Bernie Sanders backs away from 2005 gun vote

The next Democratic debate is this Sunday. Bernie Sanders announced his support for legislation that would reverse a 2005 law granting gun manufacturers legal immunity that he once supported.

A Quinnipiac University poll early this month found Sanders trailing Clinton by an insignificant 2 percentage points among moderate and conservative Democrats, a sharp shift from Clinton’s 24 percentage-point lead among this group in December.

The two candidates are speaking at a dinner for the South Carolina Democratic Party. Jimmy asked her about upcoming debates and her sleeping schedule.

Clinton’s institutional strength and her support among the minority voters who make up a large portion of the party’s base still put her in a formidable position, even as polls show Sanders surging in Iowa and maintaining an edge in New Hampshire.

HALPERIN: He doesn’t need to win SC.

Hillary also touched upon how she felt as the gap between her and fellow Democratic nominee Bernie Sanders continually gets smaller and smaller.

Clinton said it is important to have a president who builds on Obamacare, not repeals it. She says husband Bill often joins her to watch them, offering a “running commentary”, noting that she isn’t concerned how often she’s trashed by the GOP candidates.

She’s got that right. But the Clinton campaign has a fight on its hands-and anything smacking of politics-as-usual is more likely to lose votes than win them.

The letter, Jeff Weaver said, would prove Sanders – the oldest candidate in the presidential field who also would be the oldest president to take office – is in “excellent health”.

Although Sanders’ top aides deny that the decision is a flip-flop, Sanders’ move backs away from statements he and his top aides made earlier in the campaign.

The Clinton campaign cast the support as a reversal, with chairman John Podesta calling it a “debate-eve conversion” on Twitter.

Hillary Clinton said her attacks against Bernie Sanders’ health care program were “absolutely founded” because the senator wants to radically change health care in the country but has yet to provide any details.

“If [Sanders] comes out of Iowa and New Hampshire with big victories – if it’s close in both places, that’s one thing – but if he comes out of there with big victories, hey, man, it could very well be a new day”, Clyburn added.

The Sanders campaign had raised more than $3 million since Tuesday, when Clinton ratcheted up her health care critique.

While Clinton ultimately lost the nomination narrowly to Barack Obama in 2008, she actually held a national lead of about 20 points all the way up to the Iowa caucuses. They appeared together at a Des Moines high school Saturday night before at least 500 people, encouraging people to caucus. No. Will they begin to play by the rules of our president?