DEMOCRATIC presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton went head to head in primary contests in Kentucky and OR yesterday, with results expected this morning.
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Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton took her campaign to Lexington Monday evening to share her ideas to run the nation if she wins the election in November.
Later, at Canaan Christian Church, she stressed rising above negativity.
“This year we’re used to focusing on discord and discontent and division on the Republican side of the presidential race, but judging by what happened in Las Vegas this weekend, I have to wonder if it’s not the Democrats who might now need to be more concerned”.
Sanders’s backers had been protesting convention rules that ultimately led to Hillary Clinton winning more pledged delegates.
Halfway through the walk, one resident yelled out his window that he was voting for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. OR is favorable terrain for Sanders, but Clinton’s campaign thinks the race is competitive in Kentucky, where she planned to spend Monday courting voters.
Clinton faced opposition from coal miners in March when, in an attempt to stand tough on environmental issues, she said “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business”.
Facing a choice between Clinton and Sanders, physician Annie Skaggs in Campbellsville, Kentucky, said she had a hard time making up her mind.
If Democratic superdelegates are not included, Sanders would needs two-thirds of the remaining pledged delegates to surpass Clinton – a tough task considering these are not winner-take-all races.
“And while Clinton would be the most enraged if she suffers Gore’s fate, it is not in Sanders’ interest to join Nader on the Democratic Party’s unofficial Wall of Shame”. But Sanders supporters flooded county conventions that would select delegates to Saturday’s state convention, hoping to give their candidate an edge on actual delegates who would be sent to Philadelphia.
On Sunday in Louisville and in Fort Mitchell, Clinton touted her plan for coal country. “The Clinton people turned out their delegates”. “It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing”, Sanders commented, noting, “Millions of Americans are outraged at establishment politics and establishment economics”.
Mrs Clinton focused most of her fire on Mr Trump, calling him a “loose cannon”.
Democratic strategist Jim Manley, who supports Mrs Clinton, told Reuters: “I have no problem with Senator Sanders staying in until the end”.
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Anger swelled further after a credentials committee disqualified almost 60 would-be Sanders’ delegates, saying they didn’t provide proper identifying information or were not registered Democratic voters by a May 1 deadline.
