CNN on-air, 7-8 pm ET, today, Friday: Sanders campaign furious over last-minute Debate changes. (Hillary Group)

[DeepModem Mom]

As I understand from viewing on-air, CNN called all three candidates and notified them that the debate plan would be changed in order to focus on the terror attacks in Paris.

Clinton and O'Malley were fine, but the Sanders campaign apparently raised quite a ruckus. Bernie apparently had his plan and wanted to stick to it. The focus on foreign issues, of course, is no problem for the former Secretary of State.

Will be interesting to see how this plays out on CBS, starting at 9:00.

* ON EDIT: Source: Sanders aide 'threw a fit' over debate's foreign policy focus
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/14/politics/paris-terror-attacks-bernie-sanders-democratic-debate/index.html via CNN

* ANOTHER EDIT: Anyone want to start a Debate thread? (I decline.)

[leftofcool]

1. Bernie does not want to debate foreign policy!

[Renew Deal]

2. As president, things don't always go as planned.

[Thinkingabout]

3. It is a problem only in tbe Sanders campaign. Interesting, there will be the problems turning up,

He needs the skills to handle changes, if not he is not ready to be president. Hillary has lots of foreign affairs experience, she will do well. Maybe he will shout be doesn't want to hear any more about the damn attacks.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. LOL!!!

[Dawson Leery]

12. Overall, O'Malley is a better alternative to Hillary than Bernie is.

Bernie supporters better understand that he will lose next year's election if he comes into the campaign unwilling to discuss foreign policy.

[Thinkingabout]

14. I have to agree with you, I would much rather have O'Malley than Sanders.

[BooScout]

4. Can you imagine....

....how he would react as President if an inconvenient little thing like a terrorist attack happened and spoiled his Revolution agenda?

My,my, my, my, my........

[Thinkingabout]

15. It would be some one else's fault.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. EDIT: Just added article to post, "Sanders aide 'threw a fit'..."

[riversedge]

7. I just listened to Weaver live stream....

and everything is fine --Sanders comfortable with debate format.


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/11/14/debate_live_stream_watch_the_cbs_democratic_debate_live_here.html

[DeepModem Mom]

9. Thanks, riversedge!

[MADem]

8. CNN reports but CBS is running the debate (they have a network-share arrangement, don't they?)

I imagine Mark Longabaugh has some 'splaining to do--he comes off like an idiot. And he was QUOTED, too, and NAMED--so he'll have a hard time denying it, particularly if there were a lot of people on that call.

CNN)An aide to Bernie Sanders "threw a fit" when CBS informed the campaigns in a conference call Saturday that the Democratic debate would kick off with a focus on the attacks in Paris, a person who was on the call told CNN.

"Once CBS informed the campaigns the debate was going to kick off with a focus on the attacks in Paris last night, he (Mark Longabaugh, a Sanders strategist) completely lost it. He threw a fit for several minutes," the source said.


Longabaugh argued that "this wasn't part of the deal. It shouldn't be allowed. It wasn't advertised as a foreign policy debate and it's turning into a debate it wasn't supposed to be," the source added.

The source also said Longabaugh's outburst was "met with stunned silence. It was really crazy."

CBS stood by its change and representatives for Hillary Clinton and Martin O'Malley's campaigns agreed to the change, the source added......"They wanted to make some last-minute changes to the debate. We obviously wanted to keep the format to what had been agreed to and I think people on our staff argued vigorously to that and were successful," Weaver told CNN.

"We ended up prevailing," said Weaver, who added that Sanders went over Paris-specific questions Saturday morning.

Sanders comes off as afraid to confront emergency situations, like he can't cope when something unanticipated happens. Not good optics for him, and he can thank his shit-flinging aide for that.

Nora O'Donnell is saying that the events of Paris will change the dynamic of the debate, on CBS, right now.

[DeepModem Mom]

10. Thanks, MADem! Wowzer!

[Tarheel_Dem]

18. He's not at all effective when he has to veer from his stump speech & well worn talking points.

"Sanders comes off as afraid to confront emergency situations, like he can't cope when something unanticipated happens. Not good optics for him, and he can thank his shit-flinging aide for that."

[mcar]

11. Well well

Things change, or dare I say, evolve? One must adapt, right?

[MADem]

13. Evolving. I think some people are better in a crisis than others.

The former SECSTATE has experience in this regard.

They showed her arriving at the debate site--she looks ... PREPARED.

[Thinkingabout]

16. Keep me up, at work and recording at home.

[NurseJackie]

19. Although it was an angry campaign staffer, I believe that this behavior represents an angry culture…

… that's likely common throughout his organization.

Even if Bernie wasn't the one being directly "quoted", I'm convinced that the staffer was accurately representing his feelings on the matter. Bernie is the one that sets the tone, and everyone else follows.