Early Polls Suggest Hillary Clinton Did Pretty Well in Tuesday’s Debate

Instead, it ended with a handshake between the two front-runners. Obama, debating this very issue. The fiercer conflict between Republican candidates is a result of more uncertain outcome on their side, with the Democratic line-up feeling like a coronation for Hillary Clinton.

The exchanges between Sanders and Clinton sometimes left O’Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb looking for room to talk.

According to a New York Times report, Clinton’s dominant performance showcased her political arsenal.

“You were against same-sex marriage”.

“I would have you direct the question to her”, Obama said. While fewer than one in four adults say they personally own a gun, more than a third either own a gun or live in a household where someone else is a gun owner. You supported his trade deal dozens of times. “And just this weekend, you said you’re not a capitalist”. But he’s still introducing himself to voters nationally-a task made obvious Tuesday night as he had to explain his identity as a “democratic socialist” and decried the focus on Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state. Facebook likes from the span of last night to this morning show Bernie is winning even more people over with his clear record and right to the point rhetoric. “I probably won’t be commenting on every single utterance that the candidates make”.

Cooper challenged her further, noting that in New Hampshire, she told voters she had strong “progressive values” but in Ohio, she described herself as “being kind of moderate and center”.

A lot of you are being asked, and have asked me, about the direction and timing of the Vice President’s thinking about a run for President.

For context, here’s what Clinton said leading up to and after that phrase: “When we met in Copenhagen in 2009 and, literally, President Obama and I were hunting for the Chinese, going throughout this huge convention center, because we knew we had to get them to agree to something”. “I will keep taking on the NRA”.

As important as it is to win the party’s nomination, it is equally important to win the general election. A majority (52%) chose her as the Democratic candidate with the “best chance” of defeating a Republican challenger, while 16% picked Sanders and 14% favored Vice President Joe Biden.

On the topic of regulating Wall Street and big business, Sanders said: “In my view, Secretary Clinton, Congress does not regulate Wall Street; Wall Street regulates Congress…”