Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak simultaneously as they discuss issues during the MSNBC debate at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016.
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After almost losing to Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week, Hillary Clinton has turned her attention to the Vermont senator ahead of another showdown next week in the New Hampshire Primary. “That’s just not progressive”.
Clinton fired back that under Sanders’ definition of progressive, many Democratic luminaries, including President Obama, wouldn’t make the cut.
“You can be a moderate”.
Berman pushed Devine on the question, asking, “So why not just say, ‘I’m the most liberal?'” I’m the only candidate up here who does not have a super-PAC, who has not raised huge sums of money from Wall Street or special interests. She says she has a better track record and opportunity to get the job done than Sanders does. When asked why she was paid such a high speaking fee, she said: “That is what they offered”.
Sanders previously announced he had collected an eye-popping $20 million last month, and Clinton’s aides had warned reporters and supporters that Sanders had the fundraising advantage as the two candidates head into New Hampshire’s February 9 primary.
On Monday, former Secretary of State Clinton won the Democratic caucuses in a tight race with Sanders.
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. Her finance director called the numbers “a very loud wake-up call”. Clinton’s current score is 466 compared to Sanders’s 2 (he only has endorsements from two representatives and none from fellow senators or state governors).
Ulimately, Devine told Berman that Sanders’ goal is to “finish the unfinished agenda of Franklin Roosevelt”, who is heralded as a leader of American liberalism. “I hope we keep it on the issues”. The ARG poll has Sanders at 54% and Clinton at 38%.
“Absolutely not, New Hampshire has been so good to me and my family and I love campaigning in New Hampshire”, Clinton said, recalling her response.
“I am a progressive who gets things done”.
Clinton canceled two fundraisers in the past week hosted by people in the financial sector, but Mook said that’s not an effort to deflect criticism of her ties to the industry. “I’ve never heard Bernie describe himself as a liberal”.
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Clinton called that a “low blow” and pressed her counterpoint that she’s the candidate with the ability to actually implement progressive changes. A narrator in the retooled spot now says: “The Valley News says, ‘Sanders has been genuinely outraged about the treatment of ordinary Americans for as long as we can remember'”.
