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Hillary Clinton
Showing Original Post only (View all)Des Moines Register: Clinton puts Sanders on defensive [View all]
Last edited Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:55 PM - Edit history (1)
Since Iowa is the first contest where voters will get to vote, I found this editorial interesting http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/kathie-obradovich/caucus/2016/01/18/obradovich-democrat-debate-clinton-puts-sanders-defensive/78910602/
“Now, there are things we can do to improve it, but to tear it up and start over again, pushing our country back into that kind of a contentious debate, I think is the wrong direction,” Clinton said.
Sanders objected to Clinton’s characterization, emphasizing his past support for the existing health care law. “We're not going to tear up the Affordable Care Act. I helped write it. But we are going to move on top of that to a Medicaid-for-all system,” Sanders said.
Clinton, however, emphasized the political difficulty of approving a single-payer system. She noted that a Democrat-controlled Congress was unable to even approve a public option allowing Americans to buy into Medicare. And Sanders had no good answer when asked why the state of Vermont couldn’t pass an expensive single-payer plan, saying that was for the governor of Vermont to answer.....
Whichever Democrat wins the nomination will have to overcome the opposition that independent voters in Iowa and elsewhere have for Obamacare. Cozying up to Obama also could have consequences after the primary season.
Clinton mostly succeeded Sunday in keeping Sanders off balance, pressing her attacks and distracting him from areas where she is weakest. That’s enough to give her the win for this debate – if Iowa Democrats don’t choke at the negative attacks.
Sanders objected to Clinton’s characterization, emphasizing his past support for the existing health care law. “We're not going to tear up the Affordable Care Act. I helped write it. But we are going to move on top of that to a Medicaid-for-all system,” Sanders said.
Clinton, however, emphasized the political difficulty of approving a single-payer system. She noted that a Democrat-controlled Congress was unable to even approve a public option allowing Americans to buy into Medicare. And Sanders had no good answer when asked why the state of Vermont couldn’t pass an expensive single-payer plan, saying that was for the governor of Vermont to answer.....
Whichever Democrat wins the nomination will have to overcome the opposition that independent voters in Iowa and elsewhere have for Obamacare. Cozying up to Obama also could have consequences after the primary season.
Clinton mostly succeeded Sunday in keeping Sanders off balance, pressing her attacks and distracting him from areas where she is weakest. That’s enough to give her the win for this debate – if Iowa Democrats don’t choke at the negative attacks.
I am glad that Sec. Clinton is supporting President Obama and the fact that Sanders did not answer the question about Vermont's inability to adopt a single payer plan was telling
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VT was a massive FAILURE for Sanders--he was counting on it like Mitt hoped Romneycare was his
MADem
Jan 2016
#11
You guys still can't answer the question, cuz the Congress hasn't been born that's going to revisit
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2016
#17
Just a random piece of information that has nothing to do with this conversation
Tiggeroshii
Jan 2016
#18
That's beside the point. They wanted single payer in Vermont but they couldn't get it
Cha
Jan 2016
#22
How does anything that you have just said have anything to do with Bernie Sanders?
Tiggeroshii
Jan 2016
#26
That's good to know. I further predict that same US Senator will have "no impact" on what laws the..
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2016
#28
OK, got it. Let's just give up. Hillary is right... stop whining and accept your fate, peons.
Still In Wisconsin
Jan 2016
#9
It's great Gothmog.. thank you. More and more journalists are giving Hillary the win
Cha
Jan 2016
#3