At Democratic forum, Bernie Sanders shows his softer side

Looking to expand his influence in what’s now a three- person field, O’Malley has signaled that he will take on a sharper edge against Clinton and Sanders alike when he joins them at Drake University on Saturday night.

Though careful never to mention Clinton by name, Sanders drew a sharp contrast with her on everything from campaign finance reform to foreign affairs. “As opposed to a few other unnamed candidates, the issue of Keystone was kind of a no brainer”, he said. And that is, I think the American people are sick and exhausted of hearing about your damn e-mails.

“Bernie Sanders has this grass roots energy and Hillary Clinton is taking up a lot of oxygen in the room”, said Democratic political consultant Porter McNeil.

Instead, during their appearance with the leftist anchor before a progressive audience at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton, Sen. “People think I am grumpy, people think I am too serious”. “You’ve got to walk the walk”.

In light of the recent VA Hospital scandal, Martin inquired if Clinton would make the appointment of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as important as other Presidential Cabinet positions as well as ensuring the Department of Veteran Affairs is the best federal agency.

Clinton has made Sanders’ record on gun control a key issue in the Democratic primary, but he said the challenger has “misstated” his views about the need to stop shouting on guns, which has become a flashpoint in the race and led to accusations of sexism.

Sanders’ campaign is trying to close the gap. He’s trailing Clinton badly in the Palmetto State, largely because he hasn’t caught on with the state’s sizable African-American population.

Hillary Clinton tried at a Democratic forum Friday to soften her rhetoric on the death penalty and foreign policy while avoiding giving any answers that would alienate a general electorate. I don’t think I am lashing out.

Collins say he drove from Georgia just to hear Sanders speak about his political platform in South Carolina.

“I am a Democrat”. I’m not a former independent. I’m not a former Republican.

“I believe in her cause – women’s rights and insurance for every American”. And that’s why I’m running for our party’s nomination. “But I also want to make sure you got a second chance and it shouldn’t be that you are denied a job that has nothing to do with, as I understand working for the Birmingham newspaper would have, with your credit score or your credit situation”.

“I want us to use diplomacy which is why I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table”, Clinton told Maddow.

“They are afraid of a fair election”, he said of opponents. Admitting she was an “unenthusiastic” supporter of capital punishment, Clinton said it still may be appropriate in certain cases, such as domestic and foreign terrorism.

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, who does not plan to offer an endorsement to any presidential candidate before the primary, said ahead of the forum that Clinton’s popularity is the result of her experience.

Plus he could see history in the making, she said. Her national approval rating among Democrats was 79 percent in an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted before last month’s debate and Benghazi testimony, and is at similar levels in Iowa and New Hampshire.