had a stent inserted into a coronary artery earlier this year. I'm in very good health otherwise and I'm 20 years younger than Senator Sanders. My doctors restricted my activities for a month before I was allowed to resume light exercise.

Resuming a stressful presidential campaign following a heart attack seems risky. It also demonstrates poor judgment.

Any doctors out there who can provide more insight?

...he'll be fine...

...he had a mild heart attack with 2 stents...

...I had much worse than that 14 years ago and I feel great today...(and I'm close to Bernie's age)

...I ride my bike 15 miles a day and I do whatever I want...if Bernie has to quit, then okay...

...but if he comes back to the trail swinging, he and we will be fine...

...25 million in small contributions is love and love will set you free...

...

I was back to my normal level of activity (actually - a much higher level, since I wasn't getting out of breath anymore) within a week and haven't slowed down any since. Had the heart attack late on a Thursday night, they did the angiogram on Saturday, and had to stay in the hospital an extra couple of days because one of the blockages needed a special stent that wouldn't be available until Monday. Had the two stents put in on Monday, walked out of the hospital on Tuesday morning, and did my normal Thursday afternoon volunteer gig where I am on my feet for 4 hours two days later. Had more energy than I had for the prior several weeks.

Did 6 weeks of cardiac rehab about a month and a half later. Class could have run anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks (twice a week), and I was doing well enough that the nurses and therapists felt the 6 was fine. At the followup with the cardiologist at the 3 month mark he told me we should just go head skip the next one (which would normally be 6 months later) and just come back in a year for a checkup.

Have had zero symptoms of any problems (but always have the little bottle of nitroglycerin in my pocket - just in case.)

Bernie has always been active and should come through this fine.

(Today I changed my primary preference from Undecided to Sanders. If he does decide to drop out I'll probably switch it to Buttigieg.)

...to hear you're feeling good and are back to normal activities...

...I think a mild heart attack today is more of a warning than a death sentence...

...hang in there...

After your "much worse than that," how long was it before you took a fifteen mile bike ride, and how old were you at that time?

Campaign contributions do not set one free from a heart attack.

He’s done.

but par for the course here.

Sanders health issue is going to do collateral damage to Biden’s and possibly Warren’s campaign as well.

Sorry, I know it sucks.

...comes back swinging and kicking ass as hard as ever, then what's the problem?

...I'd say, running for President is more physically challenging and more physically demanding than being President...

...kicking ass and going toe to toe with his fellow candidates will prove Bernie's fitness to be President...

...or not...

...let's wait and see...

Only in that bubble is an almost eighty year old man who just had a heart attack a viable candidate for the presidency.

...I think most voters will keep an open mind and judge Bernie by his performance and ability...

...the proof will be in the pudding...

...and who in the top tier running for President (including trump) isn't near 80?

...

Warren just turned 70. Harris, Buttigieg, O’Rourke on down the line, not even close.

Age is definitely a factor for Joe and Elizabeth. But neither show their age like Bernie and women have longer lifespans.

But, yeah, proof will be in the pudding as you say.

and a heart attack is a grave problem for Sanders. (And turns spotlights on Biden's and Warren's ages also.)

Stopbush may have overstated a bit. As in 2016, Sanders was "done" as far as the nomination went before he announced; it just took time to work through because of heavy Republican, Russian and RW MSM support.

But this heart attack won't kill his candidacy itself, and money will keep it alive. Even as the numbers of his supporters drop, big money arriving through social media fundraising is coming in. So he'll be able to be his wired-in oppositional self right up to the convention. And it's very possible that all that money pouring in will at least secure him the base 300 delegates he needs to put his name into nomination, though most of us do certainly hope it fails to do its job.

While I understand the difficulty he would have in stepping aside, he needs to ask himself what is more important, is it about him or his goals

The denial is thick amongst his supporters but his campaign is over. We aren’t electing an 80 year old man who just had a heart attack president. Harsh reality.

Wishing him a speedy recovery and hope he gets to spends some quality time with family.

Is horrible strategy. Par for the course as he has been making poor campaign decision after bad campaign decision. He has surrounded himself with an incompetent staff.

He can’t hide his age on TV. He has the image of being a grumpy old man. He might be able to try and change the first part of that descriptor but the old man part will only be enhanced after his heart attack. Nothing about Sanders looks young and vital in hi def.

It's an insightful article with a bit of an acerbic take on the Senator's campaign.

But there is one quote that is so stupid, I had to comment about it.

There are several ridiculous observations in Mr. Ramirez's quote. First, if it had been announced that the Senator had had a heart attack, people would absolutely care! It's utter nonsense to think that "everything's good" if only they had been forthcoming right after he was admitted to the hospital. Just as is happening now, the campaign would have been swamped with questions about the Senator's age and health as well as the future of the campaign. To think otherwise is naive.

Second, Mr. Ramirez begins his quote with a tired and inaccurate cliche. The analogy doesn't follow because there was no "crime" in that there was no requirement to disclose a health concern that was probably very confusing in its earliest hours. Additionally, there hasn't been a cover-up of any kind. Once all of the medical information was clear and consistent, it appears that the Senator's campaign released the facts of his health. Mr. Ramirez's use of the cliche demonstrates a lazy mind.

Lastly, Mr. Ramirez's quote sounds suspiciously like a thinly veiled political attack masquerading as a "concerned" comment. It's sleazy when Democrats smear one another. I hope our party can do better than this in the future.

how this will not be a drag on his campaign.

Link to tweet

However, if it improves his debate performance (he was terrible in the last debate), it might stop thew slide.


But I think he's done anyway.