@Unabashed Liberal Thanks for adding your always-thoughtful analysis and opinion.

reporters on a weekday XM Radio program. Basically, it's like an extended reporter's round table--they discuss their pieces, and areas of expertise (reporting-wise).

Anyhoo, their complaint is the lack of transparency, which I've also noticed. One reason that they conduct very few interviews with him, is the stringent limitations regarding which topics are open to discussion. As much as I detest many of the MSM reporters--and I do, I have to admit that I can understand why they'd chafe at being asked to be reduced to being no more than stenographers. Unless they're HuffPo, of course.

As an aside, earlier this afternoon, I heard Ro Khanna on MSNBC, who's one of Bernie's national co-chairs, and frequently speaks for the campaign.

After assuring the host that Bernie was not going to "blow the place up," (IOW, he would work within the established system, whatever that means)--Khanna discussed Warren's stance on the Mueller Report. Then, he claimed that he didn't know what Bernie's opinion is--on impeachment. Seriously? BTW, Khanna's laid down the law--apparently, he won't speak ill of fellow Democrats.

See below.

Ro Khanna told Bernie Sanders he wouldn’t ‘disparage’ other Democrats

April 3, 2019
In The News, Tal Kopan, San Francisco Chronicle

WASHINGTON — When Fremont Rep. Ro Khanna agreed to be co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, he had a requirement: no mud-slinging against fellow Democrats.

Khanna signed on early to Sanders’ campaign, having also backed the Vermont independent in his 2016 run against Hillary Clinton. But Khanna said part of the deal was that he wouldn’t attack other Democrats in the race. Those include at least one candidate from his home state, Sen. Kamala Harris, and probably Rep. Eric Swalwell of Dublin, who is expected to run.

“I said to Sen. Sanders ... when I accepted this position as co-chair that I would only say positive things about other Democrats running,” Khanna said. “And I wasn’t going to disparage other people, who I think are very talented, but I would stick to making the positive case for him.”

In a conversation with reporters this week in his Capitol Hill office, the second-term Democrat predicted the primary campaign would be less bitter than the 2016 contest was.

Noting that Sanders has been drawing large crowds to campaign events — several thousand showed up to see him at San Francisco’s Fort Mason last month — Khanna said the “urgency of beating Trump” will keep 2020 “less divisive than the past cycle.”

“If I were on some other team, I would say, ‘Well, we’ve got to be probably pretty nice to Sanders, because if we won the nomination, we’re going to need that base,’” Khanna said. “So I think that there’s a recognition — both on Sanders’ team that we’re going to need to build a coalition beyond just his supporters — and for other people that they’re going to need his supporters.”

Khanna acknowledged that doesn’t mean the primary campaign will “stay positive,” but said he already has detected less acrimony toward Sanders. He credited that to a variety of factors, including Sanders’ learning “lessons” from the last campaign and bringing on a more diverse staff with better infrastructure.

Yesterday, C-Span reported that he wouldn't take any questions on the Mueller report--or, presumably, whether or not he supports impeachment, after his Saturday Campaign Rally in South Carolina.

IMO, all candidates owe it to the public to answer 'reasonable' questions related to the pressing matters of the day. (BTW, not including silly stuff like "boxers or briefs," okay? )

And, that would include questions regarding Julian Assange, a candidate's stance on whether or not articles of impeachment should be filed, etc. IOW, candidates shouldn't have the luxury of addressing only their pet issues. (Applies to all candidates, not just Bernie.)

Frankly, don't know anything about this author, or this publication. All I know is that all candidates should regularly make themselves available to the media--to take questions. Anything less, is simply not full transparency. (IMO)

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