Clinton declines to debate Sanders in California
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Source: CNN
Detroit (CNN)Hillary Clinton will not debate Bernie Sanders in California, her top campaign spokeswoman said Monday.
Declining to participate in the Fox News debate -- which Sanders had agreed to -- is another clear sign that Clinton and her top aides are fully focused on the general election against Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
"As we have said previously, we plan to compete hard in the remaining primary states, particularly California, while turning our attention to the threat a Donald Trump presidency poses," Jennifer Palmieri, Clinton's spokeswoman, said. "We believe that Hillary Clinton's time is best spent campaigning and meeting directly with voters across California and preparing for a general election campaign that will ensure the White House remains in Democratic hands."
Clinton's campaign is currently fighting a two-front war against both Trump, who has all but locked up the nomination, and Sanders, who has pledged to campaign until the last vote is counted in June.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-fox-debate-california/
patsimp
(915 posts)Bernie's 10 minutes are up
Bodych
(133 posts)Certainly
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)No one likes a liar except Clintonites apparently. The election is not over. Maybe Sanders should debate Trump instead.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)Guess what? I do too. I want it over and in the rear-view mirror.
RogueTrooper
(4,665 posts)and we have a real monster to fight; so, there is not time or money to spare in fighting zombies.
Gman
(24,780 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Can you believe she raised that specter to Obama? http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/that-time-when-clinton-refused-to-drop-out-of-the-race-because-obama-could-be-assasinated/
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Why Not? HER has declined to debate. Why not invite Trump instead?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)All these so called people that tell us no one cares and it's over before the end are just digging themselves a hole.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)I would certainly watch it...
anotherproletariat
(1,446 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)When they showed a 4% differential and Hillary won by 14%? That constitutes a fraud investigation in other countries.
Gene Debs
(582 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Instead of fighting each other, we should be fighting Trump.
Gman
(24,780 posts)She has nothing to gain.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Like her sex addicted husband did. I also recall him waiving his finger in Jerry Browns face in 1992 during the PBS roundtable debate. Do you remember that? Jerry implied he was bad for African Americans and had a photo of Bill and Sam Nunn inspecting the inmates at one of the first private prison boot camps using inmates for cheap labor. 20 Black men chained ankle to ankle in striped fatigues. It looked bad...real bad. Bill turned beat red, waived his finger and threatened Jerry saying, and I quote verbatim," Jerry, you don't know what you're messin' with." The implication was obvious to me as a young man. Perot was now in the race big and could easily split the conservative vote which is exactly what happened with Bill not even getting a majority. Bill was the pre-approved 'Democratic' choice of the Bush Sr supported national security establishment, and anyone getting in the way of that better be careful. It was extremely creepy and when Bill waived his finger at the American Public lying about having sex with a 21 year old subordinate I wasn't surprised having seen it before. Jerry Brown's campaign was much like Bernie's now but he was neutralized much easier given Bush was in power still and the country wasn't as jaded by conservative mantras yet. The Clintons and the Bushes have been extremely close since 1982...just ask them. It wouldve been nice if they has told us that in 1992 and not waited till 2000 to make it obvious.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)She would not look good to Californians in a debate. The polls say she is way ahead in California, but they said the same thing in Oregon before the primary and Sanders did well in Oregon. Don't believe the polls and just go vote for Sanders!
chervilant
(8,267 posts)And she's polling poorly against Trump. Maybe, if she was honest, she'd drop out and support Bernie.
chwaliszewski
(1,514 posts)leftofcool
(19,460 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)and had gotten very repetitive and predictable.
She shouldn't have to waste any more time.
LonePirate
(13,419 posts)jalan48
(13,863 posts)It appears that's where she's spending most of her time in California.
msongs
(67,405 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,753 posts)She has the nomination in the bag. Why go for the knockout when she already has the decision win?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)One in MI, one in NY and one in CA. She looks like another corrupt politician when she's afraid of holding multiple debates to begin with and then trying to schedule the few she had on days no one watching. That's your favorite candidate? Wow.
Gman
(24,780 posts)Not to mention he's already lost.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)pnwmom
(108,977 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Why were exit polls cancelled after NY? They showed a 4% difference and Hillary won by 14 points. What's the explanation this time?
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)Younger people -- who are more likely to be Bernie supporters -- are more likely to vote at the polls.
Older people -- who are more likely to support Hillary -- are more likely to vote absentee.
