Clinton aide: Sanders has ’empty solutions’

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been closing the gap with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in both national and early-state surveys as of late.

Sanders’ rise in the poll comes as New Hampshire voters’ focus on foreign policy and national security faded from 23 percent to 13 percent and the share of those naming the economy and jobs their top priority climbed from 18 percent to 26 percent.

The CNN/WMUR survey found that more than half of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters – 52% – have already “definitely decided” who they will vote for, signaling less room for shifting loyalties as the primary approaches on February 9.

Asked why Republicans are putting out supportive statements about him, Sanders said: “I don’t know that they are putting out supportive statements about me, but I think at the end of the day, we stand a much better chance of defeating Republicans”. Clinton’s favorability among Dems is at 65 percent.

Where Clinton still holds a considerable advantage is with voters over the age of 50 and minorities. A recent Quinnipiac University poll of Iowa voters found that of the men who plan to caucus in Iowa, 61% now back Sanders, compared to 30% who back Clinton.

Ted Cruz took his first substantive shot at Bernie Sanders as a presidential candidate on Wednesday, the latest sign of Sanders’ growing strength in the Democratic primary.

She became tearful at a campaign stop and that moment helped give her the momentum to claim that New Hampshire had once again turned a Clinton into a ‘comeback kid’. Clinton has always been the Democratic front-runner, but Sanders has mounted a stronger-than-expected challenge so far.

It seems that supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have given their response to Hillary Clinton’s newest line of attack. Clinton’s lead over Sanders with black and Latino voters remains solid and is growing, now standing at a 71%-21% margin, which is a 10 point increase for Clinton since December.

Tellingly, Hillary Clinton praised President Obama in the last debate numerous times, leading Donald Trump to suggest that Hillary was doing so in order to suck up to the White House to avoid being indicted for her private email use. Many have accused Sanders of “flip-flopping” on these issues, especially Clinton’s campaign.