157-v-36-(Jerry Bodlander, AP correspondent)-The first Democratic debate of the campaign season is just hours away. There aren’t 11 people on the stage.
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Yet the Democrats’ growing advantage in party identification is tempered by the fact that the Democratic Party’s overall standing with the public is no better than it was when President Bush was first inaugurated in 2001.
It’s also an issue on which Clinton does not come under much pressure from Sanders, who hails from a state where the immigration debate is not particularly active and who has spoken relatively little on the issue so far on the campaign trail.
Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate could be a crucial viability test for left-wing candidate Bernie Sanders, who is making a strong showing in the polls but still lacks support among Democratic elites skeptical of his outspoken socialist politics and rejection of large-donor fundraising.
The Los Angeles Dodgers will be playing the New York Mets in Game 4 of their National League playoff series nearly simultaneously as the debate. In the meantime, here are five things you’ll want to watch out for. Meantime, as Vice President Joe Biden waits in the wings, his numbers are comparable to Clinton’s. However, his presence will be felt even in his absence.
“Sadly”, added Rynard, “in terms of the media narrative, nothing in the debate may matter if Biden announces his intentions the next day and wipes out all the coverage”. “Unlike the weather vane that blows in the wind, I know where I stand”.
If asked about the potential candidate who isn’t at the debate, look for the candidates to offer up familiar responses about giving Biden time to mourn his son’s death.
“He does factor in”, Arterton said.
Those other two guys: Webb and Chafee have yet to campaign or establish why they’re running for president, but it’s important to note that the two candidates are bitter rivals, the New Yorker reports, and quite distinct. Clinton took part in more than 20 debates during the 2008 contest.
As we pointed out back when he announced his campaign, Webb is theoretically an interesting-and perhaps even viable-challenger to Clinton. Now, however, she has changed her tune. In an October 1993 editorial titled Why I oppose Nafta, he said the deal would exacerbate economic inequality and “only benefit the ruling elites of the United States, Mexico and Canada”.
“For everybody that’s not Hillary, it’s easy, you just savage [the TPP]”.
“Hillary Clinton is an excellent debater”, said Pfeiffer.
Will Hillary Clinton dominate or stumble?
While it certainly won’t be the goat rodeo we’ve come to expect from their red-state counterparts, it will be one of the few times that America will get to meet the men challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination in 2016.
Watch for gun control, trade, banks and foreign policy to take center stage, said Michael Cheney, a professor of communication and economics at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
An official from the public-sector union AFSCME told Al Jazeera its endorsement process started months ago and is “the most in-depth process for endorsements” they’ve ever attempted, polling membership on which candidates they favor and their top policy priorities.
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Debates aren’t the only way parties try to get candidates to promise publicly to act a certain way as president, but they are a good method. He tends to give long and at times rambling speeches, he has repeatedly said he has no interest in attacking his fellow Democratic rivals, and his aides say he’s barely engaged in traditional debate prep in the days leading up to Tuesday.
