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Looking ahead to the general election, Donald Trump is doubling down on his criticism of Hillary Clinton as an “enabler” of her husband’s affairs.
More than 100 Florida Democrats are campaigning to become delegates at the Democratic National Convention in July.
“I believe the composition of the standing committees must reflect the relative support that has been received by both campaigns”, Sanders wrote in the letter. But he raised the possibility that Sanders will play hardball if negotiations fail.
The totals include delegates won in primaries and caucuses, as well as public endorsements from superdelegates. Most committee members are awarded to candidates based on the results of those contests.
Forecasting eased tensions, Trump said: “I think Paul Ryan will be fine, and if he’s not, that’s OK”, adding that he believes if Ryan had it to do over again, he’d simply endorse Trump rather than face backlash from GOP voters and some elected officials for rejecting the party’s presumptive nominee. The two leaders – Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, co-chair of the Platform Committee, and former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, the Rules Committee co-chair, are “aggressive attack surrogates” for Clinton.
But Sanders said that was something he never said. Frank, for example, has sharply criticized Sanders’ positions on breaking up big banks.
“Like a lot of these issues, we’ll deal with that in due course”, he said. Discussions will center on “the kind of Republican principles and ideas that can win the support of the American people this November”, Ryan said.
But as Mrs. Clinton moves inexorably toward the Democratic nomination this summer, there is some question about whether this election will continue to follow that 2008 script.
“I think we live in an oligarchy, not a democracy”, said Daniel Hilsinger, a 29-year-old Sanders supporter from Orinda.
While it’s not usual for one party to have a nominee before the other, it’s less common for a candidate to extend the race – especially to the convention – when he or she has little hope of victory.
“I think it would be better if it were unified, I think it would be – there would be something good about it”, Trump said in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” airing Sunday.
Although almost a sure bet to clinch the Democratic nomination, she’s still being dogged by Sanders, who rails against the “millionaire and billionaire class” embodied in Wall Street banks and a “campaign finance system that is corrupt”.
For those Clinton supporters who decried Sanders’ getting “personal” by simply pointing out her long record of taking money from the same special interests she claims she’ll go after-he barely laid a glove on her compared to what Trump will do. Sanders and whatever choices he’s making.
“Right now, we are focused on the next five weeks of winning the Democratic nomination”, Sanders told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday [May 6, 2015]. Christie endorsed trump after dropping out.
“You see a Bernie Sanders from 1988 literally saying the same things that he is saying now”, Sroka said.
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“Bill Clinton was the worst in history and I have to listen to her talking about it?” I can’t recall, even following the bitter Democratic primary fight in 1980, Jimmy Carter telling Ted Kennedy’s acolytes not to bother with him but to please pull levers for Democratic state senators.
