Coming out of his recent silence with relation to additional debates, Bernie Sanders relayed through his campaign that he would in fact join Martin O'Malley and Hillary Clinton for debates. Adding caveats as Clinton had previously, Sanders asked for four DNC sanctioned debates. The debates would need to be pre-scheduled, not on a Friday or Saturday, and could not be on holiday weekends.
Below are the announced positions for each candidate. None are what the candidate said in totality. To see what each said look at their original releases over the past few days.
From
the beginning of this campaign Sen. Sanders has called for more
debates. Secretary Clinton has not. Now she is asking to change the
rules to schedule a debate next
week that is not sanctioned by the DNC. Why is that? The answer is
obvious. The dynamics of the race have changed and Sen. Sanders has
significant momentum. Sen. Sanders is happy to have more debates but we
are not going to schedule them on an ad hoc basis
at the whim of the Clinton campaign. If Secretary Clinton wants more
debates that’s great. We propose three additional debates. One in March,
April and May and none on a Friday, Saturday or holiday weekend. And
all of the three Democratic candidates must be
invited. If the Clinton campaign will commit to this schedule, we would
ask the DNC to arrange a debate in New Hampshire on Feb. 4.
Below are the announced positions for each candidate. None are what the candidate said in totality. To see what each said look at their original releases over the past few days.
Governor Martin O’Malley’s New Hampshire State Director Statement – January 26th
Today
is a big victory not only for our campaign and our supporters that
championed this effort, but it is also a victory for voters across New
Hampshire and the United
States. We look forward to participating.
Secretary Hillary Clinton Remarks on MSNBC’s Hardball – January 27th
Look,
I’m ready for the debate and I hope Senator Sanders will change his
mind and join us. I think the DNC and the campaigns should be able to
work this out. I've been
for, you know, for a long time, that I'd be happy to have more debates
and I hope we can get this done.
I would like the chairman of the party and the campaigns to agree we can debate in New Hampshire next week.
I would like the chairman of the party and the campaigns to agree we can debate in New Hampshire next week.
Senator Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Manager’s Statement – January 27th
