‘Fractivists’ Increase Pressure on Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in New York

A nasty row that erupted between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders over oil and gas industry donors last week is catapulting the issue of climate change into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination as it moves to New York, where an army of activists upstate is driven by opposition to drilling.

Mrs. Clinton has moved steadily left on the issue, under pressure from Mr. Sanders and his progressive allies, but she continues to come under assault, posing new challenges for her as the race moves to more liberal Northeastern states.

Last week, her mask of composure slipped when she angrily replied to a Greenpeace activist in Purchase, N.Y., “I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.”

Climate change is a powerful issue for voters in the Democratic base almost everywhere. But it has especially inspired grass-roots progressives in upstate New York, who fought — and won — a yearslong battle against fracking for natural gas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/us/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-climate-change.html?ref=politics

Sounds like a problem for Hillary in New York, more than for Bernie.

Clinton, Sanders agree to New York debates — but not the same one

The two Democratic presidential candidates settled into a standoff Sunday over a potential New York debate.

In interviews, Hillary Clinton told two news organizations, NY1 and ABC, that she plans to attend debates they are attempting to sponsor on the night of April 14 and the morning of April 15, respectively.

The campaign of Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, issued a statement saying he had accepted an invitation from NBC to participate in a prime-time debate on April 10. A spokesman also indicated that the senator from Vermont would make himself available on the nights of April 11, 12 or 13.


“We are at the point that if we agreed to a debate in Williamsburg, they'd say Bushwick,” Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said on Twitter. “If we said Gowanus, they'd demand Park Slope.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/04/03/clinton-sanders-agree-to-new-york-debates-but-not-the-same-one

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