There has been a growing undercurrent in the Democratic presidential race which seems to get more and more obvious as the race draws tighter; Hillary wants to scare Democrats into believing that if the electorate doesn’t go with the “safe” option (Clinton), then they are handing the white house over to the GOP. He was steadily the most searched candidate throughout the debate, with Clinton rarely getting more search interest than him.
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Hillary Clinton came out aggressively against Bernie Sanders in last night’s debate, taking the gloves off and ramping up the heat in an effort to staunch the Vermont senator’s recent momentum in the polls two weeks out from the Iowa caucus.
Sanders said he would back reversing the law – a change Clinton quickly called a “flip-flop”. Sanders declined to engage in the discussion, saying instead, “You might want to ask the governor of the state of Vermont why he could not do it – I’m the senator from the state of Vermont”.
“I don’t mean to just point the finger at you”, he said, pointing his finger at Clinton, “you’ve received over $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs in one year”. Murray points out that the same situation helped President Obama beat Clinton.
“Guess what: In Iowa, New Hampshire, the race is (now) very, very close”, he said. “The Republicans just voted last week to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and thank goodness, President Obama vetoed it and saved Obamacare for the American people”, Clinton said.
“We’re at least having a vigorous debate about reining in Wall Street”, she said. She praised the way he “led us out of the Great Recession”.
Clinton said she is also “absolutely committed to universal health care” and respects Sanders’ intentions, but said similar legislative proposals made in the past could not get an affirmative vote even through a Democratic-controlled Congress.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled repeatedly in Sunday night’s presidential debate over who’s tougher on gun control and Wall Street and how to steer the future of health care in America.
Clinton: “We have Dodd-Frank”.
“We’ve accomplished so much already”. For some reason Sanders still struggles when pressed on his gun rights votes; he called Clinton disingenuous and said that guns should not be a political issue. Instead, the party should work on improving the programme, known as Obamacare.
Clinton knocked Sanders nearly immediately on his gun control stance, particularly his past opposition to some gun control legislation.
But she said Sanders’ record showed a more lenient attitude toward the demands of the powerful National Rifle Association (NRA) gun lobby. But his poor marks from the NRA reflect a record that does lean toward stronger gun controls.
While leading nationally, Clinton suddenly finds herself under threat of losing the first two state contests, in February 1 in Iowa, where the pair are neck and neck in the polls, and February 9 in New Hampshire, where Sanders has a significant lead.
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Indeed, Clinton owes her lead in the state – the first state where she does have a clear edge – largely to a big lead there among African-Americans.
