let s move on to something else all three candidates spent a lot of time on last night, isis and fighting terror. take a look at this cnn poll. registered voters say the top issue is the economy. clinton said she wouldn t raise taxes on midhfl class families making under $200,000, but sanders would raise taxes to pay for free college tuition and health care programs, so who stands to win on this issue, peter? well, it s been pretty much a norm within the mainstream democratic party, you don t call for raising taxes on the middle class. that actually limits how ambitious you can be in terms of new social programs. it s worth noting the most important social programs we have do rely on taxes in the middle clas, some kind of big new program for child care would require the same, but politically that s considered too dangerous for democrats so they focused their taxes only on
the wealthy and as a result it limits how much new dwoft activism they can propose. on foreign policy, clinton looked largely past sanders even focusing on trump suggesting he s become isis best recruiter. fact checkers say there isn t any evidence of real video sum porting that, is she making, you know, a point that she would be able to back up later? it may or may not turn out to be true, but democrats like to hear it. to me one of the most important things in that debate was that the only republican candidate for president mentioned and he was mentioned repeatedly was donald trump. a lot of commentators on the republican side said, well, this helps trump. duh. exact hi. of course it helps trump. they would love trump to be the nominee because they ll have a much easier opportunity defeating him than any of the
that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don t fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis best recruiter. reporter: clinton went on to say that isis is using trump videos to recruit more jihadists, a claim there is no evidence to support. we now finally are where we need to be. we have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis, which is a danger to us as well as the region, and we finally have a u.n. security council resolution bringing the world together to go after a political reporter: republicans pounced on that remark, jeb bush twittering, no, hillary clinton, we are not where we need to be in the fight against isis. o mall o malley, a distant third in the race, with national security implications into his pitch for tougher gun control. isil training videos are tellitell ing lone wolves the easiest way to buy a combat assault weapon
finally a democratic debate with some potential for drama. after days of smack talking among the dnc, the sanders and clinton campaigns, the debate stage was set for the two top democrats to throw down over accusations that sanders exploited a software glitch to access clinton s confidential voter information, a move clinton s camp called below the belt. clinton goes for jugular, politico trumpeted, signaling she was ready to throw some mud in the debate. i apologize. reporter: wait, what? not only do i apologize to secretary clinton and i hope we can work together on an independent investigation from day one reporter: clinton s not going to let him off that easy, right? i very much appreciate that comment, bernie. i don t think the american people are all that interested in this. reporter: instead it seems clinton thought americans wanted to hear how she would take on the republicans, a theme she
stuck to throughout the night largely ignoring her two democratic rivals. we also need to make sure that the really discriminatory messages that trump is sending around the world don t fall on receptive ears. he is becoming isis best recruiter. reporter: clinton went on to say that isis is using trump videos to recruit more jihadists, a claim there is no evidence to support. we now finally are where we need to be. we have a strategy and a commitment to go after isis, which is a danger to us as well as the region, and we finally have a u.n. security council resolution bringing the world together to go after a political reporter: republicans pounced on that remark, jeb bush twittering, no, hillary clinton, we are not where we need to be in the fight against isis. o malley, a distant third in the race, with national security implications into his pitch for tougher gun control. isil training videos are tell ing lone wolves the easiest way to buy a combat assault weapon in amer