Except this time she’s not running against a fresh-faced African-American prodigy; her only challenger is a 74-year-old socialist who (presumably) cuts his own hair.
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Lee, a staunch Clinton supporter, who has known the democratic presidential candidate for decades, says the Children’s Museum was an ideal spot for Tuesday’s fundraiser.
She also increased her advantage over Mr. Sanders among black and Latino voters to a 71 percent to 21 percent margin, after holding a 61 percent to 18 percent lead last month. Clinton has the support of 52% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters across the country, while Sanders gets 37% support, which is up from 26% in December.
Clinton is now being bested by rival Bernie Sanders by 27 points, according to the new WMUR/CNN poll, which came out this afternoon. Fifty-seven percent said Sanders would be the best person to handle the economy while 33 percent said Clinton would do the best job. Clinton has a comfortable 64 percent to 24 percent lead with voters over 50, who compose the majority of the primary electorate. CNN will also host the March 10 GOP debate in Florida, just days before the first winner-take-all primaries of the 2016 race for the White House.
“Sanders is aided by the fact that most Super Tuesday contests are open to independent voters – a group where he performs well”.
But Clinton rebutted: “I don’t want to start over again with a contentious debate”.
Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate on NBC aired on a holiday weekend and followed several football games, earning the criticism that low viewership benefits Clinton’s campaign. Clinton has also accused the senator of flip-flopping on guns and called his health care proposal expensive and unrealistic.
Last week, Sanders’ campaign announced it was launching a tour of historically black colleges and universities with stops in a number of Southern states.
With the February 9 New Hampshire Primary just three weeks away, both Sanders and Clinton are scheduled to be in the state this week.
When presented with polling showing that Clinton is viewed as the least honest candidate by likely New Hampshire Democratic voters, Fallon attempted to reframe the numbers as proof of Clinton’s resilience.
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“I’m going to debate Secretary Clinton and Governor O’Malley on the issues facing the American people, not Bill Clinton’s personal behavior”, Sanders said when asked to explain his comment that Clinton’s past actions were “disgraceful”.
