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| Democratic debate: Clinton says Sanders isn't tough enough on guns – live | |
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| 2.28am BST02:28 | |
| Clinton is showing some muscle on foreign policy. Sanders and Chafee sound mealy-mouthed next to her. | |
| Bash asks Sanders under what circumstances he would use force. He ignores the question and says Clinton is talking about a no-fly zone in Syria, “which I think is very dangerous, could lead to real problems.” | |
| He says when he voted against the Iraq invasion, “I say without any joy in my heart, that much of what I thought would happen about the destabilization in fact did happen.” | |
| 2.27am BST02:27 | |
| Jeb Lund | |
| Sanders is getting bad reviews for that gun control moment across the Twitter machine, which saw an easy leftie win for Clinton: | |
| Wow, Hillary Clinton is really trying to bludgeon the shit out of Sanders on guns. #demdebate | |
| That from a former Scott Walker advisor. Why the, uh, assault? | |
| Guns is basically the only issue Clinton can whale on Sanders from the left. Of course she's going to go all in on it. | |
| Here’s why Sanders’ defense may not have worked: | |
| Problem w/ Sanders' "I'm from a rural state" defense on guns: liberal senators don't stop from taking on problems elsewhere on other issues. | |
| Bernie plays the "I come from a rural state" line. Won't wash with most urban Democrats #DemDebate | |
| O’Malley piled in, too. | |
| And now O’Malley is hitting Sanders on guns. #DemDebate | |
| Here’s a quick take from Guardian US columnist Jeb Lund, live in Tampa, Florida: | |
| Aside from certain identity politics points, the gun control issue is the one on which Hillary Clinton can really score off Bernie Sanders, and she just pulled into that policy gap with the engine roaring. | |
| If she’s going to be boxed out of the left position on every other issue, hammering Sanders for seeming politically opportunistic on guns to pander to rural voters is her best chance to puncture the ‘Bernie the Principled’ image. I don’t know whether she looked amped up, per se, but there was definitely a different gear there for her. | |
| You can tell, too, that O’Malley had scoped out this opportunity to, because he immediately leapt into the fray on this point, too, and it was the first time tonight that he actually displayed any energy (putting out a finger, then pulling back, squaring his shoulders). | |
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| Ben Jacobs | |
| Hillary Clinton took a shot at Bernie Sanders’s self-proclaimed democratic socialism early in the debate Tuesday night, Ben Jacobs writes: | |
| After Sanders was asked about whether a socialist could be elected president, Clinton jumped in to go after Sanders. She said: “We are not Denmark” and said that the United States would make a grave mistake if it abandoned capitalism. | |
| Sanders then pushed back, noting his support for small and medium sized businesses. | |
| Clinton was the second frontrunner to attack Sanders’s ideology in the past days. In an interview with the Guardian on Monday, Donald Trump said the Vermont senator is an “admitted socialist. Some people think he’s even worse than that. He’s the next step.” | |
| Here’s a video: | |
| Updated at 2.29am BST | |
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| Sanders calls Syria a quagmire and says he would not support boots on the ground. | |
| “Nobody does,” Clinton says. “Nobody does.” | |
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| On to foreign policy, and a question for Clinton about her “reset with Russia”. | |
| Clinton said the reset was appropriate before Putin returned to the presidency, but that the situation had changed with his return. | |
| “We got the nuclear arms deal, we got the ability to bring arms to our soldiers in Afghanistan,” she says, on the brief interim period when Dmitry Medvedev was president. | |
| Clinton says: “We have to stand up to his bullying ... in Syria, to make it clear that they have to be part of the solution to end that conflict.” | |
| Updated at 2.25am BST | |
| 2.21am BST02:21 | |
| Hillary Clinton unveils gun control plan: ‘How many have to die?’ – video | |
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| O’Malley talks about passing comprehensive guns legislation as governor of Maryland, where he signed some of the country’s most restrictive gun laws. | |
| He says that its being hard is no excuse not to do it. Then he too attacks Sanders. | |
| O’Malley said the senator’s being from a rural state did not clear him for not supporting tougher gun laws. “We did it by leading with principles, not by pandering to the NRA,” he says of gun control. | |
| “You have not been in the US Congress, you ought to check it out,” Sanders replies, of the difficulty of passing gun legislation. | |
| Then Webb chimes in. | |
| Chaser: http://t.co/sI3HDJkEcG (reminder: Senators wearing pins skip the metal detectors) | |
| 2.16am BST02:16 | |
| Clinton says Sanders is not tough enough on guns | |
| Cooper hits Sanders with a guns question. Sanders did not support the Brady handguns bill and has supported legislation allowing people to carry guns on Amtrak trains. | |
| Do you want to shield gun companies from lawsuits, Cooper asks, referring to repeated Sanders votes against the Brady bill. | |
| Sanders defends his record. “I told the gun owners of the state of Vermont ... that I supported a ban on assault weapons.” | |
| Q for Clinton: Is Bernie Sanders tough enough on guns? | |
| Her answer is powerful. She hits him hard. | |
| “No, not at all,” she says. “It’s time our country stood up to the NRA.” | |
| Sanders’s riposte: | |
| As a senator from a rural state, I can tell secretary Clinton that all the shouting in the world ... is not going to keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have guns. | |
| Updated at 2.18am BST | |
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| Cooper asks Webb about having criticized affirmative action. Webb says he was a defender of African-American communities in his time in the Senate in Virginia and that he had worked on behalf of equality not exclusion. | |
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| Looks like someone didn’t get in the hall ... | |
| What happens in Vegas...is I watch @HillaryClinton prove she's the most qualified candidate for POTUS. #ImWithHer pic.twitter.com/ax1d56Whwt | |
| 2.12am BST02:12 | |
| Cooper turns to O’Malley. He pushes him on the unrest in Baltimore, where O’Malley was mayor, asserting that the candidate had failed to secure prosperity for the city. | |
| O’Malley gives a steady answer about the difficulties the city faced as he came to office. | |
| Cooper presses him on his record of tens of thousands arrests in the city, a record rate nationally, during O’Malley’s tenure. | |
| O’Malley says Cooper is distorting the facts. | |
| Arrests peaked in 2003 Anderson, but they declined every year after that, as we restored peace in our poorer neighborhoods. | |
| Related: Martin O'Malley battles to keep campaign on course after Baltimore riots | |
| Updated at 2.16am BST | |
| 2.09am BST02:09 | |
| Cooper challenges Chafee for his protean party identity. | |
