Sanders, Clinton make final push before New Hampshire primary
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN)Hillary and Bill Clinton didn’t back off their critiques of Bernie Sanders during a rally in Manchester on Monday, despite receiving some negative press for them the day earlier. The 81-year-old Steinem also angered voters after she told late-night show host Bill Maher that young women were flocking to Sanders because of his strong standing among young men. He reportedly labeled Sanders as “the champion of all things small and the enemy of all things big”.
“The fact is I do have a somewhat narrower path that I try to walk and I do think sometimes it comes across as a little more restrained, a little more careful, and I am sure that is true”, Clinton said during a town hall in Henniker, New Hampshire.
Clinton could still perform more strongly than anticipated in New Hampshire due to the structure of the state’s primaries, which, unlike in many other states, allow independents to participate in either the Democratic or Republican contests.
The suggestion that women owe Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton their vote has caused outrage on social media. “And I want you to know even if you don’t support me, I support you”. Cuomo will raise money for Clinton’s campaign at an event in New York City next week, according to the New York Times. Bill spoke of a Hillary-supporting blogger who writes pseudonymously because she has been “subject to vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat”. This just in, we know.
As one anonymous Democratic official told Politico: “The Clintons are not happy, and have been letting all of us know that”.
“When I think about what young people today have gone through, what they have known from our country, starting with a awful attack on 9/11, going into the great recession, there is no wonder that they along with so many of us are saying, wait a minute, we are better than this, we can do more”, she said. The former president alluded to the so-called “Bernie Bros”, Sanders supporters who have been accused of engaging in sexist attacks against Clinton backers online. The state was the launchpad for Hillary Clinton’s comeback in 2008, and after his performance in the 1992 primary here, Bill Clinton deemed himself the “comeback kid”. She said Wall Street was spending millions to defeat her. Sanders’ aspiration message has struck a chord with progressive Democrats and younger voters, boosting him to a near-win in Iowa and a sizable lead in New Hampshire, which casts the first primary ballots on Tuesday. We don’t want them.
President Clinton softened his criticism of Sanders, though only by a notch. “Such observations were made during Iowa (via NYT):He seemed perfunctory, looked gaunt, didn’t seem to captivate the crowd”, said Jon Ralston, a veteran political commentator in Nevada, who attended the Las Vegas event last Friday. “You’re just for me or against me”.
“Hillary Clinton will always be there for you”.