2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders Plans New York PRIMARY SHOWDOWN With Hillary Clinton
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Sanders first public move in his attempt to take on Clinton in New York came on Sunday's Meet the Press, when he challenged her to yet another debate. "I would hope very much that as we go into New York state, Secretary Clinton's home state, that we will have a debate New York City, upstate, wherever on the important issues facing New York and in fact the country," he said. When Chuck Todd asked if he's worried that Clinton will refuse, Sanders answered "Yeah, I do have a little bit of concern about that. But I certainly would like to see a debate in New York State."
The Democrats had previously agreed to hold a debate in April and another in May, and CBS News reports that on Sunday Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver sent a letter to Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook formally requesting that the former take place in New York and suggesting that Clinton is dragging her feet because she's afraid of holding a forum in her home state.
Aside from boosting Sanders' delegate count, a defeat for Clinton in her adopted home state would be a humiliating blow. But New York presents a huge challenge for the Vermont senator. A recent poll had Clinton at 71 percent to his 23 percent. Nevertheless, the Sanders team believes that if he can turn things around in Michigan, he can do the same in New York. According to the Washington Post, he plans to "barnstorm the state as if he were running for governor," and play up his Brooklyn roots. His campaign is looking into issues that could potentially resonate with New York voters, such as Clinton's Wall Street ties and failure to come out strongly against fracking, which is banned in New York.
So, the next few weeks should be exciting for New Yorkers we're finally going to get some attention from the national media!
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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/sanders-plans-ny-primary-showdown-with-clinton.html
Zira
(1,054 posts)CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)While SOS she was busy "selling" FRACKING TO THE WORLD! The facts need to be addressed in a public forum!
thesquanderer
(12,017 posts)I seem to remember reading, at the time, that it would likely be in Pennsylvania.
Still, I'm not so sure she cares about breaking her word here, regardless.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)We are watching...
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)That ship has sailed. . . . . P E R F E C T
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Hillary might have other things on her mind. April 19th is a long ways away.
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