| “Anderson, you’re looking at a block of granite when it comes to the issues...” he says. “I was a liberal Republican, then I was an independent, and now I’m a Democrat.” | |
| A block of granite. | |
| You're looking at a block of granite pic.twitter.com/4X6qoWhlFd | |
| Updated at 2.10am BST | |
| 2.08am BST02:08 | |
| Clinton jumps in. | |
| “It’s our job to rein in the excesses of capitalism,” she says, “...but we would be making a grave mistake to turn our backs about what built the greatest middle class in the world.” | |
| Applause for that line, but even more applause when Sanders replies that capitalism is broken when the vast share of wealth goes to the top 1%. | |
| That’s just what he was supposed to say. | |
| 2.06am BST02:06 | |
| Question for Sanders: You say you’re a socialist. Can you be elected? | |
| Sanders says “we can win” and winds into an answer that ends in Denmark and Sweden. | |
| Cooper presses Sanders, saying the attack ads against him write themselves: “You supported the Sandinistas, you honeymooned in the Soviet Union.” | |
| “Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process? Sanders replies. “No, I don’t.” | |
| Updated at 2.09am BST | |
| 2.03am BST02:03 | |
| First question is for Clinton. Will you say anything to get elected? That’s literally the question. | |
| She delivers an extremely prepared answer as to how, upon reviewing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the deal had flaws that meant she could no longer support it despite the dozens of times she had spoken out in its favor. | |
| Follow-up question: Just for the record, are you a progressive, or a moderate? | |
| Clinton’s answer is self-assured and rhetorically strong, and draws applause: | |
| I’m a progressive, but I’m a progressive who likes to get things done. And I’ve stood my ground, and I’ve found common ground. | |
| Updated at 2.04am BST | |
| 2.01am BST02:01 | |
| Adam Gabbatt | |
| Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has promised to live-tweet the Democratic debate – what fun! – and Adam Gabbatt will be following his commentary. So far he has been unhappy with the commercials, and has promised to “shoot straight”. | |
| He’ll also be calling it as he sees it, pulling no punches, shooting from the hip, telling it as it is, etc. | |
| We will all have fun and hopefully learn something tonight. I will shoot straight and call it as I see it, both the good and the bad. Enjoy! | |
| 2.01am BST02:01 | |
| Hillary Clinton is up. Also in blue, over white, a filmic negative of O’Malley. | |
| She starts out rather generically, talking about how she wants “to find the ways for each child to live up to his or her god-Given potential.” | |
| Then she catches some speed: | |
| At the center of my campaign is how we’re going to raise wages. Yes raise the minimum wage, but we’re going to have to do so much more, including finding ways for how to help companies share profits. | |
| She calls for the “wealthy paying their fair share” of taxes, and hits this first applause line: | |
| “I believe in equal pay for equal work for women, but I also think it’s about time we had paid family leave” and caught up with the rest of the world. | |
| Also: “climate change”. (That’s three.) | |
| Updated at 2.07am BST | |
| 1.57am BST01:57 | |
| Bernie Sanders is up. | |
| I think most Americans understand that our country today faces a series of unprecedented crises. | |
| He lists the flight of wealth to the 1%, the “unbelievable sums of money” that followed Citizens United, the reality of climate change (that’s two of those tonight) caused by human activity, the number of people in jail, the disproportionate youth unemployment among minorities. | |
| Sanders wins applause with this line: | |
| Maybe, just maybe, we should be putting more money into education and jobs for our kids. | |
| They like him! | |
| Updated at 2.06am BST | |
| 1.54am BST01:54 | 1.54am BST01:54 |
| Martin O’Malley up now. Wins most photogenic hands-down. Blue tie matches set nicely. | Martin O’Malley up now. Wins most photogenic hands-down. Blue tie matches set nicely. |
| “After 15 years of executive experience, I have learned how to be a better leader,” he says. “I have learned how to get things done because I am very clear about my principles.” | “After 15 years of executive experience, I have learned how to be a better leader,” he says. “I have learned how to get things done because I am very clear about my principles.” |
| We elected a president, not a magician, and there is urgent work that needs to be done right now... For there is a deep injustice, an economic injustice that threatens to tear our country apart. | |
| Also: we’ll be keeping track of how many times we hear the words “climate change” tonight. We’re at one and counting. | |
| Updated at 1.55am BST | |
| 1.52am BST01:52 | 1.52am BST01:52 |
| Jim Webb is next. He sounds like a bad lip reading of himself. But what he’s talking about is no joke. | Jim Webb is next. He sounds like a bad lip reading of himself. But what he’s talking about is no joke. |
| “In government service, I fought and bled for the country, in Vietnam, as a marine,” he says. | “In government service, I fought and bled for the country, in Vietnam, as a marine,” he says. |
| In the Senate, I spoke about economic fairness and social justice from day one... | In the Senate, I spoke about economic fairness and social justice from day one... |
| I brought criminal justice reform out of the shadows and into the discussion. | I brought criminal justice reform out of the shadows and into the discussion. |
| Then Webb goes to introduce his five children and seems almost to forget the name of his second daughter. Oops. | Then Webb goes to introduce his five children and seems almost to forget the name of his second daughter. Oops. |
| @Edpilkington touch & go with middle child, Julia | |
| Updated at 2.03am BST | |
| 1.49am BST01:49 | 1.49am BST01:49 |
| The format tonight is one minute to answer questions per candidate and 30 seconds for follow-ups plus a chance at rebuttal if they’re mentioned by name by somebody else. | The format tonight is one minute to answer questions per candidate and 30 seconds for follow-ups plus a chance at rebuttal if they’re mentioned by name by somebody else. |
| Chafee begins his opening statement. For some reason we typed “opining”. He’s smiling and talking about his record as a Rhode Island mayor, senator and governor. | Chafee begins his opening statement. For some reason we typed “opining”. He’s smiling and talking about his record as a Rhode Island mayor, senator and governor. |
| “As governor, I came in in the depths of the recession, and we turned my state around,” he says. | “As governor, I came in in the depths of the recession, and we turned my state around,” he says. |
| Then: | Then: |
| I’m very proud that in my almost thirty years of public service, I’ve had no scandals. | I’m very proud that in my almost thirty years of public service, I’ve had no scandals. |
| To which my colleague Ben Jacobs spots this! | To which my colleague Ben Jacobs spots this! |
| A reminder: Lincoln Chafee snuck into Canada after college to work as a blacksmith for a guy who got convicted of selling horsemeat as beef. | A reminder: Lincoln Chafee snuck into Canada after college to work as a blacksmith for a guy who got convicted of selling horsemeat as beef. |
