Clinton pressures Sanders to agree to new debate

And Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who refused to participate in the January 14 Fox Business News debate after missing the poll minimum to make the primetime event, is in danger of again failing to qualify for the upcoming Fox News debate scheduled for Thursday. And like Hillary, we admire and respect Bernie Sanders and welcome the excitement he’s generated and the issues he’s raised in this campaign.

Back in Iowa Tuesday morning, Sanders cautioned his supporters not to expect too much from his Iowa operation, which he put together some months after Hillary Clinton. In May, the O’Malley campaign lamented the DNC’s warning on unsanctioned debates, saying that “exclusivity does no one any favors”.

Jan 26 A US news channel and a newspaper will host a debate for the Democratic presidential contenders in New Hampshire a few days before the state’s primary election – but it remained unclear whether the party will relax its rule banning candidates from non-sanctioned debates.

Asked if establishment Democrats would become unnerved if he defeated Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders said “the good news is we still live in a democracy and people have a say in this”.

The Democratic National Committee had said any candidates who participated in non-sanctioned debates would not be invited to the official six.

Clinton and O’Malley said they are ready to debate February 4.

The DNC has sanctioned six debates and said in a statement Tuesday night it plans to “reconvene” with the candidates after voting in Iowa and New Hampshire to talk about further debates. “We don’t want their money”, Sanders said to a fired up crowd.

The DNC has been heavily criticized both for the small number of debates scheduled, and the inconvenient times they have aired on television. And all of the three Democratic candidates must be invited.

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz did not immediately release a comment on the newly announced debate.

“I am, you know, anxious if we can get something set up to be able to be there”.

The problem for the DNC is that they can’t ban all three candidates from the sanctioned debates.

It also seeks to emphasize the qualities that many Iowans have named as the most important factor in their decision to support her. He said his is the campaign that will get working class people to the polls and young people involved in the political process.

The Union Leader has not made an endorsement in the Democratic primary.

John Kasich has New Hampshire to himself Tuesday, as many of his rivals are campaigning in Iowa with less than a week to go until the caucuses.