As Clinton takes delegate lead, Sanders vows to fight on

The campaign’s press release for the news conference said Sanders would speak on five subjects, yet the candidate only specifically hit three (Super Pacs, Trade, and Standing up to Wall Street), surprisingly leaving out one of his most commonly referenced differences: Hillary Clinton’s vote for the War in Iraq, and his vote against it. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., faces a primary opponent whose use of a private email server is under investigation by the FBI, but he refuses to attack her on the issue.

The Sanders campaign is sticking to its guns and insisting that it won the Latino vote in Nevada-a claim contested by the Clinton camp following the former Secretary of State’s win in that state’s democratic primary last Saturday. Clinton attracted enough support from liberal voters to carry her to victory.

In South Carolina, Trump – a onetime reality TV star who has upended the political landscape with his take-no-prisoners style and tough talk on everything from Muslims to Mexico to waterboarding – showed he could compete for the long haul. “Nothing would give me greater pleasure than beating Donald Trump”.

“Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other”, Clinton said in a fiery left-leaning speech, clearly aimed at the minority voters who make up roughly half of the state’s population – and who are key in the American South.

For Clinton, who harbors no illusions about the power of the United States health insurance industry, the public option is a useful pathway to her aspirations for universal coverage-a balance beam she has walked since her failed eponymous health care reform effort in the 1990s. But at the core of Sanders’ pitch is a non-traditional pitch: Democrats can take a chance on a 74-year-old democratic socialist, who’ll win a national election thanks to his ability to bring more voters into the process. And as the monies pour in, Clinton’s willingness to accept such funds has placed her at a distinct advantage over Sanders.

One gets the feeling, however, that the best interests of both blacks and browns would not be served as well under a Clinton presidency, as they would be with Sanders in charge. At the time of implementation, the total number of superdelegates was 14 percent of the total delegates. “I think everyone now acknowledges that’s me”, he said. “I liked some of his ideas, even the ones that didn’t seem to work at first”, she said, adding she would not want a candidate who would reverse Obama’s work.

“I think that’s a question that people are trying to sort through”.

The fact that Sanders threatened Clinton’s lead in Iowa could be seen as a major victory for the Sanders campaign. Sanders triumphed big with younger voters, winning those under the age of 44 by a almost 3-to-1 margin.

Sanders sought to contrast his method of fundraising, saying his campaign has received 4 million donations averaging $27 apiece, majority online.

When Sanders visited Atlanta’s Morehouse College last week as part his nationwide HBCU tour, Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., a Morehouse graduate and Clinton supporter, blasted him in a statement distributed by Clinton’s campaign. There isn’t much evidence that Clinton won Latino voters by a landslide either.

Should Hillary Clinton succeed in beating back the Bernie Sanders challenge, don’t look for her – or any of the remaining 2016 Republican White House candidates, for that matter – to provide a coattail ride for any congressional hopefuls.

A liberal tidal wave is building within the Democratic Party, but Bernie Sanders is no longer the only candidate riding it. But the SC primary this weekend, and the Super Tuesday contests after that, will be a significant test. She flew from Nevada on Saturday to Texas, a huge delegate prize, for a late-night rally in Houston. On Super Tuesday, March 1, they make up a hefty share of the vote in six southern states. Big wins in those states for either candidate would put the nomination within sight. He’s been needled by his rivals for his past support of the Senate’s comprehensive immigration bill that allowed for a pathway for citizenship, but 53 percent of voters said they backed some type of legal status – and Rubio carried those voters with 31 percent of the vote.