The third candidate in the Democratic race is former Maryland Governor, Martin O’Malley.
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“Gender is not what’s important”, she told a crowd of more than a thousand.
Despite claims that the Democratic National Committee rigged the debate schedule to favor Clinton, campaign staffers have reportedly said privately that additional debates would be welcome because she has been a strong debater. One debate must be held in March, April and May, and none should be scheduled for Friday, Saturday or a holiday weekend, far different from the current schedule of debates, which were held mostly on weekends when viewership is low, noted Business Insider.
Mason City – Former president Bill Clinton was back on the campaign trail in Iowa Wednesday, calling his presidential candidate wife Hillary a changemaker as her rival surged ahead in a new poll.
Michael Briggs, Sanders’ communications director, told ABC News in a statement that the campaign planned “all along” to release medical information from his physician before the primaries and caucuses.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (L) and Bernie Sanders.
Obama said he had a “good meeting” with Sanders and noted that he had previously met with Clinton during the campaign. Clinton is leading with female voters, 54% to Sanders’ 40%. Overall, he said that he has stood by the President’s side as he’s taken on “unprecedented Republican obstructionism and has tried to do the right thing for the American people”.
Clinton has a slight lead with registered Democrats who say they only vote in November’s general election, according to the poll.
Weaver said Clinton was “asking to change the rules to schedule a debate next week that is not sanctioned by the DNC”.
Mr Sanders has eroded Mrs Clinton’s lead in Iowa, the closely watched contest that kicks off the 2016 presidential race, in a surprise come-from-behind campaign compared by some to Mr Obama’s in 2008.
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The Union Leader, the state’s largest newspaper, chose to host the debate after weeks of efforts by both undecided Granite Staters and supporters of the Democratic presidential candidates to have a final opportunity to hear from the candidates in a debate setting. The state’s first-in-the-nation primary is February 9.