Absentee voters aren't counted in the exit polls.
Also, NY Bernie supporters who were not registered Democrats were encouraged to ask for provisional ballots just in case a judge ruled favorably on the lawsuit to open up the primary. These voters would have told an exit pollster that they'd voted for Bernie -- but their votes wouldn't have been included in the tabulated results. That's probably why about a fifth of those interviewed in the Democratic exit polls identified themselves as Independents, rather than Democrats. No Independent votes on provisional ballots would have been counted.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Do you know how many people voted absentee?
Javaman
(62,521 posts)RandySF
(58,799 posts)It's time for him for start accepting the loss.
"Honestly, I mean, I just believe that this is the most important job in the world, its the toughest job in the world. You should be willing to campaign for every vote. You should be willing to debate anytime, anywhere. I think its an interesting juxtaposition, where we find ourselves. And, you know, I have been willing to do all of that, during the entire process, and people have been trying to push me out of this ever since Iowa.
Hillary Clinton, 2008
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Loudestlib
(980 posts)"You've been hearing me say it's a rigged system, but now you don't hear me say it anymore because I won. Okay? It's true. You know, now I don't care. I don't care."
Donald Trump, 2016
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Sanders lost fair and square. By a lot.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)And There are many delegates up...are you just desperate for attention by making false claims?
Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)She does poorly in them.
wisteria
(19,581 posts)She is a great debater. Better than he who will not be named here in GD for fear of being alerted on.
Gore1FL
(21,130 posts)Or any time she showed prowess as a speaker, for that matter.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)whichever wins because I have seen both speak for decades and realize that they either one of them would be a better president than Trump or any of the other candidates that run under the Republican ticket.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)Got it wrong.
ThinkCritically
(241 posts)and I've only met 4 Hillary supporters at a Bernie rally. I've met many Bernie supporters and a few Chumps. But I've yet to meet any other Hillary supporters. Maybe they aren't very active in politics? Or they just prefer to not talk about politics openly? Not sure. I'd love to talk to some Hillary supporters and see why they choose to support her.
wisteria
(19,581 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)helped elect the clown that we have for a mayor. If the people of this city were stupid enough to elect that tool twice, then I think Trump could win this city over.
ThinkCritically
(241 posts)He spent most of his time working on that damn arena in downtown and neglected everything else.
olddad56
(5,732 posts)He has just ignored the citizens of Sacramento. I have been living in Sacramento since 1972 and he is, by far, the worst mayor we have had in the time I have lived here.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Pretty big city, Sacramento, yes?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Maybe there's better places to try to talk to Clinton supporters?
wisteria
(19,581 posts)Most of us know the primaries are over except for the formalities.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Clintonites have been acting out that way before the first votes were even cast. And all the complaining about how Bernie isn't a "real" Democrat and just an independent. They remind me of the unreasonableness my 75 year old parents have developed over the years. And of course it's totally myopic and wrong. You should all be grateful (if it's possible for you to be grateful about anything) that Bernie DID NOT run as an independent when he saw the corruption from many Democrats selling out to the big banks, corporations and national security contractors. If he had run as the independent you claim he really is then Hillary wouldn't have a chance in Hell of winning the general and Bernie would gather enough people that couldn't stomach Trump. All the insults and smugness will never help you in the end.
greyl
(22,990 posts)SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)This is one of the 3 additional debates that she agreed to participate in. Now she's blowing off a commitment she made just a few months ago.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/268079-clinton-sanders-agree-to-four-more-debates
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)been active and in public for decades so I doubt many voters will learn much if anything more about the candidates with a single debate that they dont already know unless of course a voter has had their head buried in the sand for the last 18+ years.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Last edited Tue May 24, 2016, 01:42 AM - Edit history (1)
It's not just policy wonks or foot soldiers who vote. Most of the public do not follow things that closely until it's right in their face. People need debates always. Shutting down debate is for communist and fascist countries. It's never a good argument. She agreed amd probably dos knowing she would back out. I'm amazed at what people defend when their favorite candidate does it. Bush wanted fewer debates. He had been around. So what. It made him look like he wanted the truth to be suppressed and everyone here agreed. Now it's okay to act like Bush. You need to be called out on that hypocrisy.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)respect her choice so your whole line of ". I'm amazed at what people defend when their favorite candidate does it." just took a hit and got flushed.
Second I will vote for whichever wins because both are excellent candidates imo.
