While the Democrat crowd in the debate studio applauded Sanders’ exclamation, and Hillary thanked the Senator for his support, liberal Twitter exploded in appreciation.
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It started with a poll. Sanders held his own during the debate, but the tide appears to have turned for Clinton, who has regained a narrow lead over Sanders in New Hampshire. Insiders had badly misjudged what actual voters thought of a few recent debates, and there was a case, I thought, that Sanders – who put in a solid performance and who is still relatively little-known nationally – could have picked up a few support. Suddenly, however, the poll disappeared, only to be replaced by a pro-Hillary headline story.
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton is raising and spending more than any other White House candidate, as she races to build a substantial field operation in her second bid for the presidency. Over the span of about 24 hours, Bernie Sanders gained over 22 thousand Facebook likes, while Hillary Clinton gained just over 6 thousand. When asked how she’d differ from Obama, Clinton mildly noted that she could be the first woman president.
Donald Trump: “I think that’s very possible”.
Clinton largely fended off criticism that she has flip-flopped, is too much of a Washington insider and is too close to Wall Street, though these still seem like her biggest vulnerabilities among Democratic voters.
Half of New Hampshire Democrats do not think he should enter the race, with only 36% saying he should.
For the duration of the 2016 Presidential Campaign, front runners Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former U.S. Senator, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have been-for the most part-quiet about each other and have barely mentioned each other’s names in the duration of their respective campaign trails.
One unknown is whether any of her challengers will poke at Clinton for her use of a private email account and server while serving as secretary of state.
The most discussed issues during the debate, according to #DemDebate, were immigration, marijuana, guns, education, the Black Lives Matter movement, health care, Planned Parenthood and veterans.
The results show a statistical tie in the Granite State, with the gap between Sanders and Clinton falling well within the poll’s margin of error. The research firm Samba TV noted that 48 percent of the people who watched the Democratic debate said they’d seen at least one of the Republican candidates’ forums.
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But does this signal that Republicans see Sanders as a general election threat, as they do Clinton? Yet she never managed to, something I attribute to strategically avoiding making specific statements.
