Bernie Sanders Challenges Hillary To Three New Debates

“Americans need a raise, and I have an economic policy that puts raising incomes right at the center”, Clinton said.

“If I lose Iowa by two votes and end up with virtually the same number of delegates, is that a must-lose situation?” asked Sanders on Tuesday.

If elected president, Sanders would be 75 on Inauguration Day and the country’s oldest president.

Although, even if Clinton loses in Iowa, it might mean the same for Sanders’ campaign. “Our three major candidates are already scheduled to appear on the same stage next week for the New Hampshire Democratic Party dinner on February 5th”.

Symone Sanders, a spokeswoman for Sanders, had initially argued that candidates risked being barred by the DNC from future encounters if they chose to participate in unofficial debates.

Amy Dacey, the DNC’s chief executive officer, said on Twitter earlier Wednesday that “Democrats have a debate schedule, and we’re sticking to it”.

But Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said late Wednesday that Sanders would be willing to participate in New Hampshire if the DNC added three more debates after the ones now scheduled.

The Quinnipiac University poll showed the former secretary of state at 45 percent with Sanders, a senator from Vermont, nudging ahead with 49 percent. “It’s a cynical political ploy”.

But the week before the caucuses have multiple candidates in North Iowa.

“I think what the president is trying to do is the right thing”, Sanders continued. “In other words, if Sanders prevails narrowly in Iowa or New Hampshire, his support among liberal whites and in college towns… would be entirely consistent with a scenario in which he also gets clobbered by Clinton nationally”. “If there is a large turnout, I think we win”.

Leaders of the powerful Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas – which remains neutral in the race – condemned Sanders’ campaign staffers who falsely claimed an affiliation with the union as a way to gain access to its members at casino employee dining rooms. “Now she is asking to change the rules to schedule a debate next week that is not sanctioned by the DNC”, Weaver said.

“I enjoyed the meeting, and I thought it was a very positive and constructive meeting”, he said, speaking to reporters for seven minutes outside the White House.

The letter notes that Sanders has, over the years, been treated for conditions ranging from gout to hypothyroidism to diverticulitis.

“You are overall in very good health and active in your professional work, and recreational lifestyle without limitation”, Monahan wrote.

Clinton and Obama have met several times during her candidacy; this is the first extended private visit between Sanders and Obama during his candidacy.