Tuesday nights are family nights for our clan but we’ve agreed we all want to cut it off early to watch the first debate among the Democratic presidential candidates.
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As a laugh track plays in the background, the video features clip after clip of Clinton’s past Democratic opponents hammering her for flip-flopping on certain issues.
“(Vermont Sen.) Bernie Sanders has been very clear.
Hanging over Tuesday’s contest will be the shadow of Vice President Joe Biden, who is flirting with a late entry into the Democratic field and is expected to announce his decision within days.
Here’s what to look for.
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“I’m guessing they’re both similar in the sense that they both believe that government is the answer to most things”, said Paul, a Republican presidential candidate.
Meanwhile, Clinton’s campaign has been hit by several scandals, which have led to her net favourable image to decline. Sanders is a self-professed “social democrat”, but young voters are not bothered by the socialist label like older voters may be. There’s even a “Draft Biden” campaign airing commercials on the network in the run-up to the debate. The memo also argues that Clinton embodies “trench warfare vs. Republicans” and is someone who has worked the system rather than change it.
As a veteran, Reagan administration alum, full professor at Naval college, and hardcore moderate, it’s obvious that Jim Webb is Hillary’s main competition for the nomination in all but name only.
Sanders, who has filled arenas with crowds in the thousands and matched Clinton’s fundraising take in the past three months, has cast the former secretary of state as a late-comer to the liberal positions he’s held for decades on education, the environment and the economy.
Tommy Carcetti, the fictional Baltimore councilman who eventually becomes mayor and then governor in the iconic show The Wire, might be how many people outside Maryland first heard of Martin O’Malley. Webb and Chafee have struggled to serve as attack dogs in previous joint appearances. You’ll be able to take a virtual seat within the auditorium while the candidates are speaking.
Mr. Biden’s office said he would watch the Democratic presidential debate from his official residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington. He and Clinton stand pretty close on those and other issues, and they have barely acknowledged each other on the campaign trail. Their central messages have largely focused on tackling income inequality and lifting the middle class.
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The five-candidate debate at the Wynn Las Vegas is set to start at 5:30 p.m. and may run up to 2 1/2 hours, according to CNN.
