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Post by Logan on Jan 31, 2016 1:50:31 GMT -6
AMES, IOWA -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, locked in a tight race for the Democratic nomination, agreed to add four more debates to the calendar, campaign aides said Saturday. Under the deal, the Democratic candidates for president will debate next Thursday in New Hampshire as well as three more times in March, April and May. But later Saturday, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said the Clinton campaign had not accepted the location of one of the debates Sanders had proposed, April 14 in New York. Clinton did agree to March 3 in Michigan and May 24 in California. “Why won't they debate in Brooklyn? What's the matter with Brooklyn?” he asked. It’s unclear if the Democratic National Committee, which had previously denied requests to add an additional debate in New Hampshire, would allow the debates to be sanctioned. DNC officials said Saturday they were talking to the campaigns but nothing had been agree to. Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article57510108.html
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