Sen. Barbara Boxer lost her cool with Bernie Sanders’ supporters at the Nevada Democratic convention Saturday.
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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito gave a positive assessment of her meeting Thursday with Donald Trump, but would not explicitly say she supports the man who is virtually assured of being her party’s nominee for president. Her team went up with a $160,000 ad buy in Kentucky on Tuesday, a modest effort aimed at cutting into Sanders’ support before the state’s primary in a week.
Going into Tuesday, Mrs Clinton has 1,716 pledged delegates from primaries and caucuses, compared with 1,433 for Mr Sanders.
In this photo taken May 10,2016, supporters cheer as they listen to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speak during a rally in Louisville, Ky.
On Sunday in Louisville and Fort Mitchell, Mrs Clinton touted her plan for coal country.
At Saturday’s event, Sanders supporters protested a set of convention rules that were eventually adopted and booed at mentions of Hillary Clinton.
Clinton will get campaigning help when former President Bill Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, stump in the state Friday.
While Clinton is still focused on the race she’s now running, the super-PACs who have backed her are busy making the case against Trump early-something that his Republican opponents should have done sooner.
“Big crowds mean nothing”, said former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
Clinton backers say there is plenty for Mr Sanders to do in his old job – and a lot of good reasons for him to join forces. James Clyburn of SC, G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Hakeem Jeffries and Joe Crowley of NY.
The Vermont senator’s economic hits on Mrs Clinton could benefit Mr Trump, as he seeks to appeal to independent voters.
Ehrenberg said that the Sanders campaign leadership is discussing the possibility of trying to follow the lead of Maine Democrats and push for a requirement that New Hampshire superdelegates follow the will of first-in-the-nation primary voters when they vote at the convention.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Wednesday showed Clinton ahead 41 percent to 40 percent, with a 3 percent margin of error.
“I don’t know”, she said.
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“If there is any person here, any person here that thinks I’m coming to you as some kind of savior, that I’m going to do it all – all myself, you’re wrong”.