Third what earth shattering thing would we learn by a 4th debate about Bernie or Hillary that could turn the election either way?
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Obviously. People need debates. Not everyone is clear or knowledgable who votes even in a primary.
cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)could shred that asshole.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)There's no point to having another debate.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)It's becoming embarrassing to my kids to be associated with members of my party that speak like you do.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)How many times do we have to hear Bernie doesn't like big business, he doesn't like big banks, he didn't vote for the war in Iraq, he wants Hillary to release the transcripts of her speeches, and he thinks the taxpayers should pay for everyone's healthcare, family leave and college tuition before we know Bernie doesn't like big business, he doesn't like big banks, he didn't vote for the war in Iraq, he wants Hillary to release the transcripts of her speeches, and he thinks the taxpayers should pay for everyone's healthcare, family leave and college tuition? He's said the same basic things nine times already. If he had a single new thing to say, I'd be willing to hear it. But he doesn't.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)as invested in politics as those of us on DU are. They haven't been paying close attention and maybe have only a vague idea of where the candidates stand on the issues. Those voters deserve the opportunity to hear from both candidates side by side in a debate format so that they can make an informed decision. Hillary's refusal to participate is disrespectful to the California electorate. I hope Bernie reminds his audiences at the rallies he's holding throughout the state that Hillary refuses to debate him here.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)California receives television and radio broadcasts, newspapers are printed there and the Internet is available in at least a couple of the larger towns. Senator Sanders' message has been freely available for about a year. If anyone in California wishes to find out what his plans are, they're able to. No further debates are needed.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Listening to Hillary speak today she seemed like an unenthused, dead fish and the crowd around her felt the same. Trust me, Trump wants to face Hillary. There is a reason they do close ups at her rallies. It's because no one is there...Bernie can bring 20,000 while Hillary barely gets 200. But have it your way...the banks, corporations and racists will be thanking you later.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Wow. People need to reread this. She implied anyone can get assassinated so you have to go to the end. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/that-time-when-clinton-refused-to-drop-out-of-the-race-because-obama-could-be-assasinated/
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)I really wish she WOULD participate.
Pauldg47
(640 posts)elleng
(130,895 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)Pauldg47
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pacalo
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pacalo
(24,721 posts)Seriously, Bernie needs to propose this!
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)you are making me long for Raider football !!
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Let's hope the Bernie Team makes this happen!
pacalo
(24,721 posts)to Bernie's campaign?
That would be some debate!
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)Bernie is out of money and can't afford TV ads in California - so he wants freebie airtime via a debate.
At this point, Bernie is irrelevant - and so are his "demands". Exactly how stupid is he that he doesn't recognize that simple fact?
tom_kelly
(959 posts)order to allow the party to come together behind Bernie. Bernie, as the only one who could be Trump in the general, could direct his time and resources to battling Trump instead of both of them at the same time. Very selfish of her.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)SusanLarson
(284 posts)That's why she won't debate, if she thought she had a chance she would have.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Petrushka
(3,709 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)That I know for sure.
And she is snubbing California. We are a big state. We voters did not ask to be among the last to vote.
New York's picking its past senator was considered a big deal. Texas voted.
Finally, it's our turn. We are a major Democratic state, and Hillary could care less about us.
Let me tell you. The mood here when it comes to Hillary is not good! Not in my neighborhood. Not in my area.
And the fact that she is breaking a promise, going back on her word does not look good either. She constantly changes her mind. She cannot be trusted to do what she says she will do.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Two men at my work recently switched from Sanders to Hillary. The rest, especially the women, were always for Hillary.
Hillary is not snubbing the state. Hillary has and will be spending a lot of time in CA traveling all over the state and talking to voters before the June 7 primary. Many voters, such as myself, have already sent in their mail-in ballot.
Your neighborhood is not representative of California.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)state.
Is she afraid? Or is she just smug and self-satisfied?
I'm talking to people who are switching to Bernie. I don't know what state you are in, but I am in California.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)her sense of being entitled and the chosen one just because . . . will cause a lot of difficulty in November and at the convention.
She should be debating Bernie here in California.
A May debate was originally scheduled.
http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-debate-schedule/2016-democratic-primary-debate-schedule/
Now Hillary is reneging on her promise to debate in May.
Typical Hillary. Changing her mind for no good reason.
Being very unreliable.
Hillary the unreliable.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)and b) publish the transcripts and release the videos of her speeches to Wall Street.
