Like her husband, Bill Clinton, some 24 years ago. While Clinton maintains she supports developing Obamacare, Sanders was more specific about radically reforming it, detailing his plan for a Medicare-for-all, single-payer healthcare structure which would reduce healthcare costs for all while raising taxes for the wealthiest Americans.
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Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), will meet face-to-face Thursday night in a debate in New Hampshire.
Sanders, an independent senator from neighboring Vermont and self-described democratic socialist, is riding high in the Granite State, commanding a 20 percent lead over Clinton, according to the latest poll.
The two candidates arrived in New Hampshire on Tuesday after Clinton marked a narrow victory in the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest leading up to the November 8 presidential election. Not because she will win any converts; passionate, protest-oriented progressives will, as they always have, find her brand of reform a sell-out.
In contrast to Clinton’s fewer but bigger donations, contributions to Sanders’ campaign in January nearly entirely consisted of online payments, averaging $27 a person. Sanders also is ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire among groups with which the former secretary of state typically performs well – Democrats (51 percent to 46 percent) and women (50 percent to 46 percent).
“Some of these polls are off the charts”, Sanders told the audience. “Whether or not he’ll be able to do that, I think, is the question”.
Nevada and SC are often considered strongholds for Clinton given their large minority population.
Sanders sniped over Twitter on Wednesday: “Most progressives that I know don’t raise millions of dollars from Wall Street” as Clinton, a former senator from NY, has done.
Responding to a question from a rabbi at a CNN town-hall event, Clinton seemed to allude to damaging past public scandals, saying she kept a parable from the Bible in mind during tough situations.
And he came out of Iowa claiming moral victory, having drawn almost even with his rival in the first vote of the 2016 presidential nominating contest. They’re hoping to win over any New Hampshire voters who may be undecided.
And they have their work cut out. If more young people show up to vote, it could be enough of an edge to give Sanders the boost he needs to surpass the tie with Clinton. A whopping 84 percent under the age of 30 backed Sanders. There are virtually no well-known Democratic backups unless Joe Biden changes his mind about being a presidential candidate.
“Hillary Clinton has won the Iowa caucus”, said Matt Paul, Clinton’s campaign manager in Iowa.
Not so Emma Groenewal, who at 15 is too young to vote but canvasses for Clinton.
“I think we are gaining more and more support in those communities”, said Sanders when asked how he could better engage a broader electorate.
Meanwhile, a Black political veteran in Iowa says had it not been for Blacks and Latinos, Clinton would certainly have lost given the closeness of the race.
“He just doesn’t have any experience”, Christie said Thursday on ABC’s Good Morning America.
The Post reported that she would spend the day “trying to reassure supporters, donors and the mainstream media that last night does not mean a reprise of 2008”, and the Times raised the possibility that “a significant staff shakeup was at hand”.
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Clinton will also focus much more strongly than Sanders on what’s happening in the Republican race, because she wants voters to remember what’s at risk.
