Until now, Clinton has rarely mentioned Sanders by name at her campaign events, choosing instead to warn voters about the risks of electing a Republican. Ted Cruz, the poll found Cruz leading Clinton by 4 points (47 to 43 percent) in the state, but trailing Sanders by 5 (47 to 42). But an hour later, she said she was sold on Clinton’s pitch that she was the only candidate who could stop a Republican from winning the White House. She has launched an aggressive attack on a 2005 Sanders vote in favor of giving immunity from liability lawsuits to gun manufacturers, a strategy clearly created to take some of the shine off the senator from Vermont in the eyes of Iowa liberals.
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Sanders beats Trump 56-37, a huge 19 point difference.
Clinton brushed off the new polls in an interview broadcast Sunday.
A campaign spokesman referred questions to the campaign’s website, which also lists a “phonathon for Bernie” on January 16, at a Tower Street apartment and an invitation to watch the fourth Democratic debate on January 17 at the Sahara Restaurant on Highland Street among other local events. Sanders recently said on ABC News’ “This Week” that the only taxes he will raise on the middle class will be from his paid leave plan. The lead is reversed in New Hampshire, with Sanders taking 50 percent to Clinton’s 46 percent.
Clinton’s spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said that the presidential frontrunner “believes the United States should give refuge to people fleeing persecution…”
Offering support for comprehensive immigration reform at the Putting Families First Presidential Forum, Sanders and O’Malley also slammed Republican front-runner Donald Trump over his statements about Muslims.
Her intensified attacks come as polls show the race for the Democratic nomination tightening in Iowa. She’s in a far stronger position in many states that hold primaries later in the nominating contest. “There are parts of it that made sense to me”, Sanders said.
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Former President Bill Clinton returns this week, accompanied on Saturday by the couple’s daughter, Chelsea, while four female senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Claire McCaskill of Missouri will campaign on Friday and Saturday. Clinton herself waited months to even say his name on the campaign trail.
