Kos: Bernie wanted to break Biden, the way Warren broke Bloomberg. Not even close to happening.

[Jedi Guy]

15. I'm no fan of Bernie Sanders personally.

I think hanging in the race when it's virtually certain he won't win isn't the smartest move. It reeks of desperation and ego more than principle, from where I'm standing. But that's just, like, my opinion, man.

But despite my personal dislike of him, I agree. I don't think he's deliberately trying to cripple Biden for the general election. I don't think he's spitefully doing this to help Trump. He probably is hoping to drag Biden to the left and have a shot at getting some of his ideas injected into the platform.

The issue is that while he may not intend to help Trump, he's doing so regardless. Any attempt to damage Biden in the primary is just writing ad copy for the Trump campaign in the general. Bernie's surrogates are out there pushing the "cognitive decline" narrative as hard as they can, and you can get Trump will gleefully latch onto that.

I can understand hanging in the race until Biden hits the magic number. Biden's campaign was written off as hopeless mere weeks ago, and now here we are. But the moment Biden hits the magic number, Bernie needs to bow out. If he doesn't, he's helping Trump, good intentions be damned.