The result is that if Hillary Clinton finishes within single-digits of Sanders, she can declare that she exceeded what are now low expectations. At a rally in New Hampshire on Sunday, Bill mocked Bernie Sanders’s desire for “revolution” and accused Sanders supporters of sexism. Young women, in particular, have been drawn to the septuagenarian socialist from Vermont, and the dynamic has disappointed feminists who dreamed of Clinton’s election as a capstone to the movement.
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Thus Gloria Steinem over the weekend had to apologize for grousing that young women were flocking to Sanders because “the boys are with Bernie”, points out The Washington Post.
“The New Hampshire I knew would not have voted for me if I had done that”, he added. Bernie Sanders will not dismantle health care programs in America. Clinton’s changing fortunes over 2015 have, in a way, been about her ability to appeal to older Democrats and women without damaging her support with male Democrats.
Clinton believes that this is rooted from Albright’s long fight for gender equality. “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!” From the beginning, [the campaign’s top pollster and strategist Joel] Benenson was frustrated that he was forced to split his time between defending his boss on emails and defining a path for her candidacy.
“I have no idea what they’re talking about or who they are talking to”, Clinton told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
‘And they are just as mad as the ones who aren’t, ‘ he noted.
She said she has been “speaking out against, and working to rein in, powerful forces for many years”.
“Hillary is a known commodity, and Bernie isn’t for a lot of people”, said Jackie Fearon, 55, of New Jersey.
Realizing that this was potentially offensive, Maher recoiled. “Oh. That’s pretty good. You got to give it to them”. The first female US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright also was there. The mayor said, ‘Look, I asked for this much funding. When asked about that on Sunday morning TV, Hillary immediately began her grating and awkward laughter.
Tad Devine, Mr Sanders’ chief strategist, said: “It’s disappointing that President Clinton has made a decision to launch these attacks”. They are very passionate about women. Last week’s controversial caucuses in Iowa saw Clinton getting one more delegate than Sanders. But this time, she brings it up regularly. “It bothers me to be in an election where debate is impossible, because if you disagree you’re just part of the establishment”, he said.
Hillary Clinton is a female.
If Sanders is “pointing out differences between the candidates and that’s negative, I’ll take it”, he said. Women’s rights were so important to them that they named their child Emmeline, after British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst.
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“They are supporting me because they know me”, Clinton said of the members of the Vermont congressional delegation.
