In a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll conducted after Tuesday’s first Democratic debate, the former secretary of state earned the support of % of likely Democratic voters in New Hampshire. Sen.
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With no obvious constituency ready to support Mr. Biden, his chances were based on Hillary Clinton’s weaknesses, but at the Democratic debate she proved that she has the situation under control.
Although her campaign has had a rough summer, with poll numbers dropping and favorability rates among the national electorate plummeting, Clinton needed to use the debate as a platform to tell the American people why she was best qualified to lead. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) thrilled liberals by telling debate host Anderson Cooper that he and “America” are sick of hearing about Hillary’s email scandal.
LGBT comments made by the Kentucky senator were mischaracterized on social media by excluding context.
Sanders, Clinton’s top rival among declared candidates, was handed the opportunity by debate moderators to assail her over the email issue.
But now that the post-debate polls have started coming in, we’re getting evidence suggesting the insiders got this one right. Vice President Biden is at 11% in the poll.
In the debate, Sanders said he had no intention of giving gun manufacturers immunity from law suits for making risky firearms, but he wanted to protect gun shop owners from being sued for massacres by customers.
Interestingly, of the five candidates, two are former Republican office holders (Chafee and Webb), and the person nipping at Clinton’s heels, Bernie Sanders, still declares himself an independent in party but a Democratic socialist in theory. They are funds she will spend on organizing, advertising and outreach in the primary states, and if she wins the Democratic nomination, the general election.
Mrs. Clinton’s rise comes amid a strong debate performance in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
The question is did Cooper set the scene up with Sanders before the debate?
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While Webb is polling ahead of Lincoln Chafee and Gov. Martin O’Malley, he is still a long ways away from catching up to Clinton, Sanders, and even Vice President Joe Biden, who’s not even officially in the race yet. You know, I agree completely. I never said that.
