Author: Steve Peoples
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Debate rivals assail Warren as she joins Democrats’ top rank
Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature “wealth tax” plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign. The pile-on reinforced her new status as a front-runner in the contest to take…
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Debate rivals assail Warren as she joins Democrats’ top rank
WESTERVILLE, Ohio • Elizabeth Warren repeatedly came under attack during Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate as rivals accused the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the cost of Medicare for All and her signature “wealth tax” plan in an attempt to derail her rising campaign. The pile-on reinforced her new status as a front-runner in the…
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Liberal, moderate divide on display in Democratic debate
HOUSTON — Joe Biden parried attack after attack from liberal rivals Thursday night on everything from health care to immigration in a debate that showcased profound ideological divides between the Democratic Party’s moderate and progressive wings. The prime-time debate also elevated several struggling candidates, giving them a chance to introduce themselves to millions of Americans…
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Democratic debate: Fiery exchanges over costs of health care
HOUSTON • The three leading Democratic presidential candidates clashed over health care, immigration and President Barack Obama’s legacy on Thursday in a debate that pitted an aggressive Joe Biden against liberal rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. “This is America,” said Biden, his party’s early front-runner, before calling Sanders “a socialist.” He later declared, “I…
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Debate in Detroit: Democrats’ divisions test Biden’s front-runner strength
DETROIT — The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race that tested the strength of early front-runner Joe Biden’s candidacy. The former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his decades-old political record against pointed attacks from his younger, diverse…
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Democrats’ divisions test Biden’s front-runner strength
DETROIT • The ideological divisions gripping the Democratic Party intensified on Wednesday as presidential candidates waged an acrimonious battle over health care, immigration and race that tested the strength of early front-runner Joe Biden’s candidacy. The former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his decades-old political record against pointed attacks from his younger, diverse…
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Sanders, Warren clash with Hickenlooper, other moderates over ‘Medicare for All’
DETROIT — The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders…
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Trump leans on race in bid for a 2nd term in 2020
President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term. Every successful modern presidential campaign has been built on the notion of addition, winning over voters beyond core supporters. But Trump has chosen division on the belief…
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In crowded 2020 Democratic field, a clear top tier emerges (and it doesn’t include a Coloradan)
WASHINGTON • No votes have been cast in the Democratic presidential nominating contest, but the winnowing has begun. A distinct top tier of candidates is breaking away from the pack in early polling and fundraising, building distance between themselves and the rest of the bloated field. And that elite group does not include the two…
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Hickenlooper, Bennet could be cut from debates after July
The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet — are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates. Short on support and money and bound by tough party…