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Clinton and Sanders Open up About Spirituality

(ABC News) — It wasn’t an official debate, but it was close. Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton took the stage separately Wednesday night in a “presidential town hall” forum on CNN. Moderator Anderson Cooper and New Hampshire voters peppered them with questions ranging from the political to the personal. Each candidate got an hour to themselves, dedicating…

SC Election Reminders

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – With the upcoming presidential election, here are some important reminders. The deadline to register to vote in the Republican primary was Jan. 20. The Republican Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20. To vote in the Democratic primary, you must be registered by January 27. The Democratic Presidential Preference Primary will be held…

Democrats Woo Iowa’s Remaining Undecided

DES MOINES, IA (ABC News) — Exactly one week before the Iowa caucuses, all three Democratic presidential candidates participated in forum hosted in the state by CNN. They mostly faced questions from ‘leaning’ or undecided voters, and both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had to respond to each others’ ads. Clinton said after the sweeping montage of Sanders’ fans, “You campaign…

President Obama Dismisses Comparisons to Bernie Sanders in 2016 Race

President Barack Obama walks along the colonnade of the White House in Washington, Jan. 12, 2016, to the residence from the Oval Office, hours before giving his State of The Union address. (ABC News) — President Obama isn’t making an endorsement in the Democratic primary, but in a podcast interview posted this morning, he offered his most extensive thoughts so…

Donald Trump Featured in New Batch of Bill Clinton Documents

Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton (Spencer Platt/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images) (ABC News) — It’s no secret that Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton have talked privately in the past, but the public will now get a closer look at their correspondence with the pending release of documents from Clinton’s presidency. The Clinton Presidential Library will soon…

Jesse Jackson talks voter participation during Pee Dee visit

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) _ The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he wants to see a big turnout in his native South Carolina during next month’s Democratic presidential primary. Local media outlets report that Jackson spoke at a church in Florence on Sunday during a service commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Jackson told the congregation that the road to the White…