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Donkees

(31,450 posts)
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 07:37 PM Feb 2016

CNN Town Hall 8pm - 10pm 2/23/2016

(CNN)Bernie Sanders will try to dent Hillary Clinton's momentum Tuesday at a CNN Democratic town hall meeting, as he faces pressure to change the dynamics of a presidential race that is starting to trend against him.


He will get the chance to draw sharper contrasts with his rival at the town hall meeting in South Carolina, from 8 p.m-10 p.m. ET, which will be moderated by Chris Cuomo and air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español and be streamed live online on CNNgo.


"There are a lot of differences of opinion between Secretary Clinton and myself on major, major major issues," Sanders told reporters on Monday. "But at the end of the day, this is the main one -- what we are seeing is more and more power going into the hands of the few. Who's life work is about standing up to the billionaire class, standing up to Wall Street?"



Clinton, who spent weeks struggling with how to respond to her rival's self-proclaimed grass-roots "revolution," has adopted a more populist tone of late, seeking to shrug off claims by Sanders that her reliance on big money donors means she is a typical product of the political class in thrall to what he says is a "corrupt" campaign finance system.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/democratic-town-hall-highlights/

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CNN Town Hall 8pm - 10pm 2/23/2016 (Original Post) Donkees Feb 2016 OP
Chris Cuomo? noretreatnosurrender Feb 2016 #1
Thanks for the heads up.... Capt.Rocky300 Feb 2016 #2
BBC News mentioned it :) Donkees Feb 2016 #3
kick Donkees Feb 2016 #4
I'm glad he went first. Cassiopeia Feb 2016 #5
Awfully tepid applause for Bernie BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #6
Chris Cuomo keeps interrupting when people are clapping. jillan Feb 2016 #7
I'm not watching for that very reason. Fawke Em Feb 2016 #8
Good call... TTUBatfan2008 Feb 2016 #9
On transcripts, Hillary says yes BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #10
This second hour is Softballs for Hillary BernieforPres2016 Feb 2016 #11
Loved all those questions which helped her pander to the black community. Bernie coulda used jillan Feb 2016 #13
This guy is hilarious!! jillan Feb 2016 #12

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
6. Awfully tepid applause for Bernie
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:25 PM
Feb 2016

My guess is the DNC had a lot to do with picking this audience and that they will go wild for Hillary.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
8. I'm not watching for that very reason.
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 09:49 PM
Feb 2016

They did that at the last town hall - packed it with Clinton supporters so he got a "polite" response and she got a standing ovation.

It really fools nobody when one compares Bernie's crowds with Hillary's, um, well, "crowd" isn't the right word. Meetups, maybe?

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
10. On transcripts, Hillary says yes
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:05 PM
Feb 2016

Immediately followed by no, not unless all the Republicans release them too. Why is she being held to a higher standard? Hillary playing the victim card right out of the gate. Crowd applauds louder for that pablum than for anything Bernie said.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
11. This second hour is Softballs for Hillary
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:37 PM
Feb 2016

Cuomo asked her about the transcripts, she deflected it. Since then it has been nothing but softballs from Cuomo and from the audience. Debates are much more useful than this format. Perhaps finding a moderator who didn't have a family connection to the Clinton campaign next time would lead to a few tough questions.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
13. Loved all those questions which helped her pander to the black community. Bernie coulda used
Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:41 PM
Feb 2016

a couple of those.

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