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| As Democratic debate begins, both candidates have a lot on the line | |
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| Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have begun their second one-on-one debate, as Sanders seeks to build on his huge win in the New Hampshire primary — and Clinton hopes that minority voters can help save her struggling campaign. | |
| The debate in Milwaukee began at 9 p.m. It is being televised on PBS. | |
| [Live updates from the debate] | |
| As the candidates prepared for the debate on Thursday, Clinton got a bit of good news. She was endorsed by the political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus, with Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), the caucus chairman, saying no candidate “understands the racial divide” as well as Clinton does. | |
| With an implicit attack on Sanders, Butterfield dismissed candidates who “just promise wonderful things, but things that are politically impossible to achieve.” | With an implicit attack on Sanders, Butterfield dismissed candidates who “just promise wonderful things, but things that are politically impossible to achieve.” |
| But also Thursday, The Washington Post revealed new details about a State Department investigation into Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. The Post reported that investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation in the fall seeking documents about the charity’s projects that may have required approval from the federal government during Hillary Clinton’s term as secretary of state. | But also Thursday, The Washington Post revealed new details about a State Department investigation into Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. The Post reported that investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation in the fall seeking documents about the charity’s projects that may have required approval from the federal government during Hillary Clinton’s term as secretary of state. |
| The subpoena also asked for records related to Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide. For six months in 2012 Abedin was employed simultaneously by the State Department, the foundation, Clinton’s personal office and a private consulting firm with ties to the Clintons. | The subpoena also asked for records related to Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide. For six months in 2012 Abedin was employed simultaneously by the State Department, the foundation, Clinton’s personal office and a private consulting firm with ties to the Clintons. |
| In Thursday’s debate, Clinton may face new questions about the relationships between the foundation and people important to the State Department — both its employees, and the foreign governments it had contact with — during her tenure as secretary. She may also face questions about her use of a private email server to handle government business during that period, which has raised questions about whether Clinton mishandled classified information. | In Thursday’s debate, Clinton may face new questions about the relationships between the foundation and people important to the State Department — both its employees, and the foreign governments it had contact with — during her tenure as secretary. She may also face questions about her use of a private email server to handle government business during that period, which has raised questions about whether Clinton mishandled classified information. |
| [State Dept. investigators subpoenaed records from Clinton Foundation] | [State Dept. investigators subpoenaed records from Clinton Foundation] |
| Thursday will mark the first time the candidates have met since Sanders — a senator from Vermont who calls himself a “democratic socialist” — won a runaway victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire presidential primary. | Thursday will mark the first time the candidates have met since Sanders — a senator from Vermont who calls himself a “democratic socialist” — won a runaway victory in Tuesday’s New Hampshire presidential primary. |
| On Thursday, Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, was asked if she had a sinking feeling now, or saw parallels to the 2008 Democratic primary, where her mother began as the front-runner but lost to then-Sen. Barack Obama. | On Thursday, Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, was asked if she had a sinking feeling now, or saw parallels to the 2008 Democratic primary, where her mother began as the front-runner but lost to then-Sen. Barack Obama. |
| “I didn’t have a sinking feeling eight years ago, and I don’t now,” Chelsea Clinton said. “I don’t think of the world that way.” | “I didn’t have a sinking feeling eight years ago, and I don’t now,” Chelsea Clinton said. “I don’t think of the world that way.” |
| Chelsea Clinton was visiting a pediatric clinic and a pipefitter’s union hall in Flint, Mich., where mismanagement by state and local authorities led to massive leaching of toxic lead into the city’s water supply. The city has a large African American population, and Hillary Clinton has sought to make it an example of how black communities receive unequal treatment from government. | Chelsea Clinton was visiting a pediatric clinic and a pipefitter’s union hall in Flint, Mich., where mismanagement by state and local authorities led to massive leaching of toxic lead into the city’s water supply. The city has a large African American population, and Hillary Clinton has sought to make it an example of how black communities receive unequal treatment from government. |
