That she’s the most electable Democrat doesn’t mean she’s electable. She did. She was crisp, lively, a presence.
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Then, Sanders tried to explain away one of his several pro-big-gun votes by outright saying he’d pandered to Vermont voters: “We can raise our voices, but I come from a rural state, and the views on gun control in rural states are different than in urban states, whether we like it or not”.
The crowd erupted in a standing ovation. That may be the problem, given the ethical issues that have dogged her campaign and career.
Sanders, polling at about 25%, skipped the chance for a personal introduction and launched straight into his core message: The middle class is disappearing and the nation’s campaign finance system “is corrupt and is undermining American democracy”.
Martin O’Malley has been the toughest over the past few months on the scandal. With more debates ahead, and with Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina poised to become part of USA history with their role in the 2016 election, Bernie Sanders should surpass Clinton in nationwide polls before February.
Hillary Clinton and Sen.
First, consider her competition (so far). One candidate (Sanders) wants to argue that she isn’t socialist enough. She maneuvered as she should: like she had been there many times before.
Yet Clinton left no doubt that she’s setting her sights on the GOP field. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and former Govs. If she can’t handle these challenges, she is truly in a meltdown. That could again leave the eventual nominee scrambling to recalibrate on issues including immigration and women’s health in order to win over a national electorate that is more racially and ideologically diverse than primary voters.
“I can take the fight to the Republicans, because we cannot afford a Republican to succeed Barack Obama as president of the United States”, she said.
Outside of the friendly confines of Democratic debate hall, all this will continue to be pursued by the media, the GOP and, most importantly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
She’s still in the lead – in the quarter ending September 30, Clinton raised almost $30 million.
Furthermore, when the deceased ask mourners not to vote for Hillary Clinton, and ask mourners to cast their vote for Bernie Sanders, the DNC should worry. It’s with the rest of voters that she’s been tanking. Then she called the special House panel investigating it “an arm of the Republican National Committee” – citing bragging by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy that the inquiry had succeeded in bringing down her poll ratings – and said she preferred to talk about that concern most Americans.
Republican candidate Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate developer who has never held elected office, has stoked the fire by vowing to expel immigrants illegally in the U.S. and to build a wall on the border with Mexico, if he’s elected.
In the latest Fox poll, she loses nationally to Trump, Bush, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson.
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Most importantly, only one candidate mentioned Sandra Bland, youth unemployment among African-Americans and Latinos, and racial justice.
