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Bernie Sanders said Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could get "messy" in July as he tries to advance a more progressive vision of the party's platform. The Vermont senator declared that "democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle" during an interview with The Associated Press, as diehard supporters planned to shake up the convention and shape the party's future.
Bernie Sanders supporters will occupy a third of all seats on the Democratic Party's 2016 platform committee, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday, an agreement that will allow the Vermont senator to wield sizable influence on the party's platform this year. Sanders and his supporters have complained for months that the Democratic Party was tilted against his insurgent bid and are worried that should he lose to Hillary Clinton - as he is expected to do - the issues that have animated his bid will not find a place at July's Democratic National Convention.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to the crowd Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is making a major campaign push in California in hopes of gaining ground on Democratic nomination frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but faces an 18-percentage-point gap among the state's voters likely to participate in the Democratic primary, according to an ABC7-Southern California News Group poll released Monday.
It's increasingly unlikely that Sen. Bernie Sanders will become the Democratic party's nominee, but he is leaning on the party apparatus to enshrine the progressive issues that have anchored his presidential campaign. The senator from Vermont made a modest step toward that goal as the Democratic National Committee agreed to give him five of fifteen seats on an influential committee in charge of codifying the party's platform.
CBS2 / KCAL9 CBS2/KCAL9 is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corp. and one of the largest network-owned station groups in the country. CBS Studio City Broadcast Center 4200 Radford Avenue Studio City, CA [] Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters and vowed to continue his push for the Democratic nomination.
Donald Trump appears to have successfully rallied Republican voters behind him since he effectively clinched his party's presidential nomination, wiping out Democrat rival Hillary Clinton's once double-digit lead to a virtual tie, latest national polls showed. The 69-year-old real estate tycoon for the first time in the average of such polls, maintained by RealClearPolitics, has a 0.2 per cent lead over Clinton - a statistical tie.
The blowup in Nevada has prompted many of Sanders's Senate colleagues to urge him to get control of what he started-and direct it away from Democrats and toward Trump. While Sanders young and energetic base is something the Democratic Party desperately wants to coopt in the general election, senior Democrats want Vermont's junior senator to harness that anger and point it at Donald Trump.
The coming presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump begins in a virtual dead heat, a competition between two candidates viewed unfavorably by a majority of the current electorate and with voters motivated as much by whom they don't like as by whom they do, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
The 16 hour-long Democratic Convention in Nevada crumbled into chaos on May 14, TeleSUR English said that day, as supporters of socialist presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders raised allegations of voter suppression. US Uncut reported on May 17 that Sanders issued a blistering response to the Nevada convention in which he denounced the entire process as illegitimate.
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton says persistent rival Bernie Sanders "has every right to finish off his campaign however he chooses". But she says she wants to focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump because his is not "a normal candidacy".
Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking his increasingly pitched fight against the Democratic Party establishment straight to the top of the party, with an endorsement of Tim Canova, a South Florida law professor challenging Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her congressional district's primary. "Clearly, I favor her opponent," Sanders told CNN in an interview over the weekend.
Donald Trump's seemingly lavish lifestyle may include private jets, yachts and penthouse apartments, but Bernie Sanders isn't so sure that the presumptive GOP presidential nominee is as wealthy as he suggests. At a campaign event Saturday at Kimball Park in National City, California, Sanders told the crowd of thousands, Trump "tells us is he is a billionaire.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 10. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won't win their party's nod, but that doesn't mean his campaign has been in vain. Amid reports that Sanders' campaign is burning through its cash, Reid told MSNBC's "AM Joy" that the self-proclaimed democratic socialist will be a more powerful voice than ever before in the Senate.
Bernie Sanders ' campaign had less than $6 million at the start of May, a critical cash shortage as he makes an admittedly tough final play to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton . Sanders' rival had five times as much money, according to new Federal Election Commission filings, beginning the month with $30 million in the bank.
Bernie Sanders' campaign had less than $6 million at the start of May, a critical cash shortage as he makes an admittedly tough final play to wrest the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Clinton. Sanders' rival had five times as much money, according to new Federal Election Commission filings, beginning the month with $30 million in the bank.
Donald Trump's investment in campaign tops $43 million Hillary Clinton's campaign is bigger and better funded as their likely showdown nears. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/27KRI1W WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump plowed another $7.5 million into his bid for the presidency last month as he barreled toward to his likely general-election confrontation with a well-funded Hillary Clinton, new campaign reports show.
Delegates bound to Sen. Bernie Sanders are approaching the Democratic National Convention with the enthusiasm that has powered the effort from the start -- holding garage sales, delivering pizza and raising money online to pay for their travel to Philadelphia. But their nerves are raw now over the Democratic Party's perceived slights against the insurgent candidate, and they are clinging to a bygone hope that Sanders can wrest the nomination from Hillary Clinton despite her lead in delegates and superdelegates.
Hillary Clinton and her allies are beefing up their campaign and super PAC operations in preparation for the fight against Donald Trump. Clinton's top super PAC, Priorities USA, said Friday that it has $47 million in the bank.