Chris Pearson, a Progressive Party candidate for the state Senate from Chittenden County, has received a big and unexpected boost from Bernie Sanders.
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Sanders has vowed to amass as many delegates as possible in his lengthy primary fight against Clinton, where he trails the former secretary of state by 271 pledged delegates according to a count by The Associated Press.
“There’s something absurd when I get 46 percent of the delegates that come from real contests, real elections, and 7 percent of the superdelegates”, Sanders said in a recent CNN interview, blasting the undemocratic unpledged delegate system and the DNC’s attempts to prevent him from winning the nomination.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is raising money for a Wisconsin state lawmaker, Rep. David Bowen of Milwaukee.
“We have declined Fox News’ invitation to participate in a debate in California”, Clinton Campaign Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri said in a statement.
The state party says the Sanders campaign has encouraged violence, and Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been critical as well, but Sanders isn’t backing down and continues to say the process was faulty.
Sanders just visited the Coachella Valley last week and strolled down Palm Canyon during Village Fest.
The Washington Post reports that party officials and frontrunner Clinton have struck a deal with Sanders that allows the Vermont senator to name one-third of the panel that writes the party’s platform. If we win in California we are going to march in to the convention with a lot of momentum.
Clinton, meanwhile, signaled an openness to Sanders’ rough list of demands.
The Clinton campaign said Tuesday it have no plans to contest the recanvass.
The answer that question is sure to delight Trump supporters and leave a lingering bad taste in the mouths of those in the Sanders camp. And Canova has echoed many of Sanders’ campaign themes – particularly his desire for campaign finance reform. “We definitely believe that Sanders has a path to the nomination”. Would their respective parties kick up dust over the possibility of a Trump-Sanders debate in a way they did not two months ago?
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Reid’s comment Tuesday comes as Democrats grow restive over Sanders’ continued presidential candidacy. Possible concessions include cabinet appointments in a Clinton administration or agreements to tackle legislation aimed at economic inequality.
