Sanders Says a Bloomberg Bid Would Point to Wealth Imbalance

Implicit in the ads – which do not show or mention Sanders by name – is the Clinton campaign’s argument that their candidate is best prepared to sit in the Oval Office and tackle the full range of unpredictable challenges that reach the president’s desk.

However Sanders appeared optimistic following a rare private meeting with Obama. Mr Sanders said he expected the president to continue to be “fair and even-handed”. “She can govern and she can start here, day one, more experienced than any non-vice-president has ever been to this office”, he said.

Sanders said he did not know if Massachusetts Sen.

Weaver said Sanders hopes there will be at least 3 or 4 more debates following the two remaining scheduled debates planned in Wisconsin and Florida. While there is no such overlap with Sanders’ team, a White House official who asked not to be identified to discuss internal strategy said Wednesday, “Certainly there are discussions between the White House and the Sanders campaign”.

Quinnipiac’s Iowa survey, conducted in recent days, showed men, very liberal and younger voters supporting Sanders, who has centered his campaign attacks on Wall Street and corporate interests in the United States that he says have led to a growing wealth gap between the very rich and the rest of Americans. But the DNC did not say it would sanction it even if the three agreed.

With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucus, Hillary Clinton is making her closing argument: That she can actually get the job done as president.

There was “no formal agenda” for the meeting, White House Press Secretary John Earnest said in a statement Tuesday night.

The visit was one of several trips to the Obama White House for Sanders, typically for large, social events or policy rollouts.

That’s a sharp contrast to Obama’s relationship with Clinton – which has been both deep and complicated.

Though many critics assert that the DNC deliberately kept the debate schedule short to benefit Clinton, staffers inside the former secretary of state’s campaign have reportedly said privately that additional debates would be welcome because the format benefits Clinton. Clinton dropped by the White House for an informal lunch on December 7 and had an hourlong chat in March. The President’s public schedule lists a lunch with Vice President Joe Biden beginning 45 minutes later, at 12:30 p.m. ET. The president recently praised Clinton’s pedigree in an interview with Politico while noting that Sanders had the “luxury of being a complete long shot” and was a “bright, shiny object” in need of some more scrutiny.