Sanders Camp: We’re Not Going to Agree to More Debates Because Hillary’s Worried

BARNICLE: “But Jeff, given the tone of the editorial, why the hesitation about jumping on to another debate next week before the New Hampshire primary without the quid pro quo that senator Sanders, I think mentioned that, you know, let’s sign on for three more debates plus just the one before you agree.”
WEAVER: “Absolutely.”
BARNICLE: “Why not just jump in and grab this debate?”
WEAVER: “Look, this is — this is the issue. We’ve been living under this six-debate schedule that was imposed on us from the beginning of this campaign all through the fall. Senator Sanders called for more debates, and Governor O’Malley was calling for more debates. And Secretary Clinton’s campaign seemed to be very happy about how many debates we were having. But the dynamics in this race have changed and so suddenly, they want a new debate. We’re happy to have a debate in New Hampshire but we want to have debates going forward as well. We’re going to be in this all the way to the convention. We want to make sure that people all across this country have a chance to see Senator Sanders. We are not going to engage in a process where the only time we schedule debates is when the Clinton campaign feels that they’re under pressure and need to have another debate. That is not the way to schedule debates.”