Clinton, Sanders clash over minorities, money _ and Obama

It’s the second visit to Tennessee by the Hillary Clinton campaign in recent months. Whether it was chatting with diner-goers who happened to be all white or releasing campaign ads full of white people, the candidates seemed to follow this demographic.

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Clinton entered Thursday’s debate under acute pressure to calm growing nervousness among her supporters after her drubbing in New Hampshire and a razor-thin win the prior week in the Iowa caucus. The Democratic electorate in SC, which votes a week later, was 55% African-American in the 2008 primary.

For one thing, they literally talked more about minorities-a lot more. In Thursday night’s debate (according to this transcript), “African-American” came up 20 times, “Latino” was mentioned eight times, and “black” was mentioned seven times.

In one of many moments of agreement between the candidates, Clinton concurred on a need to fix the criminal justice system, but cast her proposals for fighting racial inequality as broader than his.

The debate, moderated by Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill, was held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

By then, the campaign is likely to have taken on a new and sharper definition.

As in other debates, Sanders began by talking about his two favorite issues: a “rigged” economy and a “corrupt” campaign finance system. “The American people deserve to know specifically how this would work”. “We’re spending $80 billion a year locking up fellow Americans”. “I do not expect from someone running for the Democratic nomination to succeed President Obama”. He didn’t go into detail about how he would do it.

“I think that goes further than saying, ‘Hey, we have our disagreements, ‘” she said. “We can open the door to every person in this country again, and it’s high time we pushed it open for the best change maker I have ever known”. On Thursday he reiterated calls for police accountability.

Sanders endorsed the Bill Press book, “Buyer’s Remorse: How Obama let Progressives Down”, writing in a blurb that it “makes the case why, long after taking the oath of office, the next president of the United States must keep rallying the people who elected him or her on behalf of progressive causes”. Clinton’s past efforts at competing with Sanders’ anger have backfired, driving women, middle-aged and working-class Americans toward the Vermont senator. He said his policy would focus on bringing families together.

Early on, Sanders disputed the notion he is blocking history as Hillary Clinton tries to be the first female president.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over the role of super-PACs and wealthy donors during Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate.

On foreign policy, Sanders admitted that the former secretary of state had more experience dealing with foreign policy, however, judgment was more important pointing to the fact that despite Clinton’s experience she did vote in favor of the Iraq war in 2003 and thus failing to anticipate the consequences of such interventions.

Obama has a roughly 90% approval rating among black voters. “I met President Clinton”.

She beats Mr Sanders comfortably among black voters – a critical advantage in the “First in the South” primary in SC.