so, i watched the rogan interview, and bernie was actually pretty snappy with him when he asked stupid questions.

listen, at the end of the day you need to be able to face your critics. it's even a fundamental principle of justice that you be able to face your accusers. so, there's some value in bernie showing up and saying "hey. you say that shit to my face.". i think rogan gets that, maybe even better than most.

and, bernie is not a cloistered member of congress, either. he will reach out and work with people he broadly disagrees with in order to get things done. that's his record, it's more pragmatic than idealistic, and it's a a mindframe that will help the country in the end. if you want good trade policies and you want lower prescription costs, at least, it's probably going to be necessary to work with some subset of republicans. they may even be more willing to sign on then some democrats.

and, it's a good opportunity to catch him in a slip, too, right. i mean, that's probably the actual reason warren won't do a fox town hall - there's a fear they might catch her agreeing with them on economic policy, on the record.

so, i don't even want to throw the argument out that you have to do it to reach categories of voters. that's true enough, but it's not really addressing the concern. what i'd rather suggest is that, if you're afraid of your candidate having a tete-a-tete with joe rogan, you may want to look deeper into yourself and ask why that really is.