This was very much the playbook in 2020. A bunch of backroom deals to get candidates to drop out early. And calls for unity. Primaries are not about unity, they are about finding the candidate we the people of the party most want to run. The unity comes after we've done that.

Maybe just endorse RFK or go away.

Cut out your fake acting, no one is falling for it.

DNC is a threat to democracy. They stole the candidacy from Sanders twice, and are looking to maintain the status quo even if it means walking out an elderly person that is obviously in decline that has brought closer to war with Russia; while ruining our other relationships

We don't live in a democracy good luck and thank you for trying.

For the 2016 cycle they held what they thought would be "for show" debates, with Clinton crowned winner. Instead they got into a long fight with a larger-than-expected progressive wing. I reckon they don't want to risk that, and they have the excuse that Biden's incumbent.

I’ve seen this show before. It does not end well.

But very typical of the Democratic Party. You could always run as an independent.

Marianne, although I agree with most of what you say, we’re not going to ditch Biden and give up the position of incumbency in a reelection campaign against fascism. It’s just too risky and you can’t expect people to do that.

Almost our entire country is now willfully blinded by ideology. Their ideology is now just a couple of letters (R & D). They will fall in lockstep behind the candidate their ideological leaders tell them too. Issues, effectiveness….none of this matters.