Obama sees unity among Democratic presidential candidates

All of the 500 likely Democratic voters included in the poll were surveyed after the debate. On morning cable news programs, Granholm could barely contain her glee. She is generally portrayed as the victor in the news media, and Clinton aides underscore these perceptions. Asked which of the potential candidates they trusted the most, 33% chose Sanders, 23% Biden and 22% Clinton. Biden watched the Tuesday matchup from Washington.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON: Well, I have taken responsibility for it. I did say it was a mistake. It is clear that Bernie Sanders is becoming more than just the fad that many would like believe.

Over the two hours of the debate in Las Vegas, televised by CNN, Mr Sanders and Mrs Clinton agreed on the need for extended paid leave, more action on climate change and tougher Wall Street regulations. “I think you can direct those questions to my very able vice president, Obama said at a White House press conference”. “I think the Secretary’s right, and that is that the American people are sick and exhausted of hearing about your damn emails”.

“Thank you”, she laughed. The first debate, on Fox News Channel in August, was seen by 24 million viewers and the second, on CNN last month, had 23.1 million viewers.

If you really want to know who won last night’s debate, wait for the next batch of polls.

Hillary Clinton During a phone call on Wednesday with “Chicago Tonight”, DeSanto said that Hillary Clinton offered her strongest rationale yet for her candidacy and brought her individual answers back to her core values.

IT WAS supposed to be the night when the Democratic presidential candidates slugged it out against each other. In the four most recent previous statewide polls, averaged by RealClearPolitics, the Vermont senator had led Clinton, 39% to 30%.

Flanked on both sides by men significantly taller than her, Clinton could have come off as the girl trying too hard to play in the boys’ club, but instead, she looked much like a commander-in-chief surrounded by thoughtful advisors.

The audience applauded at her response, but to Cooper’s credit he pressed on and Clinton quickly gave a proper reply, perhaps because they both recognized it was not the best answer.