Now, eyeing a two-and-a-half week lull before the next Democratic contests, Clinton faces the task of erasing the perception that she is a wounded front-runner while at the same time competing with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump for a bite of the news cycle.
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Professor Sanders told Sputnik that despite this rhetoric, the senator will likely leave the campaign before the convention, just as Clinton did in 2008 when she started campaigning for President Barack Obama after the final primary votes were counted.
The state Democratic Party filed a formal complaint accusing Sanders of inciting “actual violence” at the convention.
Bernie Sanders continues to demonstrate his resiliency against Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, claiming victory in last night’s OR primary and running neck-in-neck with Clinton in Kentucky.
“You know, when we began this campaign a little over a year ago, we were 60 points behind Secretary Clinton in the polls”.
Sanders, who has remained in the race even though former first lady Hillary Clinton has a commanding lead in delegates, is scheduled to speak at Kimball Park in National City on Saturday evening.
Sanders may take his battle to the convention floor, but Clinton is going to have hundreds of more delegates than he will. She is going to come out of Philadelphia as the Democratic nominee.
Boxer said she felt threatened after outbursts and threats at the Nevada Democratic Convention from Sanders backers over the weekend. It can do the right thing and open it’s doors and welcome into the party people who are prepared to fight for real economic and social change.
Congressman Welch agrees on the importance of party unity. Later, Sanders, as expected, won handily in Oregon. Tuesday, he won OR and placed second in Kentucky by a razor-thin margin, earning a split of delegates there.
Lange received the threatening calls after Hillary Clinton won the state Democratic convention by a few dozen delegates.
The Sanders campaign did not immediately say whether it will challenge the results in Kentucky, which does not have an automatic recount.
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In Kentucky, the former secretary of state visited black churches, a small-town diner and held rallies on Sunday and Monday in an effort to break up Sanders’ momentum after his recent victories in IN and West Virginia. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and seemed so out of control that Boxer said she feared for her safety. I’d love to go into further detail with you about this. I am always shocked when I see people interviewed on the street and when asked about who they will vote for, they have no idea yet.
