Subject: Coons: "Not Confident" In Bernie Sanders' Qualifications - Bloomberg Politics
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 20:31:21 -0400

Coons: "Not Confident" In Bernie Sanders' Qualifications - Bloomberg
Politics
Why couldn't he come out and say, "I of course hope Joe Biden runs."?

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/

Coons: "Not Confident" In Bernie Sanders' Qualifications

Senator Chris Coons is "not confident" that his colleague Senator Bernie
Sanders is presidential material.

"I am not confident that he's got all the qualifications that the American
public will look for in its next commander-in-chief," Coons said Tuesday on
Bloomberg Politics' "With All Due Respect," adding that the ultimate
judgment will be left up to the electorate.

Coons comments came after the Democrat was pressed on previous remarks from
Senator Claire McCaskill - a Clinton ally - who on June 25 told MSNBC that
Sanders is a "socialist" who "is too liberal to gather enough votes in this
country to become president."

"I, quite frankly, am hoping for someone with more seasoning."

Senator Chris Coons

Coons, who has a close relationship with his fellow Delaware politician and
potential 2016 candidate Vice President Joe Biden, has yet to endorse any
specific candidate so far. Although he said believes Sanders has a
"terrific record" on advocating for issues involving veterans, middle class
economics and social and economic justice, Coons made it plain that
the independent from Vermont, who caucuses with Senate Democrats, is not a
contender for his nod.

"I, quite frankly, am hoping for someone with more seasoning, more
experience, who served both in the executive branch and the legislative
branch," Coons said. "I do think that the sort of experience that I think
we will see in the likely Democratic nominee - whether that ends up being
Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton - would span both the congressional and
executive branches and I think that's the sort of experience we should look
for in our commander in chief."

Eric D. Schwerin
[email-masked]

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