Bernie Sanders poses an obvious threat to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire – where he leads by an average of almost 13 points in polls – but Clinton’s loss may be businessman Donald Trump’s gain in the Granite state’s Republican presidential primary.
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Sanders, a USA senator from Vermont, has pulled into a statistical tie with fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton in recent polls in Iowa, whose February 1 caucuses are the first contest in the race to pick a nominee for the November election.
Clinton took up the foreign policy attack in her 30-minute speech Thursday, criticizing Sanders’ suggestion to invite Iranian troops into Syria to help fight Islamic State militants, which she said was like “asking the arsonist to be the firefighter”.
Clinton also referenced her four years as Secretary of State while taking aim at her chief rival on foreign policy.
The Democratic front-runner told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” that Sanders’ charge that Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign support Clinton because they are all part of the establishment didn’t make sense to her. The switch is dramatic in Iowa, which holds the first-in-the-nation primary, the Iowa caucuses, in just eleven days. But with two weeks before the caucuses, she took her comments further, framing Sanders’s plan as an empty promise – and his record in Congress as the proof.
Conducted from January 15 to January 20, the poll is most significant for showing the dramatic swing which has occurred since the same survey was conduct at the beginning of December and showed Clinton ahead by more than 20 points (54% to 36%).
In a letter released by the Clinton campaign on Tuesday, 10 top diplomats questioned Sanders on the issues of ISIS and Iran.
“We have to energize those young voters and make those voters feel like they are part of the process and part of a change of government”, Sumter said.
“In theory, there’s a lot to like about some of his ideas, but “in theory” isn’t enough”, Clinton said Thursday on a campaign stop in Iowa. Trump leads Texas Sen.
“It’s a recipe for gridlock, and her position is we can’t afford to wait”, Clinton said.
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“I know Senator Sanders cares about covering more people, as I do, but rather build on the progress that has been made, he wants to start over from scratch with a whole new system”, she said. Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side – had a sample of 266 likely GOP caucusgoers and had an error margin of plus or minus six percentage points. But it – I think it’s only going to be very limited shelf life. “What I’m hearing more and more is that (black voters) are now open to hearing Bernie”.