| “I have a 16-month-old daughter, I’m pregnant with my second child, and I couldn’t even imagine the trauma knowing that my child was a victim, not because I did anything but because of where I live?” Chelsea Clinton said. “I just can’t imagine that.” | “I have a 16-month-old daughter, I’m pregnant with my second child, and I couldn’t even imagine the trauma knowing that my child was a victim, not because I did anything but because of where I live?” Chelsea Clinton said. “I just can’t imagine that.” |
| This debate is likely to focus on the concerns of African American and Latino voters, who will play key roles in several upcoming Democratic contests. Clinton, having struggled in heavily white Iowa and New Hampshire, thinks her support among these voters will provide a “firewall” that stymies Sanders’s upstart campaign. | This debate is likely to focus on the concerns of African American and Latino voters, who will play key roles in several upcoming Democratic contests. Clinton, having struggled in heavily white Iowa and New Hampshire, thinks her support among these voters will provide a “firewall” that stymies Sanders’s upstart campaign. |
| To hold that support, Clinton has focused in recent days on issues like gun control, criminal-sentencing reform and the disastrous mismanagement that allowed toxic lead to leach into drinking water in Flint, Mich. | To hold that support, Clinton has focused in recent days on issues like gun control, criminal-sentencing reform and the disastrous mismanagement that allowed toxic lead to leach into drinking water in Flint, Mich. |
| But Sanders has been aggressively moving to appeal to the same voters, combining his core message about economic unfairness with his own calls to reform the criminal-justice system. | But Sanders has been aggressively moving to appeal to the same voters, combining his core message about economic unfairness with his own calls to reform the criminal-justice system. |
| [Sanders debuts 4-minute ad featuring daughter of New York man who died in police chokehold] | [Sanders debuts 4-minute ad featuring daughter of New York man who died in police chokehold] |
| The tests of Sanders’s success will come in the next two Democratic contests, held in Nevada on Feb. 20 and in South Carolina on Feb. 27. The most recent polls in South Carolina and Nevada showed Clinton well ahead of Sanders. But they were all taken before the results came in from Iowa or New Hampshire. | The tests of Sanders’s success will come in the next two Democratic contests, held in Nevada on Feb. 20 and in South Carolina on Feb. 27. The most recent polls in South Carolina and Nevada showed Clinton well ahead of Sanders. But they were all taken before the results came in from Iowa or New Hampshire. |
| “If the elections were held today in both those states, we would lose,” Sanders told The Washington Post on Wednesday. “But I think we have momentum, I think we have a shot to win, and if we don’t win, we’ll do a lot better than people think we will.” | “If the elections were held today in both those states, we would lose,” Sanders told The Washington Post on Wednesday. “But I think we have momentum, I think we have a shot to win, and if we don’t win, we’ll do a lot better than people think we will.” |
| Clinton — the former secretary of state, senator, first lady and the race’s original front-runner — only barely beat Sanders in Iowa. Then, in New Hampshire, Sanders crushed Clinton by 22 percentage points, beating her among a variety of demographic groups, including women — who went for Sanders despite Clinton’s bid to be the first female president. | Clinton — the former secretary of state, senator, first lady and the race’s original front-runner — only barely beat Sanders in Iowa. Then, in New Hampshire, Sanders crushed Clinton by 22 percentage points, beating her among a variety of demographic groups, including women — who went for Sanders despite Clinton’s bid to be the first female president. |
| [A key reason young people don’t support Hillary Clinton? They don’t have daughters.] | [A key reason young people don’t support Hillary Clinton? They don’t have daughters.] |
| Also worrisome for Clinton: Exit polls showed Sanders overwhelmingly won young voters and middle-class voters. The only age group that went for Clinton was those older than 65, and the only income bracket that went for her was people making over $200,000 per year. | Also worrisome for Clinton: Exit polls showed Sanders overwhelmingly won young voters and middle-class voters. The only age group that went for Clinton was those older than 65, and the only income bracket that went for her was people making over $200,000 per year. |
| In the aftermath of that win, Sanders said he raised more than $6 million in new donations, according to news media reports. That infusion of money, which the campaign said was largely from small-dollar donors, will allow Sanders to spend heavily on TV ads in the coming states. | In the aftermath of that win, Sanders said he raised more than $6 million in new donations, according to news media reports. That infusion of money, which the campaign said was largely from small-dollar donors, will allow Sanders to spend heavily on TV ads in the coming states. |
| Steve Friess, a freelance writer, contributed to this report from Flint, Mich. | Steve Friess, a freelance writer, contributed to this report from Flint, Mich. |