Post-New Hampshire, Clinton and Sanders meet for a tense debate rematch
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Post-New Hampshire, Clinton and Sanders meet for a tense debate rematch
After splitting the first two voting contests, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are taking their increasingly heated fight for the Democratic presidential nomination back to the debate stage Thursday night, jockeying for advantage as the race heads toward delegate-rich states. With Clinton nursing her wounds and her national lead eroding, Sanders will seek to build on his stunning New Hampshire win by reaching out to minority groups as the battle heads to Nevada and South Carolina, states with more diverse electorates.
If the elections were held today in both those states, we would lose. But I think we have momentum, I think we have a shot to win, and if we don’t win, we’ll do a lot better than people think we will.
Bernie Sanders, referring to Nevada and South Carolina
Clinton’s showing in the first two states has prompted a round of second guessing within her campaign. Sanders’ challenge is to prove that he can run a viable campaign outside the overwhelmingly white states that kicked off the nominating process. Peeling African-Americans and Hispanics away from Clinton will be crucial for Sanders, but doing so is an uphill climb, in particular because Clinton, who was endorsed Thursday by the Congressional Black Caucus’s political action committee, remains popular with minority voters.
We must have a president that understands the racial divide, not someone who just acquired the knowledge recently but someone … who has lived it and worked through it down through the years.
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G.K. Butterfield