How can she claim to be a candidate for ordinary people like me when she gives speeches for $225,000 a throw and then refuses to let a voter like me know what she said?
Bernie's tax returns? Boring.
Hillary's speeches. She's hiding something, and she's hiding it because it is bad news and because she is afraid that Democrats won't support her once we know the truth about what she said in those speeches.
ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)I was out talking to folks in a petty affluent area over the weekend - a place where you'd think they're up on politics. Fifty percent still hadn't decided.
Joob
(1,065 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)I have little confidence in Fox News being able to host a Democratic debate worth watching.
Makes sense for Clinton to decline though since she's just about wrapped up the nomination. She doesn't really have much to gain from it.
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)"promises" and how little respect she has for the voters of CA.
Wibly
(613 posts)From the story: "Declining to participate in the Fox News debate -- which Sanders had agreed to -- is another clear sign that Clinton and her top aides are fully focused on the general election against Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee."
I call hooey. What it really is, another clear sign Clinton and her top aides are scared to death of openly debating Sanders."
Period.
If Clinton wins she won't only be the first female President, she'll be the first Poultry to achieve such high office because clearly she's chicken!
MFM008
(19,808 posts)Fu*k fox news.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)They're both doing plenty of free local events this week so it's not like they're not available and if anyone hasn't watched a debate or two by now they're not going to tune in during graduation season / start of summer. It would be a waste of time for Clinton and only helpful to Bernie if she really slipped up.
QC
(26,371 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)I don't question her motives for turning it down.
I question his motives for accepting it.
His political capital is being anti establishment and progressive, yet he'd legitimize Murdoch central with a debate? The home of such legendary anti establishment and progressive figures like Hannity, Kelly, O'reily, Gingrich...
Is there another network who's offered to host the CA debate?
ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)Because I can't find one.
Babel_17
(5,400 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)she makes it quite clear
"you should be willing to debate, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE..."
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believe anything she says at your own risk
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)keeping one's agreements is paramount in life.
karynnj
(59,503 posts)The fact is that doing a debate - not necessarily the FOX one - and being gracious for 2 whole weeks would make a big difference to some people she needs to win. Look at the polls, this is not a race where she is 20 points ahead - even if she should be given who Trump is. She can not afford to turn off people who - however unhappily - are naturally on her side.
Although it is Sanders who is for having the debate, it is Clinton who has more to lose from saying "no". I assume that her team and her supporters trust in her enough that they do not think that a debate could harm her.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)The best Sanders can hope for is that she'll say something that she'll have to pretend she didn't say a 4 months from now. Clinton supporters and Sanders supporters will both claim victory and the undecided people they were hoping to sway won't even tune in.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)I'm sure all of the people who surround her are constantly telling her she's wildly popular.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)to debate Sanders, when she has already won. And also, Fox News??? What a bunch!
Geronimoe
(1,539 posts)in order to win the republicans. Talking about real issue only hurts her because she has lived in a bubble her whole life.
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Fairgo
(1,571 posts)The world is watching. They know that she has no honor.
youceyec
(394 posts)Time to unify against the GOP NOW.
whats the point? She will be the nominee? Of course she doesnt have to debate.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)She's like a grab bag at a cheap carnival game.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)She just keeps on evolving,
and evolving,
and evolving
It makes your head spin
apcalc
(4,465 posts)That debate would serve no good purpose.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Not.
polly7
(20,582 posts)candidates on the issues?
Full video:
"In a Wednesday afternoon statement, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said the Vermont senator has accepted an invitation from Fox News to debate "with the understanding that we can reach mutual agreement on the debate moderators, the format and other details.
Weaver said both campaigns in January agreed to hold a debate in May in California, adding that the Clinton campaign has balked at keeping that pledge.
More than half way through the month of May, we hope Secretary Clinton will soon make good on her campaigns commitment and agree to a time and pace for a debate, Weaver said in the statement.
There are issues of enormous importance facing the people of California and our nation and the people of our largest state deserve to hear the Democratic candidates [sic] opinions."
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280405-sanders-pushes-clinton-for-debate-in-california
(bbm)
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)NonMetro
(631 posts)If I lived there, there is no way I'd be voting for her. She declared it's over before 40 million Americans have had a say in the matter? My god, her arrogance is unbelievable!
Herman4747
(1,825 posts)Incredible how low the standards some Democrats have regarding their presidential candidate.