I am actually somewhat surprised Bernie is not calling for her inclusion in the debate. They are friendly. Tulsi has supported him in the past. I doubt she would really go after him in a debate. She would do all of the attacking of Biden that Bernie won’t or can’t do. He has to know that and to know that she is just plain a better attacker and debater and that her hatred for the DNC knows no bounds.
Tulsi should cut a deal with Bernie. He could call out the DNC for changing the rules to not include her, a female of color, the only person of color still running, in the debate, and she can promise him, discreetly, of course, to call for voters to support him in the primaries if she is successful in the debate in completely eviscerating Biden.
She knows she is too far behind in the delegate math, with no possibility of getting enough delegates in future primaries to make a difference, to have any chance at a brokered convention. She does have a chance of successfully helping Bernie get more delegates than Biden— if she gets into the debate and makes Biden look so much like a fool that it will be hard for any reasonable person to deny he is a fool. Bernie may reward her by picking her to be his VP. Even if he doesn’t, merely helping Bernie to go into the convention the strongest candidate will satisfy her greatly because she hates the DNC that much.
I pretty much agree but the DNC is too corrupt to let anyone who may help Berne. I’d love to see him go third party with Tulsi as his VP. That’s my dream team but I would still vote for DJT, it would just help Trump MAGA.
From the little I know, I would think Tulsi would take votes from Bernie. She could help attack Biden, but Bernie wouldn’t get the votes. If she was going to drop, and endorse Bernie, anyway, that could be a win for him, in the end.
The DNC appears to clearly running this charade for Biden, at least it’s Biden, at present.
I had the same thought. Bernie's campaign is on life support right now, so he needs to take some risks to shake up the race. Demanding that Tulsi be included in the debates plays to Bernie's brand (and criticism that the DNC is rigging the nomination process). If Biden refuses, it makes Joe look cowardly, and it looks like Joe is participating in the rigging.
Tulsi would be a strong contrast to both of the very old white men, but more so to mentally-challenged Biden. She might start eating into Joe's primary vote totals in the remaining contests, which would give Bernie an outside chance of catching up.