PBS Democratic Debate: Live Coverage

Sanders is trying to be the successor candidate to Obama and the candidate of revolution. Probably not sustainable.

As his former secretary of state and someone who holds 97 percent of the same policy positions, Clinton’s not going to be able to gain any separation from Obama even if she wants to. So she might as well embrace him now — and hope that Obama’s approval rating is 53 percent and not 42 percent in November.

It’s a smart strategy. Obama’s approval rating is basically even among all Americans. Among Democrats, it’s north of 80 percent.