They have asked her advisers about the strength of the campaign’s data modeling and turnout assumptions in Iowa, given that her 2008 campaign’s predictions were so inaccurate.
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Take the first Democratic debate.
She arrives here in the middle of a rocky stretch, all of a sudden on the wrong side of a new narrative that suggests Sanders is surging and she is weakening, facing possible defeat in the first two contests of the year. In a hollowed-out Democratic Party, the field of her potential rivals this time paled in comparison with that of 2008.
The Vermont Senator is able to connect with voters, through an emotional and inspiring discourse, claiming that the American economic and political systems are rigged just for the wealthy and powerful.
By contrast, Hillary Clinton has been stressing her electability and questioning the costs of Sanders’ ideas.
Most Clinton advisers and allies would only speak anonymously to candidly assess her vulnerabilities and the Clintons’ outlook on the race. “People don’t want a recycling of Bill Clinton’s presidency”.
As Hillary Clinton fends off a rising challenge from Bernie Sanders, his wife’s campaign aides are grappling with how best to deploy what she has described as her “not-so-secret weapon”.
“What I think people reacted to is that it was a very broad assertion that caught up all Democrats”, Clinton continued.
The Sanders camp responded saying Clinton’s description of their candidate’s health care plan was “inaccurate” then showed that the Vermonter, too, can dish it out. Sanders’ polling remains strong and, says Politico, the Washington Post reported last week that Sanders had collected $1.4 million in campaign contributions since Clinton began a series of attacks.
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley are preparing for their next debate Sunday night in Charleston, South Carolina.
“Of course we’re going to release our medical records”, Sanders said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”. “She’s performed solidly enough, but it’s been a hard race”.
Clinton also defended her daughter Chelsea, who has drawn criticism for publicly accusing the senator of attempting to “dismantle” programs like Medicare as part of his push for single-payer healthcare.
Several Democratic leaders also agreed that the Clinton campaign underestimated Sanders.
“He carries a message of peace and prosperity under his presidency and I think a lot of Americans would like to get back to those days”, Clinton said in an interview on NBC’s “Today Show” on Wednesday. We can’t afford to let them outwork us.
They appeared together at a Des Moines high school Saturday night before at least 500 people, encouraging people to caucus. “It also would have given her the kind of fight in which she thrives”.
Some of the questions to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen.
Clinton has been out ahead of Sanders in courting black voters, touting this week an endorsement from Obama’s former attorney general, Eric Holder, who said that Clinton is the best candidate to build on Obama’s legacy.
By comparison, 66 percent of Democratic primary voters say they could see themselves supporting Sanders, versus 25 percent who couldn’t (+41), and O’Malley has a 22 percent-to-51 percent score (-29). “But it’s a real race”.
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“This is no longer a hypothetical”, a top Democratic strategist unaligned with a presidential campaign told Business Insider.
