Bernie Sanders' "fearful?" Not bloody likely. Shame on TIME (Yes, it still exists.)

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11. There's more to this article than meets the eye. Read it again.

Yes, of course Bernie is the most courageous candidate out there because he is the only one taking on the powers that be.

I started a reply based on the OP, but since Kathleen Hall Jamieson interests me, decided to read the Time article. I think we're misunderstanding it. What they're saying, I believe, is that Bernie is refusing O'Malley's offer for non-official debates because Bernie wants to debate Hillary.

“Sanders holds all the cards,” the source continued. “But right now he’s not playing.”

Think about that. It is sooo good. He wants to bypass extra non-official debates and instead take on Hillary directly. What this tells me is that he knows his current strength and he knows his main opponent is Hillary. She's his target. He doesn't want to dilute his strong position by debating the also rans.

This should make us all very happy.

Jamieson acknowledges Bernie's strengths in her full comment:

“It is not in Sanders’ self-interest to give up the possibility of debating Hillary Clinton,” said Kathleen Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. “His advantage is to be in the same stage as her, demonstrating that he can hold his own. He is doing well enough in the polls that forgoing that would be foolish.”

This is not a put-down on Bernie, merrily. It's good news for all of us. Looks like he knows how to play his cards.