CLEVELAND — Hillary Rodham Clinton drew parallels between terrorist organizations and the field of Republican candidates for president when it comes to their views on women, telling an Ohio audience Thursday potential GOP rivals push out-of-date policies.
‘‘Now extreme views about women? We expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world,’’ Clinton said.
‘‘But it’s a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the president of the United States, yet they espouse out-of-date and out-of-touch policies,’’ she added at a rally in Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University.
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‘‘They are dead wrong for 21st-century America.’’
She didn’t mention any specific terrorist or militant group.
‘‘For Hillary Clinton to equate her political opponents to terrorists is a new low for her flailing campaign,’’ said Allison Moore, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee. ‘‘She should apologize.’’
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, if Biden were the Democratic candidate, he would beat Donald Trump by eight points (48 to 40 percent), former governor Jeb Bush of Florida by six points (45 to 39) and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida by three points (44 to 41).
Clinton would only beat Trump by four points (45 to 41), Bush by two points (42 to 40) and Rubio by one (44 to 43).
Eighty-three percent of Democrats view Biden favorably, compared with 76 percent and 54 percent who approve of Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, respectively.
Among all registered voters, Biden has a 48 percent favorability rating, while Clinton came in at 39 percent and Sanders at 32 percent.
Trump, the Republican front-runner so far, announced the event during a speech in South Carolina. Cruz aides said the Texas senator extended the invitation to the billionaire ahead of Congress’s vote on the accord in mid-September.
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Cruz’s campaign did not provide the event date.
Its $24 million debt from the 2012 presidential election, only recently paid down, has squeezed investments. Underdeveloped party resources such as voter data files could become a serious disadvantage for the eventual nominee, particularly if that person is not front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Those fund-raising realities are in the forefront as Democratic officials, donors, and activists meet Thursday through Saturday in Minneapolis. Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders, former governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland, and Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, former senators of Virginia and Rhode Island, will speak Friday.
Fiorina seeks seat at debate
WASHINGTON — When Carly Fiorina was relegated to the so-called undercard stage for the first Republican primary debate this month, she stood out. Clad in a bright pink suit, she delivered a forceful performance that catapulted her into the national spotlight and generated a bounce in public polls.
But Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard executive, wants to be on the main stage at the second Republican debate next month. And she is waging a public war with both CNN, which is hosting the debate, and the Republican National Committee.
CNN will average polls back to mid-July to determine which 10 candidates will appear.