Until now, Clinton’s campaign had been silent on the number of debates. In contrast, the president described Sanders as “fearless”, and likened him to a “bright, shiny object” – a newcomer to national politics who has the advantage of campaigning with one central theme.
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The full interview with Clinton, in which she dishes on her biggest political regret and her thoughts on working together with one of the Republican candidates, will be available on AOL.com later today. “Our economy works for Wall Street because it’s rigged by Wall Street and that’s the problem”.
The idea of the meeting between Obama and Sanders was raised when the two men talked at last month’s Congressional Ball, Earnest said.
If elected president, Sanders would be 75 on Inauguration Day and the country’s oldest president.
Clinton’s campaign has not yet responded to Sanders’ counter-proposal.
According to the letter, the 74-year-old Democratic presidential candidate weighs 179 pounds and his blood pressure is 136/81-a systolic blood pressure that health officials consider borderline hypertension.
“Bernie Sanders: speaking tonight in Mason City, Iowa”.
Several of Clinton’s top aides have served in the Obama White House – including her campaign chairman John D. Podesta, communications director Jennifer Palmieri and senior policy adviser Jake Sullivan – and they periodically check in with the president’s current staff on their policy plans and announcements.
“We have options to go in different directions”, said Tad Devine, the Sanders campaign’s Washington-based senior adviser and media consultant, who attended the meeting Wednesday.
Donald Trump may have captured people’s attention across the nation with his ridiculous behavior and threats to minorities, women, and also the general safety of the American people; but Bernie Sanders kept the the young people’s attention and promised to reform student loans and make the first two years at a state school free. “It’s a cynical political ploy”.
Sanders, standing outside the West Wing lobby with his wife, Jane, heaped praise on the president and said Obama and Vice President Biden “tried to be fair and even-handed in the process, and I expect they will continue to be that way”. In a statement, Sanders said the ad “completely distorts my record”. “If not, I think we’re going to be struggling”. Traveling by bus through Iowa, the senator predicted a win in Iowa if the turnout was large.
However, with Iowa just a few days away, it might just not matter for Sanders.
Leaders of the powerful Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas – which remains neutral in the race – condemned Sanders’ campaign staffers who falsely claimed an affiliation with the union as a way to gain access to its members at casino employee dining rooms. “Sanders has called for more debates”, the lawmaker’s campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, said in a statement. Sanders has called for more debates.
He said his wife’s gradual approach was best.
Despite the obvious tilting toward Clinton, however, Obama has avoided a full-fledged endorsement of her, to stand by his pledge not to endorse a candidate before the Democratic primary has ended.
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As Clinton makes her closing argument in the state that opens the 2016 primary and caucus calendar, she is emphasizing the issue that tops the list of voter concerns and that polls also show is driving many Democratic voters into the arms of her main competitor, Vermont Sen.
