Nothing’s happening this week on the voting front, with Washington State holding a primary that 1) won’t supersede the results of March’s Democratic caucuses (a big Bernie Sanders victory), and 2) won’t matter on the Republican side, since Donald Trump is the only candidate on the ballot who’s still in the running. “We have talked about “lesser of the evils” choices for several years, but this race may epitomize that statement. and we’ve barely begun the real nastiness”.
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Even as she contends with Sanders’ unflagging critique from the left, Clinton said it was vital for her to pivot to confront Trump now, lest he successfully repackage himself for wider consumption rather than appealing to the Republican primary electorate alone.
“I think we should look widely and broadly”.
“In terms of the debates, for example, we’re still waiting-Secretary Clinton agreed way back when to do a debate in California in May”.
“I’m still planning to see Bernie win”, said Sanders delegate Hillary Keyes of Boca Raton. “I expect him to do the same”, she added. Obama. Because I knew that whatever our differences were, just as whatever our differences are between me and Sen.
The former secretary of state said her campaign would be “demonstrating the hollowness of his rhetoric, and the danger of a lot of what he has said”.
This is notwithstanding the fact that her lone opponent Bernie Sanders has still a viable plan and can still beat her in Democratic nomination.
While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close.
“I will get rid of gun-free zones on schools – you have to – and on military bases”. I really really want it!’ “Because I find what he says, the kind of candidacy he’s presenting, to pose a danger to our country”. But among those who say Trump is not qualified, 3 in 4 say they support Clinton for president. “He says what he thinks people want to hear at the moment”.
It’s reflected in polls like a recent New York Times/CBS one that found almost two-thirds of registered voters say Clinton and Trump are not “honest and trustworthy”.
While Democrats are backing Clinton by an 83 percent-to-9 percent clip, just 66 percent of Democratic primary voters preferring Sanders support Clinton in a matchup against Trump (compared with 88 percent of Clinton primary voters who favor Sanders in a hypothetical general-election contest).
Monica Lewinsky, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick Featured in Trump Ad “I was very nervous” Lewinsky says (unmentioned is the context, grand jury testimony in which she described getting a phone call from the United Nations ambassador about a United Nations job).
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Sanders, 74, has long argued that although he is losing the primary presidential race to Clinton, Democratic Party officials should consider how well he does with independents as one of the reasons he is better prepared to compete against Trump in the general election.
