Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
knocked each other around Thursday in their first one-on-one debate of
the 2016 season, but ultimately closed ranks behind the notion of
keeping the White House in their party’s hands.
Sanders spent much of the evening arguing that he
was the true standard-bearer for the Democratic Party, hammering the
former secretary of state over her ties to Wall Street and vote in favor
of the war in Iraq. Clinton focused her energies largely on defending
her progressive bona fides, while arguing that the Vermont independent
was putting ideological purity on a pedestal above pragmatic proposals
that could actually become reality.
But by the end of their MSNBC encounter, the two candidates closed ranks.
It started when moderator Chuck Todd asserted that
Clinton did not think Sanders could be president. She looked genuinely
surprised, and said, “I never said that,” then brushed aside his
follow-up about whether she might pick Sanders as a running mate if she
wins the party’s nomination.
“ Well, I’m certainly going to unite the
party, but I’m not getting ahead of myself. I think that would be a
little bit presumptuous,” Clinton said. “If I’m so fortunate as to be
the nominee, the first person I will call to talk to about where we go
and how we get it done will be Sen. Sanders.”
Todd tried the question on Sanders.
“I agree
with what the secretary said. We shouldn’t be getting ahead of
ourselves,” the Vermont senator replied. ”And as I have said many times,
you know, sometimes in these campaigns, things get a little bit out of
hand. I happen to respect the secretary very much, I hope it’s mutual.
And on our worst days, I think it is fair to say we are 100 times better
than any Republican candidate.”
Clinton agreed, declaring “That’s true, that’s true.”
Clinton agreed, declaring “That’s true, that’s true.”
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