Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders engaged in their first direct face-off during the Democratic debate on Tuesday after Sanders was asked if he identifies as a capitalist.
“Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little?” he responded. “By which Wall Street greed and recklessness wrecked this economy? No I don’t.” He then said he admired the economies of Sweden and Denmark.
Clinton jumped in, saying: “When I think about capitalism I think about all the business that were started because we have the opportunity and the freedom to do that and to make a good living for themselves and their families… We would be making a grave mistake to turn our backs on what built the greatest middle class in the history.”
“We are not Denmark,” she said. “I love Denmark. We are the United States of America.”
See the Covers of the 2016 Presidential Hopefuls’ Memoirs
The cover of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2014 book u0022Hard Choicesu0022 is a classic of the political memoir genre: The politician's face, front and center with a strong but vague title beneath.Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's 2007 book u0022Tough Choicesu0022 followed the same playbook as Clinton's, even down to the similar titles.Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson's 2014 book u0022One Nationu0022 is a variation on the theme, the crossed arms and the subtitle underlining the message, since he's not been a politician before.Former New York Gov. George Pataki's 1998 autobiography, u0022Pataki,u0022 presents him as such a towering figure that he doesn't even need a regular title.Other politicians go for a softer touch with a more autobiographical book to help voters learn more about who they are, as in Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2013 memoir, u0022An American Son.u0022South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham's 2015 e-book, u0022My Story,u0022 takes a similar approach.Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's 2005 book, u0022Rick Santorum,u0022 is less autobiographical, but the cover also goes for the soft touch.Some books zero in on a specific image. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's 2015 book, u0022God, Guns, Grits and Gravyu0022 and the photo of him, tieless, in a pastoral scene, sells him as an avatar of rural America.Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's 2014 book defends the Boy Scouts, reinforcing the fact that he's an Eagle Scout and a cultural conservative.And business mogul Donald Trump's 1988 book, u0022The Art of the Deal,u0022 sells his image as a dealmaker so much that he still references it today.Other candidates aim to show they are leaders, as in Ohio Gov. John Kasich's 2006 book, u0022Stand for Something.u0022Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's 2015 book, u0022Taking a Stand,u0022 goes a similar route, though the subtitle, u0022Moving Beyond Partisan Politics,u0022 gives it a slightly different spin.Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's 2015 book also pitches him as a truth teller, with a casual portrait and the title u0022A Time for Truth.u0022Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee's 2010 book, u0022Against the Tide,u0022 also promotes him as willing to go it alone, in this case referencing his vote against the Iraq war.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 2014 book, u0022Unintimidated,u0022 goes the same route, promoting his fight against labor unions.Penguin Group/APAnd Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's 2010 book, u0022Leadership and Crisis,u0022 adds a photo of first responders to bring to mind natural disasters.But the cover of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 1998 memoir shows that he really does go his own way. It breaks all the design rules, looking more like an airport thriller.
