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

With the West Wing as his backdrop, Sen.

The Vermont senator said after the meeting that it was a discussion “to just get myself updated on some of the current issues facing this country”. The two also talked talked about foreign and domestic policy and “a little bit of politics”, according to Sanders, who spoke to reporters after the meeting. “But it’s also important to remember how far we’ve come in the last seven years under the leadership of President Obama and Vice President Biden”. Earlier polls say he doesn’t outperform Clinton at all against Cruz, Rubio or Bush, and the narrow races combined with the margins of error make his contention even more dubious.

In a similar result, Clinton does best – 67 percent support, to Sanders’ 29 percent – among registered leaned Democrats who are satisfied with the way the government is working. “I was on the floor of the Senate disagreeing with him over taxes”.

Sanders said Wednesday he didn’t see the interview as a dig.

But now that polls show Clinton may lose New Hampshire, and possibly Iowa, to Sanders, she is eager to have an additional platform to make her case in the final days, while Sanders appears not want to risk losing his momentum.

Weather is always an unpredictable factor of the caucuses, which typically draw hundreds of thousands of Iowans to precinct gatherings to choose presidential candidates and conduct political party business.

Kasich landed endorsements in that contest from the Concord Monitor and the Boston Globe and some polling placed him second among New Hampshire voters behind Donald Trump.

Overall, Clinton leads Sanders nationally by 55-36 percent among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who are registered to vote. Journalists took that and other comments in the interview as a sign that Obama was subtly elevating Clinton above Sanders. But Bernie Sanders’ campaign says he has no plans to attend a debate not approved by the party. “This is really hard, slow, painful political work to get through the thicket of objections, of special interests and powerful forces”.

She added that the relationship between the one-time rivals had “turned into a real friendship”.

Senator Bernie Sanders, found himself centre stage on Wednesday as he marched into the White House.

The meeting with Obama had been on the books “for days”, Sanders’ spokesman Briggs told CNN.

The man wondered aloud if Obama might be one of them if Clinton moves into the White House. Many of his most sweeping actions have been accomplished through executive order, making the next president critical in carrying out his agenda. Obama allies bristle at comparisons between Sanders and the president. Though he still lacks support from the Democratic Party, Sanders is nevertheless very popular among Democrats themselves. Obama remains focused on ensuring a Democrat wins the White House and on protecting his legacy. Even since leaving her post, Obama has met privately with Clinton periodically, often for lunches at the White House. It was the latest in a long series of meetings between the two former colleagues, both at the White House and on Martha’s Vineyard, where both of their families spend time in August. Clinton has shifted her position on both issues, while Sanders opposed both from the start.