Hillary Clinton – the front-runner and former Secretary of State – debated mostly with the popular Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont. Each added an occasional comment.
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During the Democratic Presidential debate on CNN, Hillary Clinton tried to out-hate Sen.
Podesta suggested he needed to at least come to a conclusion by the time of the next Democratic debate, which is set for November 14.
It was a pivotal moment for Clinton as Sanders seemed to give concerned Democrats permission to look past the email controversy – and it was only reinforced when Lincoln Chafee chimed in. Cooper immediately pressed her, “Would there be a policy difference?” According to his panel, Sanders won the debate. When Sanders raised his voice to Clinton stating “the American people are sick and exhausted of hearing about your damn emails”, he wrote, the room erupted in laughter and applause.
The victor tonight was the Democratic Party. It’s simply in your self-interest to vote for the candidate who empathizes over the candidate who merely sympathizes.
Unfortunately, the debate questioning came mostly from areas where mainstream media has seen the most play.
She said the debate wasn’t as enlightening as the Republican debate either. It was the most-watched program in the network’s 25-year history. According to the latest Economist/YouGov Poll, that is where most Democrats are when it comes to the question of gun control. Sanders has supported the assault weapons ban, but was criticized for his votes against the Brady bill which mandated federal background checks for gun purchases, and for his support of legislation that protected gun owners from litigation over gun deaths. He drew the line at sales of military-grade arms and ammunition sold to individual citizens.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign is making a noticeable shift in how it talks about the potential campaign of Vice President Joe Biden. This is about raising the issues that are important to him and to more progressive voters. Chafee said of Clinton, “You’re looking at someone who made that poor decision in 2002 to go into Iraq when there was no real evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”. Fifty-two percent chose Clinton as the strongest nominee, compared to 16% for Sanders.
The poll shows a huge change since the last Boston Globe/Suffolk survey in June. And when he told Clinton a no-fly zone in Syria would be a mistake, she said she was “very pleased” when he endorsed her presidential campaign in 2008. Hai Do was the editor.
Kathleen Struck adapted this story for Learning English.
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