“In terms of what people are going to get slapped with, look at the front pages today in terms of what Secretary Clinton is getting slapped with”, Sanders said.
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Rubio is flying from Dubuque to Sioux City and other cities on Saturday as part of a busy weekend of campaigning heading into Monday’s Iowa caucuses – the first contest in the 2016 race for president. Clinton is up 50 to 46 percent among those who identified health care as most important.
“They all have all the right issues on their side, but there is one of them through thick and thin who has been able to actually get things accomplished”.
As soon as the caucus tallies are taken in Iowa, the GOP and Democratic road shows will head to New Hampshire where the nation’s first presidential primaries take place a week from Tuesday. With the state seemingly tailor-made for his brand of uncompromising conservatism, a loss to Trump will likely be viewed as a failure to meet expectations.
Cindy Hilkin, a stay-at-home mom in Dubuque, said she will definitely caucus but is torn between Republican renegade Donald Trump and Democratic left-wing revolutionary Sen.
Cruz, who saw his lead in the state overtaken by Trump but may have a stronger turnout operation, also tried to lower expectations.
Leading the Democratic presidential hopefuls is Hilary Clinton with 45 percent followed closely by Bernie Sanders with 42 percent.
Clinton would not say whether she thinks Sanders understands what Obama has done.
Voters will go to the polls on Monday for the first official voting of the 2016 election season.
The Sanders and Clinton campaigns have been squabbling over adding more debates to the relatively skimpy schedule of six debates organized by the Democratic National Committee.
Bernie Sanders has boldly predicted that he is on the cusp of delivering “one of the biggest political upsets in modern history” by defeating Hillary Clinton, once the overwhelming favourite, in the Iowa caucuses on 1 February.
“I think in fact, Hillary Clinton will be the problem”, Sanders told NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press“. “But I never thought I’d have 24-point leads in different states”. The message didn’t specifically name his rivals, but warned against taking “a chance” on candidates who can’t win. Both Trump and Sanders have comfortable leads over their respective fields, but the results of Monday’s caucuses could lead to a shake-up in what has seemed like a fairly stable contest.
“We get asked a lot about faith here in Iowa, when I’m asked about it, I’m going to share it”, said Rubio.
Sanders told supporters in Manchester that the election was likely a “toss-up” and would hinge on whether he could turn out working-class and young voters.
Sanders, in the days before voters caucus, has enjoyed an surge of excitement, too.
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The back-and-forth comes as Trump has pulled ahead of Cruz in the final days of campaigning in Iowa, where Cruz had been surging until Trump began lobbing attacks at Cruz, most notably raising the issue of Cruz’s Canadian birthplace. The poll was conducted from January 26 to 29 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.
