“You can’t offer a healthcare program [if] you don’t know what it costs”, Bill Clinton said. During a Bloomberg Politics breakfast in New Hampshire last week, Clinton campaign press secretary Brian Fallon called on the Sanders campaign to control internet commenters who were aggressively confronting Clinton supporters online.
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If the polls and prediction markets hold up, Clinton could blunt the momentum that Sanders would gain from a win in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
Clinton said she was making a “personal commitment” to help Flint in a message delivered not only to the congregants at a local Baptist church but also a more heavily-minority electorate in Southern contests that could help her build a foundation for a delegate-by-delegate drive toward the nomination. Clinton referred to a CNN report that in 2006, Sanders received $37,300 from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, along with $60,000 worth of advertising. In Milford he took particular aim at Mr Sanders’ proposals to nationalise health care insurance and replace Obamacare. “I would be proud to have it (Warren’s endorsement)”. I’ve heard former secretary Albright talk about that a number of times before.
Sanders senior adviser Tad Devine told the Times it was “disappointing that President Clinton has chose to launch these attacks”, adding that Sanders would continue to focus what he called the rigged economy, campaign finance corruption and income inequality.
“It’s unfortunate that, you know, President Clinton has chose to launch a series of attacks against Sen. She was counting on young people … and that’s going to hurt her hugely going into SC”.
And Clinton slammed Sanders and his backers for derisively labeling opponents as part of the “establishment” when they disagree.
“There’s not really a substantial difference between the two”, said William Vaughn, 55, who works with people who have disabilities outside of Ames, Iowa, where he recently attended an event in support of Clinton. Last week’s controversial caucuses in Iowa saw Clinton getting one more delegate than Sanders. “I grew up in a insane age where we loved to have arguments but they were fact based and we discussed things”. “But if you pointed out, just shows you how tied you are to the establishment”. It was here in 1992 where Bill Clinton declared himself the “comeback kid” after a surprising second-place finish, and his wife won a major victory in New Hampshire in 2008 after losing Iowa to Obama. “After all, we’re this far in the campaign and they are going to have to point out differences”.
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CLINTON: Well I think he’s been inaccurate – unfair is – but the point is, we’ve got the chance to debate now, it’s all out in the opem, that’s good.
