Sanders online fundraising gives Clinton a run for her money

For his part, Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, hoped to harness the momentum and enthusiasm he gained from the first two contests and prove he can be a viable contender to lead the Democratic Party to victory in the November 8 presidential election. Bernie Sanders, I-VT, reacts during Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. One of these things is that, when asked, they say they’ll probably support Clinton but they haven’t committed.

The race now moves to what should be more favorable ground for Clinton in Nevada and SC, states with more black and Hispanic voters, who, polls show, have been more supportive of Clinton so far.

After a 22-points loss in New Hampshire’s primaries, Hillary Clinton will face Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday evening in the decisive Democratic debate. “He is only a Democrat for convenience”, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said in an interview with The Associated Press. He accused Sanders of “dismissive and disrespectful behavior toward the president”.

Furthermore, wasn’t Mr. Sanders in the Senate during the passage of the Affordable Care Act?

On the foreign policy front, Sanders criticized Clinton for her warm relationship for Henry Kissinger, who served as secretary of state under Republican President Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War.

Sanders’ strength has startled Clinton’s campaign.

“We’re going to emphasize education, jobs and housing”, said Clinton, who was endorsed earlier in the day by the political action committee of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The rest are Democratic party leaders.

“We both share the goal of universal health-care coverage, but he wants to start all over again”, Clinton said. Another 38.1 percent said they didn’t know who they would support.

That’s an example of the way Sanders’s laudable self-confidence, and his passionate belief in big, systemic change, is causing problems for his candidacy when it comes to the issue of Obama. He regularly notes his ability to generate a large voter enthusiasm among young people, one of Obama’s main draws in 2008.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. “I was not that candidate”. Sanders has suggested Obama hadn’t succeeded in closing the gap between Congress and the American people – something Obama has acknowledged.

Clinton’s campaign had long said the Nevada would be a state where they could perform well, but her aides are now lowering expectations.

Both candidates sought to appeal to black voters on Friday. And a new television spot features an African-American Charleston pastor, the Rev Anthony Thompson, exhorting viewers to vote for Ms Clinton because of her anti-guns stance; his wife was killed in the Charleston church massacre last June. When asked about women by the two female debate moderators, PBS co-anchors Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff, Clinton said that she has “spent my entire adult life working toward making sure that women are empowered to make their own choices, even if that choice is not to vote for me”.