Hillary Clinton Calls for 'Spirited Debate' With Bernie Sanders as Race Heats Up

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Hillary Clinton Calls for 'Spirited Debate' With Bernie Sanders as Race Heats Up

By Liz Kreutz

WATERLOO, IOWA — Jan 11, 2016, 4:24 PM ET


In snowy Iowa, the race is heating up.
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“I think it’s time for us to have the kind of spirited debate that you deserve us to have. We’re so much better than the Republicans, but we do have differences and you deserve to know what those differences are,” Clinton said at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa today, after taking on Sanders for his position on health care.


"I just have a difference with Senator Sanders. He has a different plan,” Clinton said.

She said that where she and Sanders “part” on health care is that her plan would not raise taxes on the middle class, while his plan would. ............................

Later, Clinton went after Sanders on gun control -— pointing out again that she voted against immunity for gun manufacturers in lawsuits in the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act," while he voted for it. Sanders has since said that he is willing to reconsider liability for gun manufacturers.

“I believe those are one of the significant differences between me and Senator Sanders,” Clinton said about her gun policies. ...................

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-calls-spirited-debate-bernie-sanders-race/story?id=36223002

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PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reaches for a smartphone for a selfie with a supporter after a campaign rally, Jan. 11, 2016, in Waterloo, Iowa. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo


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Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton 22m22 minutes ago

Thank you, @GabbyGiffords and @ShuttleCDRKelly. http://hrc.io/1IZhiXR

[tecelote]

1. Yes!

We've been begging for more debates but the DNC says no.

Hillary should talk to Debbie first.

[randys1]

2. How many debates are left? Maybe this means we need a couple more and at times when

people are watching.

[Cal33]

31. Only 3 more. There were 6 scheduled altogether.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Does that mean she's for more debates, now?

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Is she sure Debbie is OK with that?

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A poster form the other camp has reminded me through a PM that Mrs. Clinton has always expressed an openness to more debates. On this point I stand corrected and apologize for my error, which is solely my own.

[Ino]

34. Well, not exactly...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/09/21/how-democrats-got-bogged-down-in-a-messy-dispute-over-debates/

Last spring, when negotiations between the DNC and the Dem campaigns over the debate schedule got underway in earnest, the Clinton camp’s preference was to have only four debates, one in each of the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, according to a senior Democrat with knowledge of those conversations.
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By contrast, Martin O’Malley’s campaign wanted many more debates. DNC officials suggested to the Clinton campaign that more than four would be necessary, the senior Dem continues. The Clinton camp showed flexibility at that point, but was uncomfortable with the idea of too many debates, and ultimately agreed to six, the senior Dem says. The tone of these discussions was more along the lines of collective brainstorming, and less like aggressive haggling, this official says.

When the outcry began for more debates, Hillary said she was open to them, but I could swear I saw her and DWS wink at each other. As usual, Hillary speaks out of both sides of her mouth.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Nevertheless

Mrs. Clinton's stated position has been, in fact, to be open to more debates. As long as DWS was playing obstinate, Mrs. Clinton could say this even didn't mean it. I may have an opinion on whether up to now she's really wanted more, but I'll keep it to myself.

[TriplD]

4. Good. She should ask for more debates.

nt

[Cal33]

41. If Hillary asks for more debats, it probably means that she knows Bernie has caught up

with, and is now ahead of her. She certainly said nothing when he was behind, and
both he and O'Malley were asking for more debates. She kept very quiet then. It
looks like a dead give-away.

[Jarqui]

5. I hope Bernie pulls ahead and then says "no"

Might serve up Hillary and her co-chair, Debbie, a little justice.

[pangaia]

6. I'd love it !!

In fact, maybe he should just say no NOW !

[Lans]

27. He wouldn't do that

He is only following DNC rules if they schedule another debate, it would simply underline something he has been asking for months. I expect his campaign to hit the DNC hard on that and ask why they aren't doing their job and whether their incompetence is voluntary or whether they were waiting for what the person in charge to give them the go ahead. Should be fun news cycle which will hopefully drive DWS to her resignation due to gross incompetence

[pangaia]

7. I'll BET she does.

I don't know if I have ever seen a more hypocritical Democrat running for president in my lifetime.. which goes WAY, WAY back. Maybe I have forgotten, but...this just takes the cake.

[Xipe Totec]

8. ¿No que no tronabas, pistolita?

[CharlotteVale]

9. *Now* she wants to debate? Hillarious.

