Bernie Sanders, who wants to succeed him, over the White House on Wednesday for a private chat.
Advertisement
“You are in overall very good health and active in your professional work, and recreational lifestyle without limitation”, says the letter dated January 20 and signed by Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician of Congress, whose office has treated Sanders for 26 years, reported Politico.
Speaking at a Thursday evening rally in Burlington, Iowa, Sanders cast himself as a legislator steeped in principle, pointing to his opposition to the Iraq war, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, the Keystone pipeline and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton, who later said he regretted the decision.
Sanders said he did not ask the president for his endorsement.
Thomson ReutersU.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Iowa Democratic Presidential Town Hall Forum in Des MoinesADEL, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on the Democratic National Committee on Wednesday to authorize an additional debate in New Hampshire next week for the party’s candidates.
Clinton laid out her economic plan, which she said emphasized the middle class. She promised to create more jobs, higher incomes and more spending on infrastructure, while not raising taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. “I know a little about this, having spent many hours in the situation room advising President Obama”. It is the second time they have met privately in the past year or so. “But where were you on all of the other trade agreements?”
The most recent polls have Sanders and Clinton in a dead heat in Iowa and Sanders with the lead in New Hampshire, the first two contested states. They reflected the reality of the relationship between the two men – there isn’t much there.
The visit was one of several trips to the Obama White House for Sanders, typically for large, social events or policy rollouts.
That’s a sharp contrast to Obama’s relationship with Clinton – which has been both deep and complicated. But the senator hasn’t been a close ally or regular staple in strategy meetings.
Advertisement
Quinnipiac polling official Peter Brown said the Iowa trend could be reminiscent of 2008, when Clinton lost the vote in the central USA state to Obama, who went on to win the Democratic nomination and the presidency. Even since leaving her post, Obama has met privately with Clinton periodically, often for lunches at the White House.
