So they’ll be watching for Clinton, especially, to show she has what it takes and can stoke their enthusiasm. For Martin O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb, the road to widespread appeal among democrats has been much more hard.
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Looming large over the debate will be Vice President Joe Biden’s possible entry into the race.
The Clinton family’s wealth could also be a factor in a race in which poverty and a growing income gap are central to Democratic issues, especially among its base.
Regardless of the debaters’ – and your – views on foreign policy, Washington gridlock, the national debt and other pressing issues, hearing the candidates out helps clarify the electorate’s high-stakes choice of who will enter the White House on January 20, 2017. Will controversies – such as email servers – emerge? “I think it’s a really important chance for him to use that platform to connect with all those millions of viewers”, Schroeder said. “We’ll still see a lot of civility”.
“I think you have a right to organize, you have a right to safe working conditions and you have the right to a living wage”, Clinton told the protesters. Viewers can submit their questions to the presidential candidates via CNN’s Facebook or Instagram.
While Tuesday may largely be about a night free of mistakes for Clinton and Sanders, Crane said the lesser known candidates will have to make a splash. “But for the most part, she is the front runner”.
But support for Biden’s entry into the race does not translate into equal passion for his candidacy.
As a result he has received direct campaign contributions of $26m in the last three months, almost matching Mrs Clinton’s direct funding of $28m over the same period.
“If Hillary gets defensive, watch her body language”. She carried Nevada before.
Mrs Clinton can depend on wealthy donors to fund so-called “super-PACs” that are not directly linked or controlled by her campaign but pay for supportive advertising or, more often, negative campaigns against opponents.
Other candidates are ramping up their operations.
The vulnerable candidate on the stage, however, is Sanders, who hails from a hunting state.
What are the channel numbers: CNN – (DirecTV – channel 202); (Dish Network – channel 200); (ATT U-verse – channel 202 in most markets) Moderator: CNN’s Anderson Cooper is moderating the debate and will be joined by Dana Bash and Juan Carlos Lopez.
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All five Democratic presidential candidates were invited to spend the evening before the first Democratic presidential debate at the rally, but only Clinton took the offer. Biden would also run behind Sanders, who remains the favorite of one fourth of Democrats surveyed.