| Updated at 1.51am BST | Updated at 1.51am BST |
| 1.47am BST01:47 | 1.47am BST01:47 |
| Last chance to mess around before the extremely serious business of the debate starts. | Last chance to mess around before the extremely serious business of the debate starts. |
| May we suggest this extremely diverting Super Mario Bros.-style video game produced by IJ? | May we suggest this extremely diverting Super Mario Bros.-style video game produced by IJ? |
| The action figure is Clinton and she has to wipe out the other candidates and collect coins. | The action figure is Clinton and she has to wipe out the other candidates and collect coins. |
| Wait--they’re back! | Wait--they’re back! |
| 1.43am BST01:43 | 1.43am BST01:43 |
| Didn’t sound like she hit every note to us but how many Grammys have you won? | Didn’t sound like she hit every note to us but how many Grammys have you won? |
| And the first question is for -- oh wait. Commercial break. | And the first question is for -- oh wait. Commercial break. |
| 1.42am BST01:42 | 1.42am BST01:42 |
| And here they are... | And here they are... |
| Hillary Clinton, surrounded by white men in dark suits. #demdebate pic.twitter.com/L7NJDV6Fh5 | Hillary Clinton, surrounded by white men in dark suits. #demdebate pic.twitter.com/L7NJDV6Fh5 |
| Quite the contrast to 2008 ... | Quite the contrast to 2008 ... |
| ... and just the other day: | ... and just the other day: |
| Still blue, though. | Still blue, though. |
| Updated at 1.45am BST | Updated at 1.45am BST |
| 1.42am BST01:42 | 1.42am BST01:42 |
| Up to sing the national anthem: nine-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow! | Up to sing the national anthem: nine-time Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow! |
| This is the worst Tuesday Night Music Club that Sheryl Crow has ever been a member of | This is the worst Tuesday Night Music Club that Sheryl Crow has ever been a member of |
| Updated at 1.44am BST | Updated at 1.44am BST |
| 1.40am BST01:40 | 1.40am BST01:40 |
| It’s starting now. Tonight’s moderators are Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Dana Bash and Juan Carlos Lopez. | It’s starting now. Tonight’s moderators are Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon, Dana Bash and Juan Carlos Lopez. |
| Cooper is introducing the candidates, who are taking the stage to applause. | Cooper is introducing the candidates, who are taking the stage to applause. |
| 1.36am BST01:36 | 1.36am BST01:36 |
| Put that thing down, Martin, it’s time to do this. | Put that thing down, Martin, it’s time to do this. |
| A little pre-debate warmup. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FWFFp1QYDJ | A little pre-debate warmup. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/FWFFp1QYDJ |
| Updated at 1.37am BST | Updated at 1.37am BST |
| 1.34am BST01:34 | 1.34am BST01:34 |
| Trump’s in place and his promised debate-long Twitter storm has begun. He sounds upbeat: | Trump’s in place and his promised debate-long Twitter storm has begun. He sounds upbeat: |
| We will all have fun and hopefully learn something tonight. I will shoot straight and call it as I see it, both the good and the bad. Enjoy! | We will all have fun and hopefully learn something tonight. I will shoot straight and call it as I see it, both the good and the bad. Enjoy! |
| Former Arkansas governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, meanwhile, is getting his troll on: | Former Arkansas governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, meanwhile, is getting his troll on: |
| .@RealDonaldTrump - Any last-minute hairstyle advice for @BernieSanders before he takes the stage @ #DemDebate? #FeelTheBern #ImWithHuck | .@RealDonaldTrump - Any last-minute hairstyle advice for @BernieSanders before he takes the stage @ #DemDebate? #FeelTheBern #ImWithHuck |
| Speaking of trolling, here’s video of Hillary Clinton campaigning earlier today outside one of Trump’s Las Vegas hotels: | Speaking of trolling, here’s video of Hillary Clinton campaigning earlier today outside one of Trump’s Las Vegas hotels: |
| 1.30am BST01:30 | 1.30am BST01:30 |
| A potentially significant note for some of our readers who do not live in the USA: | A potentially significant note for some of our readers who do not live in the USA: |
| That CNN live stream won’t work for you, apparently. Just flip on CNNI, he says. | That CNN live stream won’t work for you, apparently. Just flip on CNNI, he says. |
| @nycsouthpaw live stream only works in the U.S. the debate is live on @CNNI around the world | @nycsouthpaw live stream only works in the U.S. the debate is live on @CNNI around the world |
| Updated at 1.34am BST | Updated at 1.34am BST |
| 1.27am BST01:27 | 1.27am BST01:27 |
| Can Sanders upstage Clinton? It's debate time | Can Sanders upstage Clinton? It's debate time |
| We’re moments away now from the start of the first Democratic presidential debate. We thank you for joining us – there will be jokes – and we encourage you to pitch in please below the line. | We’re moments away now from the start of the first Democratic presidential debate. We thank you for joining us – there will be jokes – and we encourage you to pitch in please below the line. |
| To review, the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui (@sabrinasiddiqui) and Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) are in Las Vegas and a whole beautiful archipelago of journalistic talent is spread east from there. | To review, the Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui (@sabrinasiddiqui) and Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) are in Las Vegas and a whole beautiful archipelago of journalistic talent is spread east from there. |
| The question of the night has to be: Can Bernie Sanders knock Clinton off her perch as the front-runner and still-perceived shoe-in for the Democratic nomination? Her favorables among Democrats are through the roof and, apart from in a few (inconveniently timed) states, her lead in the polls is daunting ... bordering on frightful. | The question of the night has to be: Can Bernie Sanders knock Clinton off her perch as the front-runner and still-perceived shoe-in for the Democratic nomination? Her favorables among Democrats are through the roof and, apart from in a few (inconveniently timed) states, her lead in the polls is daunting ... bordering on frightful. |
| Sanders could confront Clinton on the continuity of her commitment to the working class, on her record as a New York senator during the Wall Street bailout or on a different angle of the basic case he has been tirelessly making for 40 years on behalf of lower-income Americans. There could also be a showdown on the Keystone XL pipeline, or the TPP trade deal, or gun control – and certainly that email scandal. | Sanders could confront Clinton on the continuity of her commitment to the working class, on her record as a New York senator during the Wall Street bailout or on a different angle of the basic case he has been tirelessly making for 40 years on behalf of lower-income Americans. There could also be a showdown on the Keystone XL pipeline, or the TPP trade deal, or gun control – and certainly that email scandal. |
| Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb or Lincoln Chafee may score an unexpected point or turn in a performance with the kind of surprising charisma that changes enough voters’ minds to change the face of the race. | Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb or Lincoln Chafee may score an unexpected point or turn in a performance with the kind of surprising charisma that changes enough voters’ minds to change the face of the race. |
| Or Clinton may remind voters and viewers why she is the frontrunner, why she still thrives after three decades of intense scrutiny in the public eye, why the party and big donors are behind her and why she still has the faith of a huge number of average Americans. Hillary Clinton could win this, too, you know. | Or Clinton may remind voters and viewers why she is the frontrunner, why she still thrives after three decades of intense scrutiny in the public eye, why the party and big donors are behind her and why she still has the faith of a huge number of average Americans. Hillary Clinton could win this, too, you know. |
| How will it turn out? Watch with us! The gang’s all here. | How will it turn out? Watch with us! The gang’s all here. |
| 1.23am BST01:23 | 1.23am BST01:23 |
| Adam Gabbatt | Adam Gabbatt |
| The excitement is mounting, but somehow Adam Gabbatt has still found time to come up with a number of puns about the Democratic candidates, along with situations in which they might come in handy. | The excitement is mounting, but somehow Adam Gabbatt has still found time to come up with a number of puns about the Democratic candidates, along with situations in which they might come in handy. |
| (Adam is from Britain, where Chafee – a common first name for girls – is pronounced to rhyme with daffy.) | (Adam is from Britain, where Chafee – a common first name for girls – is pronounced to rhyme with daffy.) |
| Updated at 1.26am BST | Updated at 1.26am BST |
| 1.09am BST01:09 | 1.09am BST01:09 |
| Suzanne Goldenberg | Suzanne Goldenberg |
| Democratic voters think climate change is a bigger threat than Isis – so there is virtually no way candidates will leave the stage in Las Vegas tonight without talking about the global challenge, writes Guardian US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg (@suzyji): | Democratic voters think climate change is a bigger threat than Isis – so there is virtually no way candidates will leave the stage in Las Vegas tonight without talking about the global challenge, writes Guardian US environment correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg (@suzyji): |
| Hillary Clinton in particular can expect a question about the Keystone XL pipeline. | Hillary Clinton in particular can expect a question about the Keystone XL pipeline. |
| Unlike the Republican debates which gave very short shrift to climate change – with one token question in the third hour of the CNN debate – the Democratic candidates have been vying with one another to show how far they would go to fight global warming. | Unlike the Republican debates which gave very short shrift to climate change – with one token question in the third hour of the CNN debate – the Democratic candidates have been vying with one another to show how far they would go to fight global warming. |
| Campaigners therefore are hoping to use the Democratic debates to push the candidates to do more. On a conference call on Tuesday morning, Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist, and Jay Inslee and Jack Markell, respectively the Democratic governors of Washington and Delaware, teamed up to press the candidates to move beyond the usual slogans, and embed climate solutions in their economic policy. | Campaigners therefore are hoping to use the Democratic debates to push the candidates to do more. On a conference call on Tuesday morning, Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist, and Jay Inslee and Jack Markell, respectively the Democratic governors of Washington and Delaware, teamed up to press the candidates to move beyond the usual slogans, and embed climate solutions in their economic policy. |
| “We don’t just want to hear about the threat of climate change but to learn about how candidates plan to solve it ... what those solutions will mean for them,” Inslee said. “Is it part of a compelling long-term vision for our country or is it just a footnote to the rest of the programme?” | “We don’t just want to hear about the threat of climate change but to learn about how candidates plan to solve it ... what those solutions will mean for them,” Inslee said. “Is it part of a compelling long-term vision for our country or is it just a footnote to the rest of the programme?” |
| Steyer had an even sharper message. “It really is a question of being on the front foot, not just avoiding a mistake,” he said. “It’s not just not building the Keystone pipeline.” | Steyer had an even sharper message. “It really is a question of being on the front foot, not just avoiding a mistake,” he said. “It’s not just not building the Keystone pipeline.” |
| The other key point for Inslee was the ability of candidates to craft a winning message around climate change for the 2016 elections. | The other key point for Inslee was the ability of candidates to craft a winning message around climate change for the 2016 elections. |
| Party operatives and campaign groups think climate change could be a winning issue for Democrats in 2016. Climate denial – the default position of the Republican field barring Lindsey Graham – can easily be cast as extreme and anti-science. | Party operatives and campaign groups think climate change could be a winning issue for Democrats in 2016. Climate denial – the default position of the Republican field barring Lindsey Graham – can easily be cast as extreme and anti-science. |
| The governor and others will be looking for conviction on climate change. | The governor and others will be looking for conviction on climate change. |
| Clinton in this regard has been playing catch up. She was slow to take a position on the Keystone XL, declaring only last month that she was against the project. Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley are longtime opponents. | Clinton in this regard has been playing catch up. She was slow to take a position on the Keystone XL, declaring only last month that she was against the project. Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley are longtime opponents. |
| Clinton also moved to catch up on Arctic drilling, coming out against Obama’s decision to allow Shell to hunt for oil in Arctic waters. | Clinton also moved to catch up on Arctic drilling, coming out against Obama’s decision to allow Shell to hunt for oil in Arctic waters. |
| But Clinton also has John Podesta on her side – the man who helped push Obama’s climate action in the White House, and is widely seen as the guiding hand behind Clinton’s ambitious targets on solar power. | But Clinton also has John Podesta on her side – the man who helped push Obama’s climate action in the White House, and is widely seen as the guiding hand behind Clinton’s ambitious targets on solar power. |
| 1.07am BST01:07 | 1.07am BST01:07 |
