Obama, Sanders to meet Wednesday at White House

Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Sen.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders worked to expand their appeal Tuesday to voters who fueled President Barack Obama’s rise, while Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz played up evangelical support ahead of the critical Iowa caucuses. Unlike the Sanders meeting, the White House typically has not disclosed those sessions in advance. But administration officials well know it will be seen as a pat on the back to Sanders after Obama put a finger on Clinton’s side of the scale.

A USA news channel and a newspaper will host a debate for the Democratic presidential contenders in New Hampshire a few days before the state’s primary election, but it remained unclear whether the party will relax its rule banning candidates from non-sanctioned debates.

The White House says Sanders and Obama first discussed the meeting at a White House holiday party in late December and aides have been working on scheduling it since.

“Perhaps more than other contests, the Iowa caucuses are all about turnout”, Brown said.

It’s unclear what the meeting signals, but ABC News notes that it comes after the president recently rejected any comparison between his campaign in 2008 and Sanders’ campaign in 2016.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Wednesday’s meeting has been planned for weeks and doesn’t have a “formal agenda”.

Clinton and her surrogates have taken to pointing out that Republican super-PACs and donors have started to air ads that appear meant to boost Sanders’ campaign. Aides to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders did not immediately respond to questions.

(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall). Democratic presidential candidate, Sen.

Speaking at a CNN-sponsored town hall event Monday night at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, a young Sanders supporter confronted her with these issues.

As Sanders explained his plans to expand Social Security, he brought up an emotional campaign event from Iowa Falls on Monday.

As he travels across the country, Sanders’ crowds look far younger than that of other candidates, including Clinton’s.

“I am, you know, anxious if we can get something set up to be able to be there”. The two are locked in a tight battle in Iowa. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, hoping his recent gains in Iowa would continue, secured the endorsement of George Pataki, who also dropped out of the race a year ago.

Two-horse race In the more closely watched race in Iowa, a new tracking poll released by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University showed that the first nominating contest has become a two-horse race between Mr Trump and Mr Cruz.