Charles Chamberlain, Executive Director of Democracy for America, which endorsed Sanders, called Clinton’s attack “bald faced lies” that have “no place in a Democratic primary”.
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When Sanders introduced a single-payer bill in 2013, the bill was to be paid for through “an equitable system of progressive taxation, payroll taxes and re-allocation of current dedicated health care expenditures by the federal, state and local governments”. “She is now using the same Karl Rove tactics she once decried”, the statement said.
“I wish that we could elect a Democratic president who could wave a magic wand and say, ‘We shall do this, and we shall do that, ‘ ” Clinton said this week in Iowa.
Clinton denied that her criticism was a product of the race tightening, insisting that she has “a different rhythm about how campaign goes” and that, so close to the first votes, “we’re in the sprint and it is time to draw contrasts”.
“What this plan does, of course, is end private insurance payments for the American people”, Sanders said during a campaign stop at Dartmouth College. In Iowa, Clinton is doing a bit better than she was in 2008.
NEWS CENTER reached out to Hillary Clinton’s campaign to see if it plans on opening an office in ME, but has not heard back. “It tells you everything you need to know”, said one Democratic strategist. In a Wednesday conference call with reporters, the Clinton campaign pointed out that while Sanders told CNN Tuesday night he would “absolutely” outline funding for his health care plan before the Iowa caucus, the Vermont senator’s campaign manager Jeff Weaver said this week that Sanders would “not necessarily” release those details by February 1.
Meanwhile, Chelsea also used her new role as a mother to underscore her authority to voters, saying: “It is the first presidential election that I will vote in as a mom”.
For a while, Sanders was considered a long shot to Hillary Clinton.
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Sanders has recently said he would release his tax plan before the Iowa caucus, but today his campaign put out a plan for how to pay for his policies that did not include health care. In the past three weeks, he’s spent about $4.7 million on TV commercials to Clinton’s $3.7 million, resulting in 1,000 more Sanders ads on broadcast TV than Clinton commercials, according to the Associated Press and Kantar’s Campaign Media Analysis Group.
