“The way we won Iowa, if Senator Sanders wins here, we will be happy to say that he won”, he said when asked if the mantra “a win is a win” applies in the Granite State.
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Their race newly energized, the two candidates are sparred over who is the best standard-bearer for progressive values – and who can actually deliver on a liberal agenda of providing universal health care access, reducing income inequality, protecting worker rights and more.
A veteran of political brawls, Clinton on Thursday flashed genuine anger and disbelief that Bernie Sanders, her Democratic primary rival, is casting doubt on whether she had been an authentic warrior in the left’s great battles against Republicans. Former Secretary of State Clinton identifies as a more moderate candidate, willing to work across the aisle.
“Do I think President Obama is a progressive?”.
“Senator Sanders and I share some very big progressive goals”, the former first lady said. On Twitter, Clinton’s top spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri compared it to the moment in 2008 when President Barack Obama said during a debate that Clinton was “likable enough”, which prompted criticism from Clinton supporters. “I know where I stand”.
He pointed generally to campaign contributions from ExxonMobil and the Koch brothers as reasons Republicans deny climate change, and campaign cash flows from investment banks for the reasons Wall Street became deregulated in the 1990s.
Mrs Clinton, a former first lady and former senator, has sought to manage expectations about her performance in next week’s New Hampshire primary, saying she is disadvantaged by Mr Sanders’ being from a neighbouring state.
“Sen. Sanders wants us to start all over again”, she said.
On foreign policy, Sanders and Clinton agree: She has more experience.
Sanders billed himself as the true outsider candidate in the race, while suggesting that Clinton was the candidate of the establishment.
Sanders, who was flirting with skipping the event, may have the most to lose with his double-digit margin over Clinton in polls ahead of the February 9 primary here.
The Sanders campaign announced its haul for the month on Sunday, one day before the senator fought Clinton to a near-draw in the Iowa caucuses.
One of the overlay ads Bernie Sanders is hoping will be spread by Snapchat users in New Hampshire.
Bernie Sanders: While Sanders drew audience cheers with his continual bashing of the corrupt political system that is in bed with the frauds of Wall Street, he did little or nothing to counter Clinton’s criticism that his proposed fixes are realistic.
Supporters brought dozen of boxes to the state Board of Elections near the Capitol in a bid to surpass the 15,000 signatures needed to get on the April 19 presidential primary ballot in NY.
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Adkins expect the race between Clinton and Sanders to be hotly contested for several months, possibly all the way to the Democratic National Convention in July.
