Sanders said in an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday that the notion that he must win Iowa’s caucuses against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton is “mythology” and appeared to lower expectations about the race.
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“In keeping with the best traditions of the New Hampshire primary, we have always believed that the voters of the Granite State deserve more than one opportunity to see their candidates for president debate side by side”, said John Bivona, O’Malley’s New Hampshire state director.
As the Iowa caucuses near, Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have released TV ads that together echo a popular theme in the mainstream media. This also speaks to the disillusionment that many millennials are feeling over the American Dream, and despair over the income equality gap. But on the town hall stage on Monday, she pushed back at Sanders’ judgment argument by evoking Obama, who remains popular with Democratic voters and was critical of her Iraq War vote when the two competed in 2008. Against Ted Cruz, Sanders loses by a point and Clinton ties Cruz at 44 percent each. Which is why I’m calling for free tuition at public colleges and universities, and why we have to deal with this horrendous level of student debt that people are having.
“I sure don’t want to go back to the times when basic civil rights, voting rights, are being attacked”, Clinton said to the primarily black audience on Sunday where she was joined by New Jersey Sen.
Check out Teen Vogue’s February issue cover star, Amandla Stenberg. “And strong black support in Iowa could affect black response and support in SC and nationally”. A young black woman asked him about his record as a tough, anti-crime mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007, which she said led to arrests of more black residents.
Clinton’s strategy is likely to sway only a handful of voters in a state that is over three-quarters Christian and 92% white.
Clinton aides, and the candidate herself, were overjoyed Monday when Politico published an interview with Obama where the president pretty clearly dismissed the idea that Sanders is carrying on his legacy. “I have thought this through, I have a plan”. “We are glad to partner with MSNBC to ensure Granite Staters have the information they need to make a critical decision on February 9”. The poll finds that a broad swath of GOP voters (55%) say they feel completely unrepresented by the government in Washington, and among those voters, Trump holds a 47% to 19% lead over Cruz. She volunteers night and day for Sanders at his headquarters in a crowded strip mall on the north side of Des Moines.
Barnes said Clinton once again came across as forced.
As Sanders left Iowa and Minnesota for his meeting with Obama on Wednesday, it was being watched for signs of the president’s leanings.
Where she excelled: Ms. Clinton is gonna Clinton. But in Iowa it is all about the ground game and if she can learn from her mistakes in 2008 then she can come out of Iowa with a much needed win. “You have to say to yourself, ‘why are they throwing all of that?”
But in the run up to the caucus on Monday, Hillary Clinton is making a concerted effort to court some of the state’s racial and religious minorities.
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Clinton has repeatedly tried to demonstrate her wide experience on domestic and foreign issues, saying she’s the one who would be able to get results in Washington. The town hall was no exception, with Sanders hitting Wall Street hard for “greed” and “recklessness”.
