Bernie Slams Hillary for Demagoguing and Misrepresenting His Health Care Plan

Hillary Clinton responded to the tightening race with Bernie Sanders on Thursday by arguing early polls that showed her with a sizable lead were “artificial”. Bernard Sanders is showing he has a real chance of winning SC and crashing through the Clinton campaign’s supposed Southern firewall, analysts and Democratic Party leaders say.

“There are two Democratic visions for regulating Wall Street”.

Sanders’ visit to the Ivy League school in Hanover, New Hampshire was greeted with an endorsement from former National Democratic Party Chair, Paul Kirk.

Another contributor to the close race is the percentage of people who say they are “uncommitted” or undecided, which was at 14 percent, as opposed to the eight percent from last month.

A RealClearPolitics average of all SC polls conducted between December 5 and December 17 show the former secretary of state with a whopping 40 percent advantage over Mr. Sanders.

The poll suggests challenges facing both candidates: For Sanders, the question is whether he can persuade first-time caucusgoers, young people and the independents who like his views to become voters. The Des Moines Register poll released Thursday has these numbers event tighter: Clinton (86- 12 percent, favorable-unfavorable among) and Sanders (89-6 percent, favorable-unfavorable).

The only sign of hope is in Iowa, where Clinton is still holding a small lead of under five points.

Clinton denied that was the case and said she has nothing negative to say about him.

The Clinton campaign tried to coexist with Sanders previous year, when his candidacy seemed more quixotic than it does today.

Clinton’s troubles sealing the nomination despite being labeled by many as the inevitable nominee has echoes of the 2008 Democratic primary, in which she held a similar status but was beaten in Iowa by then-Sen.

“It’s time to pick a side either we stand with the gun lobby or we join the president and stand up to them”, Clinton said in the ad.

“I don’t think I’d make it past the first half-hour”, she said.

In a Monmouth University survey of New Hampshire released Tuesday, Sanders won 53 percent support compared to Clinton’s 39 percent.