Nina Turner, former OH state senator and minority whip, is among the most surprising of the public figures to suddenly “Feel the Bern”, because Turner has been involved in Clinton’s campaign.
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Only two other Democrats remain in the race against Clinton – Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.
That will spotlight the candidates varying levels of fluency with the issue.
The Clinton campaign has been working for months to secure endorsements from superdelegates, determined to avoid mistakes that cost her the nomination in 2008.
The only Vermont superdelegate not named Sanders who described himself as committed to Sanders was Burlington lawyer Richard Cassidy, who praised Sanders’ stances on education, infrastructure and several other issues.
Every Democratic member of Congress, Democratic governor, and elected members of the Democratic National Committee are automatically superdelegates – the party elites.
Her lead reflects Clinton’s advantage among the Democratic Party establishment, an edge that has helped the 2016 front-runner build a massive campaign organization, hire top staff and win coveted local endorsements.
A Washington Post report that surfaced in September quoted unnamed DNC insiders who said Clinton’s campaign team had lobbied party officials to limit the number of debates to four. Sanders may win neither, or he could win both. Similarly, the party’s next debate will be on the Saturday night before Christmas.
The debate will begin at 9 p.m. Eastern time and will run two hours.
Who will Hillary Clinton go after?
In another recent development, assertions by Florida Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz, the DNC leader, that she consulted with former DNC chairmen regarding debate scheduling is now being disputed by the former chairmen themselves.
“She’s the hometown candidate”.
But now, she’ll be expected to live up to that. His candidacy seemed calculated less on winning than on pressing the party and its nominee to focus on the economic struggles and inequities so many Americans are facing.
Still, Clinton faces problems that still could provide an opening to Sanders, if not the Republicans in a general election contest. “He really wants to have a debate on the issues”, Devine stated, citing marketing crusade finance, college affordability & climate alter as different subjects where Sanders might draw distinctions with Clinton. “Sanders is saying, and I understand why many people may gravitate toward him”, Indianapolis superdelegate Cordelia Lewis-Burks said. But his advisers told the NY Times he’ll only bring it up if prodded by the moderators.
But others are strongly backing Clinton, including Carolyn Warner, a former state schools chief and longtime Democratic activist.
In guns, Clinton has found her cudgel, using it to ward off Sanders’ attacks on her own “evolutions”.
With Paris, O’Malley has to look like he has the depth on foreign policy voters expect from a president, especially immediately after a terrorist attack.
O’Malley may be approaching his last stand if he can’t get a few momentum after Saturday’s debate.
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The District’s presidential primary will be held in June, long after the nomination is likely to be decided, and the nation’s capital historically receives scant attention from presidential candidates. Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee, and Lawrence Lessig have all dropped out since the last debate, the latter of whom did not even qualify to take part. He also continues to trail his opponents badly in the money race. “The reality is day after day, more people are supporting Bernie sanders”. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, Friday, November 13, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.