[CoffeeCat]

26. She seems desperate and deranged

Trying to grasp at anything to save her drowning campaign.

The last debate before the Iowa caucuses should be interesting. She's got no choice but to try and tear Sanders apart. It's the only thing she can do. She's backed up against a wall and when this happens to politicians they usually behave recklessly and attacks make them look weak, unstable.

Sanders definitely has the advantage going into the final phase of the caucus season. All he has to do is continue what he's been doing, and stay as cool as a cucumber. He can politely and firmly deflect her manic episodes by treating her like a lunatic with a hand grenade, "There, there Hillary...let me explain my position."

He'll look Presidential and she'll look unhinged.

God this is too easy. It's like all of my political dreams have come true.

[geek tragedy]

10. Picture caption: Hillary Clinton reaches for the panic button nt

[highprincipleswork]

11. Os so NOW she'd like to debate!!! Wow, I can't believe my ears.

Seriously, I want a politician I can believe in. That is no Hillary.

I'd like a DNC I can believe in too. That is not what is run by Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

I'm keeping my nose to the grindstone for Bernie. They'll work it out somehow, but to call for debates now, surely that is the height of hypocrisy.

[earthside]

29. I just heard her on the TV machine.

And that was my first reaction, too.

Oh, NOW "it's time ..."

It really is just hilarious.

Until Sen. Sanders pulled even with her in the polls in Iowa ... Hillary had only a 'nose in the air' attitude towards "spirited" debate with Sanders.

And, I just saw a clip of her at a town hall in Iowa on Chris Hayes show.
That was hilarious, too.

Man, the shucks I'm one of ya down-home accent was heavy, heavy, heavy.

Mrs. Clinton is such a phony.

[winter is coming]

30. I hate the fake accents. They're dumb, too.

Does Hillary think people don't ever see her on TV?

[davidpdx]

33. Did you see the SNL skit recently?

If not, let me know and I'll send you the link.

[winter is coming]

35. No, I haven't. n/t

[davidpdx]

39. Here you go

Enjoy!

[winter is coming]

40. Thanks!

"MSNBC tough." "Vacuum pennies."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. Translation from Hillary-speak:

DWS MUST GO!

[edgineered]

13. Sure Hillary, what are doing during the superb owl? nt

[Sienna86]

14. But she wants to do it the Saturday before Christmas.

Too late.

[Stellar]

15. TeeHee!

[rurallib]

16. "her plan would not raise taxes on the middle class, while his plan would. ...................."

well let's have that debate so Hillary can tell us how the insurance companies will continue to raise premiums under the ACA.

Dammit that is so deceptive.

[grasswire]

17. another indication of fear in the Clinton camp

Front runners don't want debates.

[840high]

18. Lordy, lordy - what a joke.

[Helen Borg]

19. BWAHAHA! She is desperate!

[earthside]

32. Attack! Attack! Attack!

I'm listening to Hillary Clinton now on Chris Hayes' tv show.

And it is all now attack, attack, attack on Sen. Sanders.

That tells us that the Clinton internal polls must show her losing Iowa.

[Geronimoe]

20. She'll be demanding many more debates

if Bernie is the front runner.

[yallerdawg]

21. They are debating Sunday on NBC!

You know, Martin Luther King holiday?

Don't tell me Senator Sanders (I-VT) supporters didn't know...

[George II]

22. How can there be a vigorous "debate" when he refuses to answer questions about policy?

No matter what he's asked, his answers fall back onto climate change, income inequality, and Wall Street.

[Still In Wisconsin]

23. I agree, Madam Weathervane, you and Senator Sanders do have differences.

For instance, your marriage to Wall Street and the banksters, your vote for the IWR, waffling on Keystone, and your latecomer status in marriage equality.

[SmittynMo]

36. For instance

Single payer vs fix the ACA (Which is nothing more than catastrophic insurance)

Free public college for all vs reduce rates for loans.

Need we go on and on and on?

[SmittynMo]

24. Don't fall for it Bernie

The DNC shut this crap down from the very beginning. No extra debates, right?

Don't do it Bern.

[Helen Borg]

38. It's an ambush!

[SoLeftIAmRight]

25. Hillary makes plans for her future - She is going to try standup comedy

ha

[Kalidurga]

28. Yeah she can tell more Gandhi jokes

That one was a hoot, how he ran a gas station near her house.

[question everything]

42. And may the force be with her