| OK we’re taking a short break for pizza and we encourage you to do the same. In case you haven’t been following the live blog too closely: | OK we’re taking a short break for pizza and we encourage you to do the same. In case you haven’t been following the live blog too closely: |
| The debate hasn’t started yet. | The debate hasn’t started yet. |
| In the interest of supplying you with uninterrupted entertainment, as we supply our faces with pizza, here are a couple video specials we’ve produced recently. | In the interest of supplying you with uninterrupted entertainment, as we supply our faces with pizza, here are a couple video specials we’ve produced recently. |
| One explores the evolution of Hillary Clinton’s explanations and apologies for having used private email during her time as secretary of state, and then being slow to characterize what that involved exactly, to the extent where now the FBI and a stack of ambitious Congressmen are involved. | One explores the evolution of Hillary Clinton’s explanations and apologies for having used private email during her time as secretary of state, and then being slow to characterize what that involved exactly, to the extent where now the FBI and a stack of ambitious Congressmen are involved. |
| Hillary Clinton’s email scandal: the best of the apologies and non-apologies - video | Hillary Clinton’s email scandal: the best of the apologies and non-apologies - video |
| If you liked that, you may equally enjoy | If you liked that, you may equally enjoy |
| Hillary Clinton’s flip flops: from same-sex marriage to TPP – video | Hillary Clinton’s flip flops: from same-sex marriage to TPP – video |
| – you can read coverage related to that video here. We started work on a video of how Bernie Sanders has changed his mind but it’s shaping up as less of a montage and more of an SMPTE color bars screen. | – you can read coverage related to that video here. We started work on a video of how Bernie Sanders has changed his mind but it’s shaping up as less of a montage and more of an SMPTE color bars screen. |
| Here’s Sanders talking with Stephen Colbert about being a socialist though: | Here’s Sanders talking with Stephen Colbert about being a socialist though: |
| Updated at 1.15am BST | Updated at 1.15am BST |
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| No debate preview would be complete without a look at how the participants are preparing for the big moment. | No debate preview would be complete without a look at how the participants are preparing for the big moment. |
| Let’s go first inside firebrand challenger Bernie Sanders’ playbook: | Let’s go first inside firebrand challenger Bernie Sanders’ playbook: |
| Sanders team says he will "chill out" before the #DemDebate tonight, after a short walk through and AM briefings. @kasie reports for @MSNBC | Sanders team says he will "chill out" before the #DemDebate tonight, after a short walk through and AM briefings. @kasie reports for @MSNBC |
| That’s “chill out,” which familiars with the lexicon of American politics will recognize as meaning – huh? | That’s “chill out,” which familiars with the lexicon of American politics will recognize as meaning – huh? |
| How, precisely, does Bernie Sanders chill out? https://t.co/QNtYUB7kkC | How, precisely, does Bernie Sanders chill out? https://t.co/QNtYUB7kkC |
| ...? Maybe with the moon rock? | ...? Maybe with the moon rock? |
| Meanwhile Hillary Clinton plans “lite” debate prep, CNN’s Dan Merica reports... | Meanwhile Hillary Clinton plans “lite” debate prep, CNN’s Dan Merica reports... |
| Clinton campaign chairman @johnpodesta says Clinton will likely have one more prep session before the actual debate, but it will be "lite." | Clinton campaign chairman @johnpodesta says Clinton will likely have one more prep session before the actual debate, but it will be "lite." |
| ... and Chafee is going for a walk... | ... and Chafee is going for a walk... |
| How is Chafee preparing for the debate? "He has taken some walks. He likes to walk," said his spox. "That gets him in the right mindset." | How is Chafee preparing for the debate? "He has taken some walks. He likes to walk," said his spox. "That gets him in the right mindset." |
| ...while O’Malley is apparently going to noodle around a bit on his guitar... | ...while O’Malley is apparently going to noodle around a bit on his guitar... |
| Fun tidbit: Gov. Martin O'Malley is bringing his guitar to the debate, per a spokeswoman, and will have it in his green room. | Fun tidbit: Gov. Martin O'Malley is bringing his guitar to the debate, per a spokeswoman, and will have it in his green room. |
| The Democrats are totally going to lose this year? Like McGovern style? | The Democrats are totally going to lose this year? Like McGovern style? |
| Oh wait – sounds like Webb is going to beat something up. Whew | Oh wait – sounds like Webb is going to beat something up. Whew |
| Jim Webb on wether he is excited about the debate after his walk though: "I spent eight years as a boxer. So this is pretty similar." | Jim Webb on wether he is excited about the debate after his walk though: "I spent eight years as a boxer. So this is pretty similar." |
| UPDATE dayum (h/t @kaylaepstein): | UPDATE dayum (h/t @kaylaepstein): |
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| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| We know, because he’s told us, what Donald Trump will be doing during the debate. But what about the rest of the Republican field? | We know, because he’s told us, what Donald Trump will be doing during the debate. But what about the rest of the Republican field? |
| The soundtrack at the party we for some reason enjoy imagining that you are at may have slowed a notch from Kool to, say, Atlantic Starr, but Ben Jacobs is still shouting, and this time it’s about what GOP candidates have on tap tonight: “Some candidates have campaign events overlapping,” Ben shouts: | The soundtrack at the party we for some reason enjoy imagining that you are at may have slowed a notch from Kool to, say, Atlantic Starr, but Ben Jacobs is still shouting, and this time it’s about what GOP candidates have on tap tonight: “Some candidates have campaign events overlapping,” Ben shouts: |
| Kentucky senator Rand Paul is holding an event at the University of Iowa which starts at 6:30 Central. However, a Paul spokesman told the Guardian that “we have an event overlap but he’ll watch parts and is expected to react on the livestream.” (Paul is livestreaming his entire day on the campaign trail on Periscope). | Kentucky senator Rand Paul is holding an event at the University of Iowa which starts at 6:30 Central. However, a Paul spokesman told the Guardian that “we have an event overlap but he’ll watch parts and is expected to react on the livestream.” (Paul is livestreaming his entire day on the campaign trail on Periscope). |
| Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former senator Rick Santorum also have campaign events tonight but will try to watch what they can. A spokesman for Santorum told the Guardian that he would listen on the radio in the car between events. | Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former senator Rick Santorum also have campaign events tonight but will try to watch what they can. A spokesman for Santorum told the Guardian that he would listen on the radio in the car between events. |
