There are two things to take away from this. The first is, of course, that there’s really no reason to not believe both sides. The Sanders campaign could very well have improperly grabbed Hillary Clinton’s information, and the DNC could be leaping at any excuse to rid themselves of this meddlesome candidate. There doesn’t actually need to be any good guys in this scrum; indeed, the Democratic Establishment (which definitely includes Bernie Sanders, despite his protestations) might feel confused if there were.
But the second thing to take away from it? None of this will matter in tomorrow’s debate. Bernie Sanders can have the campaign accuse the DNC of being in the tank for Clinton all he likes; and Sanders probably likes doing that a good deal. But there’s no way that Bernie Sanders will look Hillary Clinton in the eye and say You are standing by and doing nothing while your lickspittle sycophants and toadies are busily abusing their positions. This entire process is a farce, and you are a coward and a weakling for enabling it. Bernie Sanders will never, ever say that to Hillary Clinton, despite the fact that he so obviously is thinking it, for a very simple reason: Bernie Sanders is afraid of what Hillary Clinton will do to him afterward.
So… expect fireworks tonight, and cowardice at tomorrow’s debate. Because Bernie Sanders isn’t in it to win it. He’s in it to keep the whole thing from smelling too bad. Simple enough.
What about it, Bernie?