Though Sanders opposed the October 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq a vote he frequently cites to contrast his initial position on the war against Clinton he backed another resolution “expressing the unequivocal support and appreciation” for the president and military forces participating in the Iraq invasion only five months later. But that recent trend line, a function of two new national polls that were close after a bit of a lull, is not very good news.
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This ad does illustrate a looming problem for Bernie Sanders should he prevail. Paul Kirk joined Sanders at a rally in Hanover, New Hampshire, Thursday.
Clinton has begun attacking Sanders daily as polls show the race for the Democratic nomination tightening.
The Vermont senator, appearing at a news conference here, told reporters that his single-payer “Medicare-for-all” plan would be very closely modeled on a bill that he introduced in 2013 – but probably less costly due to changes ushered in recently by the Affordable Care Act. “I talked to her on Sunday evening about why had to be gone for a few days to support her grandmother because it’s really important for her future”. After spending much of past year engaged in polite policy disagreements, even going long stretches without mentioning Sanders by name, Clinton’s team has unleashed a torrent of attacks on Sanders, focusing in particular on his record on gun control and his refusal to detail the cost to taxpayers of his health care plan. More to the point, Clinton is losing ground to her competition more rapidly than in she did in 2008, which is the last time she ran for the U.S.’ highest office.
“It’s not a mistake”, Sanders said at a Democratic forum in Iowa on Monday.
“I think you nailed that”, Clinton responded.
Sanders released an ad in the early nominating states of Iowa and New Hampshire in which he describes “two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street”.
The Clinton campaign accused him of violating a longtime promise.
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“They made a repeated pledge to their supporters and donors and they’re clearly backing off on that”, he said.
“The unlimited amounts of money flooding our political system from a narrow and immensely wealthy slice of American society is the most pernicious internal peril threatening the fundamental tenets of economic, political, moral and social justice and, not least, the fairness and vibrancy of our representative democracy”, Kirk said.
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A RealClearPolitics average of all SC polls conducted between December 5 and December 17 show the former secretary of state with a whopping 40 percent advantage over Mr. Sanders.