| But not all Republicans are watching. Florida senator Marco Rubio told Greta van Susteren on Fox News Monday that he likely won’t be watching, although he will likely “see the clips and the highlights.” | But not all Republicans are watching. Florida senator Marco Rubio told Greta van Susteren on Fox News Monday that he likely won’t be watching, although he will likely “see the clips and the highlights.” |
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| Some people in the universe have noted that one significant figure in national Democratic politics to whom intensive speculation has been attached as to his designs or not on the White House, who is the sitting vice president with a ready-made army of potential supporters and donors – uh, he’s not in Las Vegas. | Some people in the universe have noted that one significant figure in national Democratic politics to whom intensive speculation has been attached as to his designs or not on the White House, who is the sitting vice president with a ready-made army of potential supporters and donors – uh, he’s not in Las Vegas. |
| Is Joe Biden running for president? Not so far. But CNN thought there was enough of a chance that he would do so at the last minute that they prepared a “breakout podium” (that’s actually a lectern, to read or speak behind. You stand on podiums (podia?)). | Is Joe Biden running for president? Not so far. But CNN thought there was enough of a chance that he would do so at the last minute that they prepared a “breakout podium” (that’s actually a lectern, to read or speak behind. You stand on podiums (podia?)). |
| In case of Biden break out podium number 6. Here it is folks. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/27B7ij3IEO | In case of Biden break out podium number 6. Here it is folks. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/27B7ij3IEO |
| But the vice president will not be in the debate hall tonight. Instead he is literally hosting a high school reunion. Then he says he’ll watch from home. No word on whether he’ll follow the baseball. But let’s be honest: probably. | But the vice president will not be in the debate hall tonight. Instead he is literally hosting a high school reunion. Then he says he’ll watch from home. No word on whether he’ll follow the baseball. But let’s be honest: probably. |
| The publication of the lectern pic does not sit well with some readers alongside the fact that Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard Professor who says he has reported raising more than $1m in his own Democratic presidential bid to get the dark money out of politics, has not been invited by CNN – because, they say, his poll numbers were too low (and Chafee and Webb and O’Malley on stage, that’s saying something). | The publication of the lectern pic does not sit well with some readers alongside the fact that Lawrence Lessig, the Harvard Professor who says he has reported raising more than $1m in his own Democratic presidential bid to get the dark money out of politics, has not been invited by CNN – because, they say, his poll numbers were too low (and Chafee and Webb and O’Malley on stage, that’s saying something). |
| .@CNN You obviously have a spare podium. Why not #LetLessigDebate? Biden isn't coming. @Lessig2016 #FixDemocracyFirst #DemDebate | .@CNN You obviously have a spare podium. Why not #LetLessigDebate? Biden isn't coming. @Lessig2016 #FixDemocracyFirst #DemDebate |
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| Here’s a strange piece of news to emerge on the verge of Clinton’s first big debate outing of 2016: the New Yorker has published, in full and for the first time, an Obama campaign memo from 2008 describing how to beat her. | Here’s a strange piece of news to emerge on the verge of Clinton’s first big debate outing of 2016: the New Yorker has published, in full and for the first time, an Obama campaign memo from 2008 describing how to beat her. |
| The memo describes a plan to attack Clinton’s perceived vulnerability on character issues, after the brushes with indignity and untruth during the Bill Clinton administration and a lingering sense of impropriety and secrecy, if not outright scandal, during her years in the senate. | The memo describes a plan to attack Clinton’s perceived vulnerability on character issues, after the brushes with indignity and untruth during the Bill Clinton administration and a lingering sense of impropriety and secrecy, if not outright scandal, during her years in the senate. |
| Here’s a grab of part of them memo. Click through for explication and related news coverage. | Here’s a grab of part of them memo. Click through for explication and related news coverage. |
| Here's how the Obama team viewed the contrast between Obama and Hillary in 2007 http://t.co/CJbosO8gdf pic.twitter.com/Ab5o5W2Zyd | Here's how the Obama team viewed the contrast between Obama and Hillary in 2007 http://t.co/CJbosO8gdf pic.twitter.com/Ab5o5W2Zyd |
| It's almost as if there are Obama loyalists who don't like Hillary . . . . https://t.co/r6919ppyjG | It's almost as if there are Obama loyalists who don't like Hillary . . . . https://t.co/r6919ppyjG |
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| In case you’ve forgotten what Jim Webb, the Emmy-award winning journalist whose Fields of Fire Tom Wolfe called “the finest of the Vietnam novels”, looks like, CNN has a graphic, which handily places the candidates in the order in which they will appear onstage and links to the live stream site: | In case you’ve forgotten what Jim Webb, the Emmy-award winning journalist whose Fields of Fire Tom Wolfe called “the finest of the Vietnam novels”, looks like, CNN has a graphic, which handily places the candidates in the order in which they will appear onstage and links to the live stream site: |
| All the ways to watch tonight's #DemDebate http://t.co/mBEMpquU8R pic.twitter.com/jWj1q1NUc2 | All the ways to watch tonight's #DemDebate http://t.co/mBEMpquU8R pic.twitter.com/jWj1q1NUc2 |
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| At the request of many, and even though I expect it to be a very boring two hours, I will be covering the Democrat Debate live on twitter! | At the request of many, and even though I expect it to be a very boring two hours, I will be covering the Democrat Debate live on twitter! |
| And yes, we’re aware of what we’re competing against. We know you have a choice of live debate coverage, and we want to thank you for choosing us! | And yes, we’re aware of what we’re competing against. We know you have a choice of live debate coverage, and we want to thank you for choosing us! |
| Now pay us $10 for a beer and no we don’t take cash. | Now pay us $10 for a beer and no we don’t take cash. |
| Not only are there other live blogs out there competing for your attention tonight – Game 4 of the Dodgers-Mets playoff series starts at 8.07pm, just early enough to be in full swing by the time the Democrats start talking. | Not only are there other live blogs out there competing for your attention tonight – Game 4 of the Dodgers-Mets playoff series starts at 8.07pm, just early enough to be in full swing by the time the Democrats start talking. |
