A number of conservative commentators credited Clinton with the strongest performance in the debate – although a few noted she faced less intense competition than the crowded GOP field.
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“Let me say something that may not be great politics”.
The crowd roared and Clinton beamed.
If there is one issue where democrats are going to be torn on Sanders is gun control, an area where he is not extremely liberal, but it could be said he makes up for it with his views on military and foreign involvement.
Democratic presidential candidates are just a couple hours away from squaring off for their long-awaited first debate, with the top contenders, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, bracing for a face-to-face clash after months of circling each other from a distance.
But it was Sanders who surprisingly came to her defense, saying: “Enough about the e-mails”.
Asked to defend himself, Sanders said he supported the expansion of background checks for people wanting to buy guns and to scrap gaps in the law that make it easier to sell and buy guns at gun shows.
The only woman on stage, Clinton also highlighted the prospect of becoming the nation’s first female president multiple times.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tied the candidates to President Obama, pointing to when Clinton cited her former rival’s decision to appoint her as secretary of state as a sign of her foreign policy judgment.
One impression from Tuesday night’s Democratic debate: Vice President Joe Biden has no rationale to step into the race.
Tuesday’s debate was moderated by Anderson Cooper, who was joined by CNN’s chief political correspondent Dana Bash and CNN en Español anchor Juan Carlos Lopez who asked additional questions. He was not mentioned during the two-hour debate.
The candidates seemed much more interested in attacking Republicans than each other.
“Sorry, there is no STAR on the stage tonight!” he wrote.
Republicans are largely silent on climate change.
During Tuesday night’s CNN Democratic primary presidential debate, Bernie Sanders was asked whether he considers himself a “capitalist”.
The two headliners dominated the Democratic debate coming out swinging as they shared the stage with a trio of also-rans: former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, Former Virginia senator Jim Webb and former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee. The email issue has shadowed her rollout of numerous policy positions and has hurt her standing with voters. “Politicians are evolving on this issue, and Sen”. Pressed specifically on her newly announced opposition to a Pacific Rim trade deal she touted while serving in the Obama administration, Clinton said she had hoped to support it but ultimately decided it did not meet her standards. Sanders, meanwhile, is seeking to appeal to a wider audience of Democrats beyond those who have flocked in the thousands to his events in early-voting states such as Iowa, where he is just behind Clinton, and in New Hampshire, where he is in the lead.
She also rightly denounced the House committee investigating her emails as “an arm of the Republican National Committee”. “I love Denmark, but we are the United States of America”, Clinton said.
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In perhaps the most memorable exchange of the debate, Sanders dismissed the issue as one not worth voters’ time with a cranky one-liner. He’s endorsing Clinton, but gave his thoughts on Chafee’s run.
