Sanders: Obama Has ‘Tried To Be Fair’ In Primary Race

Eight months and two days after US Senator Bernie Sanders launched his “political revolution” and White House bid, the left-wing politician is to take a seat in the Oval Office – albeit only for a private meeting with President Barack Obama.

Sanders walked out of the White House Wednesday saying his meeting with President Obama was constructive.

“I think he and the vice president have tried to be fair and even-handed in the process, and I expect they will continue to do that”, Sanders said.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has a slight edge over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley received four percent support, which also found two percent of those asked remain undecided. While Sanders has 2.5 million total followers, Clinton has 5.23 million followers and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, boasts almost 5 million followers as well.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has recently turned to a new tactic to convince Iowa Democrats that they should caucus for her over Sen.

Stressing that the Iowa caucuses “are all about turnout”, Brown noted that the Vermont senator could pose a serious threat for the Democratic presidential nomination if his supporters turnout.

Obama insists he will not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate until the party has settled on a nominee, but in a podcast interview with Politico’s Glenn Thrush a week before the Iowa caucuses, he appeared to signal his preference for Clinton. I am, you know, anxious, if we can get something set up, to be able to be there. But visitor logs show that in Sanders’ some 40 visits during Obama’s tenure, he’s only once met privately with the president, a year ago, according to the Washington Post. “And that includes anybody trying to, you know, mess with our financial system”.

With Sanders rising in national polls, some Democrats close to the campaign now grumble that she is focusing too heavily on Iowa. “In keeping with the best traditions of the New Hampshire primary, we have always believed that the voters of the Granite State deserve more than one opportunity to see their candidates for president debate side by side”, said John Bivona, O’Malley’s New Hampshire state director.

But Obama soon moved on to praising Clinton, who he deemed ready to begin governing as soon as she assumed the job. “But other elements of the establishment, even if they are not supportive of my candidacy, today understand that the major task in front of us is to defeat right-wing extremism”.

After his meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, Sen.

The White House says Sanders and Obama first discussed the meeting at a White House holiday party in late December and aides have been working on scheduling it since.