| It’ll be a night of channel surfing in the White House, the press secretary has announced: | It’ll be a night of channel surfing in the White House, the press secretary has announced: |
| Wouldn't be surprised if the president catches part of the debate tonight, @PressSec says, but he's likely to "channel surf" over to #MLB | Wouldn't be surprised if the president catches part of the debate tonight, @PressSec says, but he's likely to "channel surf" over to #MLB |
| (Obama’s Cubs are on the verge of wrapping up their series against the Cardinals. It’s 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh.) | (Obama’s Cubs are on the verge of wrapping up their series against the Cardinals. It’s 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh.) |
| Tonight's liveblog: "Nice attack by O'Malley... HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!... Cuse me, Sanders makes an interesting pt there about income inequality" | Tonight's liveblog: "Nice attack by O'Malley... HOME RUN!!!!!!!!!... Cuse me, Sanders makes an interesting pt there about income inequality" |
| Updated at 12.13am BST | Updated at 12.13am BST |
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| Ben Jacobs | Ben Jacobs |
| At that party you’re at, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is there too, and in case you can’t hear him shouting over Kool & The Gang, here’s a transcription of what he’s saying. | At that party you’re at, the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs is there too, and in case you can’t hear him shouting over Kool & The Gang, here’s a transcription of what he’s saying. |
| “Much of the media attention around tonight’s Democratic debate has focused on the long-awaited showdown between frontrunner Hillary Clinton and insurgent Bernie Sanders,” Ben shouts. | “Much of the media attention around tonight’s Democratic debate has focused on the long-awaited showdown between frontrunner Hillary Clinton and insurgent Bernie Sanders,” Ben shouts. |
| “However, there are three other candidates on the stage who will try to make their mark and take advantage of their first major moment in the sun”: | “However, there are three other candidates on the stage who will try to make their mark and take advantage of their first major moment in the sun”: |
| Martin O’Malley: The former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore has been, in a way, the most disappointing of all the Democratic candidates. O’Malley once appeared to be best positioned of any candidate to challenge Clinton from the left. He has repeatedly visited Iowa and New Hampshire and courted elected officials and activists in those states. However, the unrest in his hometown of Baltimore shortly before his campaign launch altered the political narrative around him, and the rise of Bernie Sanders has made it difficult for a more traditional politician to stand out. | Martin O’Malley: The former governor of Maryland and mayor of Baltimore has been, in a way, the most disappointing of all the Democratic candidates. O’Malley once appeared to be best positioned of any candidate to challenge Clinton from the left. He has repeatedly visited Iowa and New Hampshire and courted elected officials and activists in those states. However, the unrest in his hometown of Baltimore shortly before his campaign launch altered the political narrative around him, and the rise of Bernie Sanders has made it difficult for a more traditional politician to stand out. |
| With Joe Biden’s potential candidacy looming, this may be the former Maryland governor’s one shot to catapult himself out of the tier of also ran candidates. Like Eminem in the movie 8 Mile, “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow / This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.” | With Joe Biden’s potential candidacy looming, this may be the former Maryland governor’s one shot to catapult himself out of the tier of also ran candidates. Like Eminem in the movie 8 Mile, “You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow / This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.” |
| Jim Webb: A former one-term senator from Virginia with three tattoos, Webb is perhaps the most idiosyncratic candidate on stage, and running one of the most idiosyncratic campaigns. He has rarely been in Iowa, New Hampshire, on television or really any place else. Mother Jones even launched an investigation to see if he was really running for president. Webb’s last public appearance seems to have been on a radio show in late September. | Jim Webb: A former one-term senator from Virginia with three tattoos, Webb is perhaps the most idiosyncratic candidate on stage, and running one of the most idiosyncratic campaigns. He has rarely been in Iowa, New Hampshire, on television or really any place else. Mother Jones even launched an investigation to see if he was really running for president. Webb’s last public appearance seems to have been on a radio show in late September. |
| Despite all of this, Webb, who gave the Democratic response to the State of the Union in 2007 and was once considered a rising star in politics, still brings enough gravitas to be taken at least somewhat seriously. The question is whether he can use the debate to finally start a conventional campaign or if Webb, a combat veteran who served secretary of the navy under Ronald Reagan, just keeps on doing his own thing. | Despite all of this, Webb, who gave the Democratic response to the State of the Union in 2007 and was once considered a rising star in politics, still brings enough gravitas to be taken at least somewhat seriously. The question is whether he can use the debate to finally start a conventional campaign or if Webb, a combat veteran who served secretary of the navy under Ronald Reagan, just keeps on doing his own thing. |
| Lincoln Chafee: For Lincoln Chafee, if he is to walk the long road to the White House, he has to make up more than a few kilometers tonight. The former Rhode Island governor and senator, best known for his advocacy for the metric system and party switch to become a Democrat in 2013, has been the darkest of dark horses in the race. | Lincoln Chafee: For Lincoln Chafee, if he is to walk the long road to the White House, he has to make up more than a few kilometers tonight. The former Rhode Island governor and senator, best known for his advocacy for the metric system and party switch to become a Democrat in 2013, has been the darkest of dark horses in the race. |
| So far, the highlight of Chafee’s campaign has been a music video aired by late night talk show host Conan O’Brien rooting for the former Rhode Island governor to somehow crack one percent in the polls. Chafee has to find a way to change that tonight and maybe even work his way up to 2%. | So far, the highlight of Chafee’s campaign has been a music video aired by late night talk show host Conan O’Brien rooting for the former Rhode Island governor to somehow crack one percent in the polls. Chafee has to find a way to change that tonight and maybe even work his way up to 2%. |
| Updated at 12.17am BST | Updated at 12.17am BST |
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| We have a lot of informational and entertaining preview content coming your way before the debate begins, in about two hours now. | We have a lot of informational and entertaining preview content coming your way before the debate begins, in about two hours now. |
