Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2016 2:28:24 GMT -6
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Bernie Sanders got a taste here Saturday night of what could await him when the Democratic presidential campaign comes to South Carolina.
The senator from Vermont delivered a forceful speech and appealed to a predominantly African-American audience with calls to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system and cure chronic minority unemployment.
But it was Hillary Clinton who owned the room at a South Carolina Democratic Party dinner. In contrast to her two opponents, Clinton received boisterous, standing ovations at the start and finish of her speech. She offered herself as a steely protector of President Obama’s legacy who would preserve and extending his policies.
The dinner was held on the eve of Sunday’s NBC debate and kicked off a weekend of political festivities in Charleston timed around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Following the dinner, the candidates went across town to Rep. James E. Clyburn’s famous fish fry, where they rallied hundreds of Democratic activists over fried fish, libations, music and dance.
Continue reading at www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/16/sanders-gets-a-look-at-clintons-south-carolina-firewall/ .
The senator from Vermont delivered a forceful speech and appealed to a predominantly African-American audience with calls to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system and cure chronic minority unemployment.
But it was Hillary Clinton who owned the room at a South Carolina Democratic Party dinner. In contrast to her two opponents, Clinton received boisterous, standing ovations at the start and finish of her speech. She offered herself as a steely protector of President Obama’s legacy who would preserve and extending his policies.
The dinner was held on the eve of Sunday’s NBC debate and kicked off a weekend of political festivities in Charleston timed around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Following the dinner, the candidates went across town to Rep. James E. Clyburn’s famous fish fry, where they rallied hundreds of Democratic activists over fried fish, libations, music and dance.
Continue reading at www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/01/16/sanders-gets-a-look-at-clintons-south-carolina-firewall/ .