But when the media reviews what happens in Iowa and politicians are invited to comment on the outcome, we should keep a close eye on whether more establishment figures finally start offering positive words of support or outright endorsements. In the Republican caucus, Trump leads Texas Sen.
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Sanders said he was focusing on the issues affecting the middle class rather than Clinton.
“You might have to cut a deal”, said Mitch Henry, a Democratic activist who was leading a small training for Sanders precinct captains Saturday afternoon in a coffee shop in Des Moines. “By the way, we want people to come into our country, they have to come in legally”.
“I am disturbed, I have to say, (that) the tone of Secretary Clinton’s campaign is such that they are just bringing forth a lot of inaccurate statements regarding what I believe”, Sanders told canvassers in Charles City.
“We are going to have our primary, and it’s going to get heated”, he admitted, noting the tit-for-tat negative politicking between him and Cruz. I think there is a legal process right now taking place … He said his own campaign’s recent ad against the former secretary of state over speaking fees she received from Goldman Sachs was simply a matter of self-defense. In late May, according to the Register/Bloomberg poll, we were down by 41 points. “Every day is different working for any political candidate”.
She also said former senator Rick Santorum’s surge in the waning days before the 2012 Republican caucuses when few others did.
Seventy percent of likely Republican caucus-goers said they had a favorable opinion of Rubio; while Jeb Bush was among the most disliked candidates.
On the Democratic side, there are indications that Iowans, like New Hampshire voters, would largely be satisfied with either Clinton or Sanders at the top of the ticket. “One of the reasons that I’ll win and, I think, none of the other guys will win is because I’m going to get states that they’ll never get”, he told CBS’ “Face the Nation”, citing Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, along with strong hopes for NY and Virginia. “I’m so proud of all the people who have put it together and the, literally, tens of thousands of volunteers that they’ve enlisted”. The same poll showed that in the event of a higher-than-expected turnout of evangelical and born-again Christians, Mr Trump and Mr Cruz would draw nearly level at 26 per cent and 25 per cent. There were also signs that Mr Rubio was picking up support, however, which could syphon votes mostly from Mr Cruz. Supporters of a candidate who does not meet the viability threshold can either go home or shift their loyalties to another candidate.
“I would say that’s hogwash”, Petersen said.
“I would ask you, check the record and find out where my opponent was on all of these issues”, Sanders implored his supporters on Friday.
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Any threat to pulling in as many young voters as possible is a real concern for the Sanders campaign, as both Democratic contenders are zeroing in on the enclaves of the state most favorable to their messages. We’re not going to have amnesty when I’m president. I’m doing it so that our future will not belong to.the Wall Street political class. He’s the only candidate in the race for me that it really worth it. That’s why I’m here.