| But we want to start the night out by giving pride of place to you, our readers, many of whom have replied to our online callout for questions you’d like to see asked: | But we want to start the night out by giving pride of place to you, our readers, many of whom have replied to our online callout for questions you’d like to see asked: |
| What's the one question you would ask the Democratic presidential candidates? Tell us before the #DemDebate http://t.co/ON9U1GZL2o | What's the one question you would ask the Democratic presidential candidates? Tell us before the #DemDebate http://t.co/ON9U1GZL2o |
| On Facebook, Miriam Colman asks: | On Facebook, Miriam Colman asks: |
| What are their proposals for coming to a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict? | What are their proposals for coming to a peaceful resolution to the Syrian conflict? |
| What common ground do they see with republicans and how do they plan on building on them? | What common ground do they see with republicans and how do they plan on building on them? |
| On our Guardian Witness tool, user carbird76 asks: | On our Guardian Witness tool, user carbird76 asks: |
| Stagnant wages | Stagnant wages |
| What are you gonna do to raise wages? Many Americans haven't had a raise in many years. Many of us are up to our eyeballs in debt, and mad as hell about it. And honestly, Barack hasn't slowed the exporting if jobs at all. What are you gonna do? | What are you gonna do to raise wages? Many Americans haven't had a raise in many years. Many of us are up to our eyeballs in debt, and mad as hell about it. And honestly, Barack hasn't slowed the exporting if jobs at all. What are you gonna do? |
| Sent via Guardian Witness | Sent via Guardian Witness |
| By carbird76 | By carbird76 |
| 11 October 2015, 21:57 | 11 October 2015, 21:57 |
| We hope some of you are getting together to talk about these questions tonight. And, just in case you’re calling that couch and TV and cocktails outnumbering invitees a debate “party”... | We hope some of you are getting together to talk about these questions tonight. And, just in case you’re calling that couch and TV and cocktails outnumbering invitees a debate “party”... |
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| Welcome to Democratic debate night! | Welcome to Democratic debate night! |
| Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 race for the White House. The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui (@sabrinasiddiqui) and Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) are in Las Vegas, where CNN is scheduled to start broadcasting the action at 8.30pm ET (you can watch it for free online right here, though the network’s countdown clock has only begun on TV). | Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first Democratic presidential debate of the 2016 race for the White House. The Guardian’s Sabrina Siddiqui (@sabrinasiddiqui) and Paul Lewis (@PaulLewis) are in Las Vegas, where CNN is scheduled to start broadcasting the action at 8.30pm ET (you can watch it for free online right here, though the network’s countdown clock has only begun on TV). |
| The last time around, Hillary Clinton was flanked by candidates called Barack Obama and John Edwards and under pressure to defend her Iraq war vote and years on the Walmart board. She took part in 21 televised debates over an entire year from 2007 to 2008 – and lost. | The last time around, Hillary Clinton was flanked by candidates called Barack Obama and John Edwards and under pressure to defend her Iraq war vote and years on the Walmart board. She took part in 21 televised debates over an entire year from 2007 to 2008 – and lost. |
| Tonight, Clinton will be flanked by candidates called Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, and a couple of other guys, and under pressure to prove, after all her years in the public eye, she is finally the answer for Democratic voters – and for the country, including the 70% who tell Gallup they are “dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States”. | Tonight, Clinton will be flanked by candidates called Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, and a couple of other guys, and under pressure to prove, after all her years in the public eye, she is finally the answer for Democratic voters – and for the country, including the 70% who tell Gallup they are “dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States”. |
| But it’s not all about Hillary Clinton. For about a quarter of Democrats, Sanders (CV here) has been right everywhere where Clinton (CV) has been sort of wrong – Bernie Sanders, they say, is right on the war on poverty, right on the climate, right on calling out discrimination. | But it’s not all about Hillary Clinton. For about a quarter of Democrats, Sanders (CV here) has been right everywhere where Clinton (CV) has been sort of wrong – Bernie Sanders, they say, is right on the war on poverty, right on the climate, right on calling out discrimination. |
| The contrast between Clinton and Sanders, side-by-side, will be one of the night’s main attractions at the Wynn on the Vegas Strip. But any of the three other candidates onstage – former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley (CV), former Virginia senator Jim Webb (CV) and former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee (CV) – has the potential to seize the conversation and define the evening. | The contrast between Clinton and Sanders, side-by-side, will be one of the night’s main attractions at the Wynn on the Vegas Strip. But any of the three other candidates onstage – former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley (CV), former Virginia senator Jim Webb (CV) and former Rhode Island governor and senator Lincoln Chafee (CV) – has the potential to seize the conversation and define the evening. |
| Is Clinton in trouble? Can Sanders expand his appeal? Will O’Malley or Webb have a breakout moment? Will Chafee repeat his calls to pardon Edward Snowden and encourage the US to adopt the metric system? We’ll be answering all those questions and some even more outlandish ones throughout the evening right here, with a cast of characters from Washington and way, way beyond: | Is Clinton in trouble? Can Sanders expand his appeal? Will O’Malley or Webb have a breakout moment? Will Chafee repeat his calls to pardon Edward Snowden and encourage the US to adopt the metric system? We’ll be answering all those questions and some even more outlandish ones throughout the evening right here, with a cast of characters from Washington and way, way beyond: |
| We promise not to take anything TOO seriously. But we also would not send you into this evening’s two-hour debate without screening this short film of interviews with voters on the streets of Las Vegas, from Sabrina Siddiqui and videographer Laurence Mathieu-Léger over the weekend. | We promise not to take anything TOO seriously. But we also would not send you into this evening’s two-hour debate without screening this short film of interviews with voters on the streets of Las Vegas, from Sabrina Siddiqui and videographer Laurence Mathieu-Léger over the weekend. |
| Updated at 11.37pm BST | Updated at 11.37pm BST |