“He obviously wasn’t able to achieve it. Sanders is the one you would expect to be his ideological heir”.
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Spokesmen for Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state who leads most polls, and Martin O’Malley, a former Maryland governor, said their candidates would be happy to take part, at least in theory.
“The President and Sen”. With frequent cheers between topics, Sanders addressed working-class issues such as Social Security and the loss of jobs from the North American Free Trade Agreement and the potential losses from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The curmudgeonly Vermonter has bristled at the suggestion he’s betrayed the president.
ABC News’ latest polling shows Clinton leading Sanders by 19 points nationally – her smallest lead yet, with five days to go until the February 1 Iowa Caucus.
“Young people are by nature idealistic”, Sanders said in an interview. He said he believed the president and the vice president have been “fair and even handed”.
“On day one, I said the Keystone Pipeline is a dumb idea”, Mr. Sanders said.
“We strongly encourage every Democratic candidate to leap at the opportunity to add an additional debate to the absurdly limited official DNC schedule and work to find other opportunities to make the presidential contest the fierce competition of progressive ideas that Democrats deserve”, DFA Executive Director Charles Chamberlain said. He did ask for an update on the fight against Islamic extremism and the effort to warm relations with Iran, he said. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. listens as he is introduced to speak at a stop at the United Steelworkers Local 310L union hall, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Since Mondale, Democrats have generally campaigned on protecting the middle class and raising taxes on the rich. President Bill Clinton said he’d rather cut spending than hike taxes on Middle America. He had called the country’s number one abortion provider “part of the establishment” after the organization endorsed Ms. Clinton in the primary. Sanders first discussed this meeting last December when Sen.
The White House announced Tuesday evening that Obama will meet with Sanders after receiving his morning briefing and meeting with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Vice President Biden.
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Mrs Clinton attempted to deflect criticism of being a newcomer to the economic inequality debate that Mr Sanders used first to fire up grassroots liberals, making the Iowa caucus a far closer race.
