“It was kind of like a submarine campaign, you know, he’s been under the radar, but we knew he was going to pop up real soon… and it’s just happening the way he planned it, you know”. Early January polls in New Hampshire were already giving Sanders a slight edge over the presumed Democratic frontrunner.
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Unlike the Republican side, where sharp words and personal attacks fill campaign commercials and the debates, the Clinton and Sanders campaigns still appear hesitant on overt attacks or outright criticism of primary opponents. He will continue to hammer on his twin themes of income inequality and Wall Street corruption, trusting that his outrage will get similarly passionate Iowa and New Hampshire voters to the polls. “They always are historically and we’re ready to have this debate engaged”.
A series of interviews and a burgeoning friendship with rapper Killer Mike seemed to help Sanders open up to a new, younger audience.
The new approach carries risks. “But on the other hand, if you win the primary, you need the other person’s supporters, too”.
While Clinton ultimately lost the nomination narrowly to Barack Obama in 2008, she actually held a national lead of about 20 points all the way up to the Iowa caucuses.
Guns have been a nagging issue for Sanders ever since he declared his candidacy past year.
Recent polls show that a lot of voters are questioning Hillary Clinton’s trustworthiness and whether she does care about their problems. “That really explains the division in the party”, said pollster J. Ann Selzer”. And I think very much that’s what Sen. “But we won’t be negative on them”. But Brock’s group is allowed to coordinate directly with the Clinton campaign and has mobilized against Sanders before, often doing the messy work that the Clinton team avoids doing itself.
On Saturday though, Sanders announced he would support legislation to roll back 2005 law granting firearm manufacturers legal immunity, a bill he supported a decade ago.
Instead Clinton, who entered the race as the prohibitive favorite, played it safe, opting for as few debates as possible, scheduled at times when viewership was likely to be low – like this Sunday at 9 p.m. on a long holiday weekend.
During a 20-minute speech, Bill Clinton did not directly mention Sanders, but he asked attendees to sign cards promising to caucus for his wife and to volunteer for her campaign.
But in a campaign that has seen billionaire Donald Trump rise to the top of the Republican presidential field by capitalizing on an electorate angry with the political establishment, Clinton may once again be embracing the mantle of experience at a time when outsider status is in vogue.
The letter, Jeff Weaver said, would prove Sanders – the oldest candidate in the presidential field who also would be the oldest president to take office – is in “excellent health”.
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Bernie Sanders on Sunday rejected the Clinton campaign’s assertions that his proposals for single-payer health care would be the undoing of decades of progressive programs and reform. That could clear the way for Clinton’s team to retaliate with its own critical advertising. Sanders is building a coalition of Obama voters.
