After labeling former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush “a puppet to his donors”, Trump bragged to reporters about turning down a $5 million donation offer, saying he would spend $1 billion on his own campaign “if I had to”.
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“In the absence of a debate, Trump’s lead widens because he swallows up the political oxygen, but when that oxygen is spread out more evenly in a debate, it breathes life into the other candidates, and the race gets closer”, said Paleologos.
“I highly recommend it”, Clinton proclaimed after taking a single bite out of the chop, and posing for selfies with the vendors.
“I can tell you, she really connected”, Branstad said. The copy makes reference to classified information, and a Clinton adviser follows up by dancing around a top secret in a way that could possibly be inferred as confirmation, they said. They know I won’t let that happen. I’ll take care of our vets.
“Hillary has never forgotten who she is fighting for”, Harkin added.
Clinton also addressed the controversy surrounding her use of a personal email address on a private server during her tenure as secretary of state, joking with the friendly crowd that she likes the popular picture messaging app Snapchat: “All those messages disappear all by themselves”.
But it was colorful and convenient when all the candidates gathered in one place. It was, in part, an acknowledgment that the issue has lessened Americans’ views of Clinton’s trustworthiness – and comes as chatter surrounding potential alternatives, including Vice President Joe Biden, heats up. In reality, most of the people I chat up along the midway are there to talk about anything other than politics. Sanders said. “I apologize”. This is the first time the two will be in the same space as presidential rivals.
At the fundraiser, Vermont Sen.
Democratic presidential hopeful and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley takes a selfie in front of the Butter Cow with his children Grace, left, and William during the Iowa State Fair, August 13, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The candidates spoke before about 2,000 Democrats at the Surf Ballroom, the site of the last concert by rock pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper before their fatal 1959 plane crash, later dubbed “The Day the Music Died”.
“It’s irrelevant”, he said when asked by CNN’s Jeremy Diamond outside the Iowa State Fair on how much he has spent so far on his campaign. Tom Harkin joined Clinton to promote his recent endorsement. The second came after a line urging equal pay for women.
His refrain: “Action, not words”.
“The good news is that because of President Obama’s tough decisions, our country’s economy overall is doing better”, he said.
As he began speaking, however, photographers below the stage had their backs to him.
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Whether Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa will be willing to give Webb a pass on those positions is a legitimate question, but the approach was welcomed by at least one man in the crowd Thursday.
