Democratic Presidential Debate: Charlie Rose

Clinton told WCCO-TV on the day after the first Democratic presidential debate that she was only half joking when she listed Republicans among the enemies she has made in politics that she’s most proud of. “I thought every one of those folks did well”, he said. His strong views on the left bank of the American mainstream found a receptive audience in the partisan crowd. What did we learn about the Democratic candidates that we didn’t already know? Enough of the e-mails.

If you’re a Republican you should pray that Bernie gets the nomination.

Both of the leading Democrats probably helped themselves in their party’s first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign, held in Las Vegas and carried by CNN.

Platte River Networks says it appears that data was backed-up to another computer off-site without its consent or the consent of Clinton. This has gone on too long, and it’s time the entire country stood up against the N.R.A.

Sanders drew the largest applause line of the evening when he refused to criticize Clinton for doing a few State Department business on a private email, a scandal that has preoccupied the Republican led Congress for months.

The 67-year-old Clinton was keen to inject excitement into her campaign and show she can rally the Democratic base, while Sanders was testing whether his “political revolution” can translate to the national stage. He denied that his affiliation as a democratic socialist, and the fact that he says he’s not a capitalist, would make him unelectable, noting he had demonstrated an ability to enlist the enthusiastic support of young people. “So he’s got to decide, ‘Am I going to enter the race?” You honeymooned in the Soviet Union.

The answers were just the kind you might expect. Sanders replied. “No, I don’t”.

Again, you see Clinton and Sanders dominating. Anderson Cooper asks Sanders and O’Malley what they think but noticeably fails to ask Hillary.

“When I was young, I was involved in a civil rights demonstration and I was arrested”, he said.

Hillary Clinton’s immediate response is what surprised me.

“We are not Denmark”. I love Denmark. We are the United States of America. There are no such things as excesses of capitalism.

Sanders described it as “the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country”.

“I’m not going to comment on labels other people apply to themselves”, said Clinton, who labels herself a “progressive Democrat”.

According to an aggregate poll by political website Real Clear Politics, Mrs Clinton continues to be the Democratic front runner nationally with 43.3 per cent of support, while Mr Sanders has 25.1 per cent.

Formed to investigate the 2012 attacks on a USA diplomatic mission in Libya, the committee has turned its attention to Clinton’s emails.

She noted the debate was “very civilized” and that there was “no denigration of women as we have seen in the past”.

At a nature preserve, Clinton spoke to a nighttime audience that included many African Americans and Hispanics – key constituencies for the former secretary of state and former New York senator. “He valued my judgment”.