Bernie Sanders overtaking Hillary Clinton in the all-important state of New Hampshire for the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.
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It’s actually good news for Sanders that this is even worth talking about.
“Hillary Clinton lies about Benghazi, she lies about e-mails”, she said. While 80 percent of Granite State Democrats have a favorable opinion of Clinton, only 35 percent of the 441 persons surveyed said they are “excited” about her candidacy.
New data from Gallup makes clear that part of the divide has nothing to do with Sanders: Clinton is simply very popular among black Americans. Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson trailed at 10 percent, with Sen.
She finally turned her personal email server over to the Justice Department this week. He has survived at least two PR crises that would have put an end to most candidates by now – the John McCain controversy and the Megyn Kelly-Fox News controversy.
“They can’t get jobs, because there are no jobs, because China has our jobs and Mexico has our jobs”, he said in his campaign announcement speech.
“On a personal level the Vice President has a lot of dedicated friends in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina”, said Robert Hoopes, who was Biden’s chief of staff at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
While Clinton still comfortably leads Sanders nationally, many in the party are looking toward other potential candidates, such as Joe Biden, to take on Clinton in the primary. He cited last month’s Washington Post-ABC News poll which showed that for Democratic-leaning voters, picking a candidate they think has the best chance of winning was the top priority for just 3 percent of respondents. “He knows where I stand. It’s just got to be his decision”.
“Clinton is in free fall”, said Greg Valliere, the chief political strategist at the Potomac Research Group. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.7 percentage points. Trump leads the Republican field in Iowa, still garnering 22 percent support, according to the CNN poll, enough for an eight point lead.
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He has drawn thousands of supporters and the curious to his rallies, where the rumpled, avuncular candidate focuses on his campaign themes of economic injustice and the day-to-day struggles of America’s middle-class and working poor.
