After two decisive wins by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday night in New Hampshire, the two presidential campaigns were seeking on Wednesday to build on their momentum while others were left to reassess strategies amidst races that have been reshuffled.
Advertisement
The parties will fight off Sanders and Trump eventually, although neither the consensus for Clinton on the Democratic side nor the consensus against Trump on the Republican side produced results in New Hampshire. One source has said the Clinton campaign has already secured the support of 440 superdelegates out of the possible 712, and that report came in August of past year.
Republican George W. Bush on Monday will seek to generate a fresh burst of enthusiasm for his brother Jeb Bush’s White House bid in SC, marking the former president’s first appearance on the campaign trail this year. 46 percent of primary voters told exit pollsters they’d decided in the “last few days” who they’d vote for. It remains to be seen whether the damage in the New Hampshire debate will be limited to New Hampshire, or whether his three minutes with Christie have done long-term damage to his national standing.
Clinton appeared in her concession speech to be trying to co-opt Sanders’ message about an economy stacked against the middle class. “But they’re also hungry, they’re hungry for solutions”, she said. While Mr. Trump underscored the point that his campaign was self-financed, Mr Sanders reminded his ebullient supporters that his campaign was financed by 3.5 million contributions, each worth an average of Dollars 27. “I really am having serious conversations with my family members”. Ms. Clinton, despite her broad support in the infrastructure of the Democratic Party, should be running scared. “It doesn’t work”, he said. I’m more into amnesty than you.
Clinton was seeking to bounce back from the loss in the SC primary, where she will likely be on much friendlier turf. I think he’s very talented, very likable. “Maybe next time around”. “I want you to understand – but I want you to understand something”, he said.
“Oh that’d be way more fun!”
South Carolina, where Jeb and his five Republican rivals are fiercely competing in their next nominations contest February 20, may be friendly territory. Ten of the 13 states holding “Super Tuesday” contests have minimum thresholds to quality for delegates.
Advertisement
Cruz highlighted the “significant glaring differences” between the two on health care, stressing that Trump was keen on “adopting Bernie Sanders-style socialized medicine”, a reference to the independent senator challenging Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
