“That is how progress gets made — by dreamers and doers,” Clinton said to supporters tonight in a speech focusing on economic themes. The line was also a not-so-veiled dig at Sanders (she strongly suggested that between the two, she was the doer), although she also complimented him on bringing up important issues in the race. The tension between criticizing Sanders and trying not to alienate his voters is part of a hot-and-cold rhetorical war between the two Democratic candidates. Clinton later turned her attention to attacking Trump.
If front-runners Clinton and Trump take the nominations, we might see some interesting cross-party gymnastics. A recent Suffolk University poll found that 19 percent of Republicans who wouldn’t vote for Trump would choose Clinton instead. And a poll last month from NBC News/Wall Street Journal found 7 percent of Sanders voters might choose Trump if their candidate didn’t win.
