Time is running out before the Iowa caucuses, and if the Democratic debate is any indication, Hillary Clinton is getting anxious about Bernie Sanders, as he continues to make gains in the polls.
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Hours before the Democrat debate in Charleston Sunday night (another weekend debate that nobody watched, by the way), Bernie Sanders released his final solution for fixing the problems ObamaCare wrought: Instituting a single-payer health care system by giving “Medicare for all”.
Hillary is using fear just like the GOP puppet Donald Trump to force voters to work against their own interests.
Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders participate in the Democratic Candidates Debate hosted by NBC News and YouTube on January 17 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Clinton said that she had stood up to the health care industry when it spent millions of dollars attacking her, and she argued for building on Obamacare rather than risk it being repealed. “He even, in 2011, publicly sought someone to run in a primary against President Obama”, she continued.
Establishment Democrats are wary of a repeat of 2008, when Clinton led all rivals into the Iowa home stretch, only to lose the state to little-known senator Barack Obama, who pulled the rug out from under his rival and eventually won the nomination and the White House.
Sanders also renewed his call for breaking up big Wall Street banks, one of the central tenets of his campaign, and his criticism of Clinton for accepting massive speaking fees from Goldman Sachs.
During the interview with ABC News, Sanders laughed and smiled sheepishly when asked if he felt if Clinton had hid behind Obama during the debate.
“We’re at least having a vigorous debate about reining in Wall Street”, she said. “The Republicans want to give them more power”.
“My relationship with him it’s interesting”, Ms. Clinton said to laughs in the debate hall. Repeating the phrase “I think if he were here today”, Sanders argued that if King were alive today, he would be supporting many of his presidential positions. “After all, what they are counting is the number of Internet-devices controlled by people who want to vote”.
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, who is trailing Clinton and Sanders in polls, also took part in the lively debate in which personal attacks were few and far between. After he saw that she was treated he started up his speech again saying, “Which brings me to the issue of health care…”
Then, pointing to the successes of her husband’s administration, she added: “You bet I’m going to ask for his ideas”. Ms Clinton maintained a tight smile throughout that exchange, and nodded as Mr Sanders said the focus should be on issues.
Last week, Sanders’ campaign announced it was launching a tour of historically black colleges and universities with stops in a number of Southern states. “People should be able to get the treatment they need when they need it and not 2 months from now, which is why I believe in universal healthcare”.
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Meanwhile, one of the more animated moments Sunday night came when Clinton pointedly accused Sanders of trying to run a primary challenger against Obama before the 2012 election.
