This is a struggle for the soul and identity of our party

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14. Fear is a Powerful Motivator

What we are seeing is what happens when fear overtakes people and when decisions are made by fear. I have no problem with discussions being had with Joe and party leadership about the best path to beat Trump. What I fundamentally don’t respect is the weak and cowardly way our leaders are going about these discussions. All of these discussions should be had behind closed doors with no media leaks. What I suspect is happening is that when leadership doesn’t get the response they want from Joe they run to the media to force him out. Statements about how much they respect and owe Joe fall flat when instead of respecting his decision you run to the media which not only hurts Joe but hurts our chances to win. I don’t want us to become a cult like the bad guys but the media leaks and other nonsense are cowardly and pathetic. We should be above this.