WISCONSIN: Clinton & Sanders Face Tight Primary

Bernie Sanders is on a roll after sweeping last Saturday’s three Democratic caucuses and according to a CBS/YouGov poll issued today, he has a narrow lead in Wisconsin, where 96 delegates are at stake on Tuesday. The same poll shows Clinton holding a ten-point lead in New York’s April 19th primary. This weekend the two campaigns are battling over proposed debates in New York. NBC News reports:

Hillary Clinton’s campaign said Saturday that rival Bernie Sanders has rejected three proposed debate dates ahead of the New York primary on April 19 — marking the latest dustup in an increasingly heated fight for the Democratic nomination. But Clinton told NBC’s “Meet The Press” that “I’m confident we will” have a debate.

“Our campaigns are trying to reach an agreement about that. We’ve offered dates and we’ve done it over the last several weeks, so we’ve been trying to figure out when we could do this. But there’s a lot to talk about,” Clinton told moderator Chuck Todd. “I’m confident that there will be,” she said in the interview.

Clinton’s campaign said in a statement Saturday that it offered April 4 as the first potential date, but the Sanders team wanted instead to schedule the debate after the Wisconsin primary on April 5. Clinton officials then suggested April 14 and April 15 as possibilities and are hopeful Sanders will come to accept one of these dates.