As she tweeted today, Hillary Clinton welcomed Bernie Sanders to the Democratic race for President in 2016.
In an unexpected sign of respect Clinton even echoed those Issues, that she actually agrees with Sanders on ...
Why Hillary Clinton Is Just Fine With Bernie Sanders' Candidacy
by Mara Liasson, npr.org -- April 30, 2015
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1. Progressives now have a champion
OK, he's not Elizabeth Warren. But the left-wing base of the Democratic Party has been hungering for an alternative to Clinton and now they have one. HRC herself welcomed him into the race by tweeting: "I agree with Bernie. Focus must be on helping America's middle class."
Hillary Clinton
✔ @HillaryClinton
I agree with Bernie. Focus must be on helping America's middle class. GOP would hold them back. I welcome him to the race. –H
11:06 AM - 30 Apr 2015
Sanders will force her to focus on issues important to the progressive base of the party, like climate change, campaign finance reform and income inequality. All of which she has already been talking about. But the contrast with Sanders may help her find that sweet spot between the left wing of the party and the center of American politics a little faster. She's a progressive who says "the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top," she supports a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, and she wants an "end to the era of mass incarceration." But, in comparison to Sanders, it's clear she's no socialist.
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Funny ... how few folks realize that the root-word of "socialism" -- is the same root-word
as "society."
Sanders, not to be out-done, has already ramped up the "messaging" competition with Clinton, in one surprising area ...
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Pundits are already dismissing Sanders -- who has, in the past, described himself as a socialist rather than a Democrat -- as a long-shot candidate with little chance of defeating Hillary Clinton for the Democrats' 2016 nomination. But Sanders is already beating Clinton on one metric: Answering questions from the press.
Earlier this week, National Journal's Zach Cohen counted all of the times Clinton has answered press questions since she announced her presidential campaign on April 12. Cohen counted just seven "answers" -- about half of which ignored the actual question. When asked about whether a super-PAC would support her campaign, she said, "I don't know." When she was quizzed about her chances in Iowa, she said "I'm having a great time, can't look forward any more than I am."
Sanders, who needs all the press attention he can get, kicked off his presidential campaign by fielding a barrage of questions from TV news reporters in interviews Wednesday. Over the course of one five-minute exchange with MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday, Sanders answered seven separate questions. The trend continued at Sanders' campaign launch event Thursday morning, where he took six more questions.
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Bernie Sanders Has Already Taken More Press Questions Than Hillary Clinton
by Patrick Caldwell, motherjones.com -- Apr. 30, 2015
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This Democratic race just got interesting.
Let the "games," of standing up for the Issues of the American People, finally Begin!
May the Best Candidate actually win!