Bernie Sanders is pronouncing himself startled by the ferocity of Hillary Clinton’s attempts to take him down, saying she’s coming “unraveled” by his progress in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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Acknowledging the mood that is propelling Sanders in the early states, Clinton said that “people are angry, and they have every right to be”.
Before the black congregation, Sanders praised President Barack Obama.
From health care, to immigration, the former secretary of state hugged the President tight in her debate with Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders came out with guns blazing for the sixth Democratic Party debate, held on February 11 in Milwaukee, and moderated by Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff of PBS. Last I heard, we lived in a democratic society. But it was the front-runner’s husband, Bill Clinton, who issued the most stinging rebuke of the evening against the 44th president. “This is the right campaign if you believe this country can be better than it was”, Ellison said.
Sanders must keep the momentum of his New Hampshire win as he faces the next round of contests in states that look very different than Iowa, New Hampshire or Vermont.
Long viewed as the overwhelming front-runner in the Democratic race, Clinton has been caught off-guard by Sanders’ connection with Americans frustrated by the current political and economic systems. And she accused Sanders of trying to shade the truth about what she said would be a 40 percent increase in the size of the federal government in order to implement his policies.
“Hillary Clinton’s super PAC [political action committee], Priorities USA Action, will be spending at least half a million dollars in paid advertising in the South Carolina Democratic primary”, the release noted.
Both Clinton and Sanders responded.
“I want to follow up on something having to do with leadership because, you know, today Senator Sanders said that President Obama failed the presidential leadership test. And this is not the first time that he has criticized President Obama”, Clinton said. Most support Clinton, though some have yet to make a decision.
But Palmieri then added, “In the last month, Sanders has got increasingly personal and negative”.
“Very clearly the African-American vote here is what is underpinning her lead”, said CBS News pollster Anthony Salvanto. Sanders that you don’t in Hillary Clinton?
The former secretary of state is banking on support from minorities to help her blunt Sanders’ broad appeal with young voters and liberals.
“I have won both elections that I was supposed to lose and I have lost elections that I was supposed to win”, Christie said on Tuesday night.
Clinton concluded by using a similar argument her campaign has made this week: She is the most comprehensive candidate in the race.
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And I think when you give low-income kids – African-American, white, Latino kids – the opportunities to get their lives together, they are not going to end up in jail.
