Senator Bernie Sanders drew a clear line between two of his major campaign interests – education and criminal justice reform – in his opening comments at the BET 2015 Presidential Justice Forum on Saturday (Nov. 21), making clear that his goals involve addressing several of the major intersections his supporters care about.
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Sanders says he would seek an overhaul of immigration laws, including a pathway to citizenship within five years for people living in the US illegally.
Marquette Law School pollster Charles Franklin said that both Clinton and Sanders have strong support from Democrats, but in hypothetical general election matchups, Sanders has more support from independents and even a handful of Republicans.
First, because voters tend to trust Republicans more than Democrats on national security issues.
The Vermont independent who’s seeking the Democratic nomination is pushing a “single-payer” plan. Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, has racked up a string of formal endorsements, but many rank-and-file union members remain drawn to Sanders.
Walsh, a former union member, forcefully endorsed Clinton on Sunday, casting her as the most qualified candidate for the job.
Early on in her second presidential bid, the former secretary of state had been careful not to overemphasize her husband’s involvement in the campaign, but Bill Clinton has now slowly begun taking a larger public role, the newswire noted.
After championing coal in 2008, Clinton now wants to protect health benefits for coal miners and their families and help to retrain them for new jobs.
Added to that, US Consumer Confidence has just fallen to its lowest level in over a year.
Other democratic leaders including Gov. Maggie Hassan, Sen.
The best way for candidates to learn about the challenges of rural communities is to “put eyes on it whenever they can”, he said.
“I typically have gotten involved in the primaries when I had some sort of inspirational attachment to it”, said Columbia attorney Dick Harpootlian, an Obama backer and critic of Clinton who had hoped Biden would run. She said she wants to repay Sanders for joining a picket in New Hampshire last winter during a strike against the communications company FairPoint and for inviting the workers to dinner afterward. Ms. Clinton contrasts her approach with that of her chief opponent, Sen.
Beyond the personal income, Clinton also has close political ties to the finance industry.
In an email issued on Wednesday, the Sanders campaign said that his vision would include undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S.as children, or those who have spouses, children, or parents who are citizens in the country, USA Today wrote. “I believe it because he, unlike any other candidate, said he would like to restore the voter rights act”.
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“In Mrs. Clinton’s case, she has a lot of assets going for her at this time that Obama did not have” eight years ago, he said.
