When it comes to his calls for broader government involvement in domestic programs, Clinton said, “The numbers don’t add up”. “I have stood firm, and I will be the person who prevents them from ever wrecking the economy again”, she said, describing how she warned Wall Street firms before the 2008 recession that their speculative practices could hurt the economy. “He gets tens of thousands of people to turn out, but that sort of economic populism is a tough sell”.
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Tonight’s Clinton vs. Sanders face-off should make GOP voters hope that, whoever their two finalists are, they’re given the opportunity to see that debate.
Debate moderators Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd listen as Democratic presidential candidates, Sen.
“I do believe that in the future, not by dismantling what we have here – I helped write that bill – but by moving forward, rallying the American people, I do believe we should have health care for all”, Sanders said.
Clinton was combative from the start, pushing back on a series of criticisms from the independent Vermont senator in recent days on her decision to accept money and speaking fees from Wall Street, and questioning whether Sanders could deliver on his grandiose promises.
He conceded that he had less experience as Clinton, the former secretary of state, but claimed experience was not the only factor.
For Sanders, the path is more direct. He wants “Medicare for all”.
Clinton Thursday called it an “artful smear” by Sanders.
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Sanders, who has served in Washington for decades, sought to paint Clinton as part of the “establishment” after she noted that she was proud to have the support of several officials from his home state, including the current governor and former Gov. Howard Dean, who she said “want me as their partner in the White House”. Hillary Clinton screamed, “I can get things done” as if she were pitching a product on an infomercial. It got so bad that in response to a question about Afghanistan, Bernie Sanders reeled off the same exact rant about ISIS, Muslim souls and the King of Jordan that he had recited in the last debate until Chuck Todd gave up on the senile Socialist as a hopeless case and switched to Hillary Clinton. “It’s really caused me to wonder who’s left in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party”.
“I am concerned with the abuses of Wall Street has taken with the American taxpayers’ money”, and then she asks whether you would release the transcripts of your Goldman Sachs speeches, and then added, “Don’t you think the voting public has a right to know what was said?” She argued Sanders was saying that “anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any interest group has to be bought”.
Clinton charged that Sanders’ proposal for single-payer universal health care coverage would jeopardize Obamacare, calling it “a great mistake”, and said his plans for free college education would be too costly to be realistic. A new CNN/WMUR tracking poll published on Thursday showed that Sanders still has a formidable 61% to 30% lead over Clinton among likely primary voters in the Granite State.
In fresh evidence of the tightening race, Clinton reported that her campaign had raised $15 million in January – $5 million less than Sanders and the first time she’s been outraised by her opponent. We do know through reporting that there were transcription services for all of those paid speeches.
“I have absolutely no concerns about it”, she said. “I happen to respect the secretary very much”, he said.
His style is to hit back by arguing his points vigorously and citing differences, so he would not send verbal darts Clinton’s way.
At a breakfast Wednesday morning sponsored by Bloomberg Politics, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters: “We face some pretty significant head winds here in New Hampshire”.
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Her campaign has said the content of the e-mails isn’t sensitive, wasn’t marked as classified when she sent or received it, and should be made public. The Sanders operation, however, has warned that they have been organizing in other states, including SC and Nevada, and should not be underestimated. On foreign policy, she tried to poke a hole in Sanders’ argument that his vote against the invasion of Iraq is proof he has the judgment necessary to manage America’s involvement in the turbulent Middle East.
