It takes 2,383 to clinch the Democratic nomination, and Mr Sanders needs to win 68% of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates to reach that figure.
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United States democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have again criticised each other as the critical NY primary nears.
A NY poll out Thursday shows Hillary Clinton ahead of Bernie Sanders 57% to 40%.
There has been more consistent interest in the Republican debates, which have dropped in the ratings from an October high of 24 million but retained double-digit viewership.
“You’ll get them, yes”, Sanders said.
Clinton said she was for a $15 minimum wage but that she was also for a $12 minimum wage but was really for a $15 minimum wage but also supported a $12 minimum wage.
She accused him of being unprepared to implement even his key policies, such as breaking up the big Wall Street banks.
He then added, “The inequality problem is rooted in the shareholder-first mentality and the absence of training for the jobs of tomorrow”, he explained, as he elaborated on her support for Dodd-Frank.
Clinton served as a NY senator for eight years and Brooklyn is the location of her campaign headquarters, while Sanders was born and raised in the borough. He made a case against Clinton that sounds strong to those who buy what Sanders is selling.
Sanders retorted: “I am sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn that you supported raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour”. She tried to raise questions about Sanders’ own openness by noting that he has yet to release his income tax information. “I love being in Brooklyn”, she said. Perhaps she praised Goldman’s commitment to corporate governance (at some point); perhaps she praised trade deals that Goldman favors (and she now opposes); perhaps she recognized the role that Goldman Sachs and others play in generating liquidity in our economy, and in ensuring that businesses can invest and take risks and hire more people.
He has also failed to persuade superdelegates – the party insiders who can back the candidate of their choice regardless of how their states vote – to switch their loyalties from Mrs Clinton. “President Obama trusted my judgment enough to ask me to be secretary of state”, Clinton countered.
PRIEBUS: I’m much more comfortable and I think everyone that has analyzed this knows that Hillary Clinton is in the ditch.
At the same time, she put onto the agenda – often over the very vociferous shouts from the Sanders supporters in the room – the basic message that she wants undecided voters to be thinking about when they make their decision on Tuesday.
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The return released on Friday does not include information on Sanders’ net worth.
