Clinton embrace of Obama holds risks for election

“But let’s assume it’s Hillary – I mean, let’s assume”, he continued.

And for Sanders that meant heading further south, to Birmingham, where he has been trying to cut into Clinton’s strong support among black voters, who make up a large bloc of the Democratic electorate there.

Clinton’s major losses were in her support from women (54% against Sanders’ 35%, a ten-point loss) and those under 50 (39% – 52%, down thirteen points). Sanders and Clinton, now neck-and-neck in early voting states, tangled over health care policy, taxes and Wall Street reform. Like many statements in this year of suspended election reality, this one seems like it should be true, but it is belied by current polling, which shows that Sanders does as well as, if not better than, Clinton in a head-to head contest with Trump.

Brian Fallon, the spokesperson, suggested in an interview Wednesday morning on “New Day” on CNN that Sanders’ candidacy could not hold up to intense scrutiny over the course of the 2016 campaign.

This was the final Democratic debate before caucuses in Iowa on February 1 show who the state’s voters prefer as their candidate.

Mrs Clinton attacked Mr Sanders’ healthcare plan, which he had released just hours before the start of the debate, saying it would set the country back in providing universal healthcare to all. “We’ve accomplished so much already”.

Martin O’Malley, who is in a distant third, echoed the sentiments of his fellow Democratic candidates in calling for increased funding.

Democratic presidential hopefuls will face voters in a CNN town hall on Monday in Des Moines – one week before the highly anticipated Iowa caucuses.

“Today the inevitable candidate doesn’t look quite so inevitable as she did 8 months ago”, Sanders said during a town hall meeting on a frigid morning in Fort Dodge. Second, according to Clinton, the Sanders plan will destroy the signature accomplishment of the Obama administration and replace its progress with chaos.

MortonFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Older voters substantially favored Clinton to Sanders by a margin of 64% to 24%.

“This is an important constituency to the Democrats, so showing that you can win over African-Americans is absolutely crucial to going ahead”, Huffmon said. More voters were likely watching the debate between Lady Mary, Mr. Carson and Misses Hughes, than they were the Democrat debate between comrade Bernie and Queen Hillary, which is exactly what Hillary’s lady-in-waiting, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had in mind when scheduling the debate.