The possibility of her falling behind Sanders in Iowa and New Hampshire is now raising the specter of a protracted nomination fight between the two rivals, meaning Clinton-aligned Democrats, who had long hoped their candidate could save money while Republicans spent millions bludgeoning each other with negative ads, now expect the race to bleed into the spring and possibly longer.
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Trump, 69, is leading considerably in both the states, but this is not the case with 68-year-old Clinton, who is eyeing to create history in the November 2016 presidential elections by becoming the first woman to be elected as the U.S. president.
“I think that would be a bad mistake”, Clinton said.
Emily Arvola, a senior elementary education major from Clinton, Iowa, said she’s “torn between her and Bernie”.
“We’re working very hard out here”.
Many of these staffers attend Clinton events and ask attendees to sign “Commit to Caucus” cards, placards that ask voters for details that ensure they can get in touch with them throughout the campaign. “He is just so new”, she said of Sanders. Here in the Denver Metro area, yes, there is a paid set of staff members from State director, to regional to field etc. But what I have not seen, even with Obama’s first run in 2008, is the amount of Volunteers who are donating their time and effort – in the Denver Metro region, there are already more than 3 field offices, nightly Iowa phone banks, and daily neighborhood canvasses. He has said he wants to see Saudi Arabia and Iran work together in a coalition to defeat ISIS.
She pointed to her experience at the State Department as one reason she’s more qualified than Sanders on how to handle the region. “There is a complicated job waiting for the next president that we have to make sure we get right”.
Clinton drew a similar contrast between the candidates’ approaches on the water problem in Flint, “the most relevant answer” in the last debate.
Clinton took to television last Thursday to criticize Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s handling of the issue in the aftermath, but defended a decision not to go to the city. “I wanted to know what was happening and what the facts were”.
But, she said, she’s still considering caucusing for Sanders.
“Look, I think we have to do very well in Iowa”.
In December, Clinton led Sanders in the Hawkeye State by 18 points in CNN/ORC’s polling, 54 percent to 36 percent.
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“Well, you know, I lived a lot of years in Arkansas”, she began, “and one of my favorite sayings I learned is, ‘If you find a turtle on a fence post, it didn’t get there by accident'”.
