Sanders surges ahead in Iowa, Trump consolidates lead

Betsy Burton, 71, an independent voter in New Hampshire, says she sees a parallel between Obama’s successful run in 2008 and Sanders’ quest this year for the Democratic nomination, saying she senses that Sanders instills the same level of excitement that Obama generated eight years ago. He also noted that between December and January, the top issue for Democratic voters shifted from foreign policy and national security to jobs and the economy.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton credited Democrats with battling a “recalcitrant, obstructionist” Congress, and warned against undoing President Obama’s agenda.

But, she said, she’s still considering caucusing for Sanders. She said she supports Obamacare and wants to expand coverage to 100 percent of Americans, though she never mentioned the term “single-payer” or the Medicaid-for-all system espoused by Sanders.

Trump, 69, is leading considerably in both the states, but this is not the case with 68-year-old Clinton, who is eyeing to create history in the November 2016 presidential elections by becoming the first woman to be elected as the USA president.

“A lot of my friends are Sanders supporters”, Bonney said.

The State Department asked a federal court Friday for a one-month extension to publish the last of Hillary Clinton’s emails during her time as secretary of state.

A new CNN/ORC poll released Thursday found Sanders leading Clinton among Iowa caucus-goers on economic issues, but showed Clinton had a strong advantage in the area of foreign policy.

Sanders has increased his lead over Clinton in New Hampshire as Democratic-leaning voters – particularly younger and nontraditional ones – have become more “energized”, said Andy Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

Clinton was far less combative in New Hampshire – the state next to the Vermont senator’s home, where he holds a commanding 27-point lead over Clinton in the latest CNN/WMUR poll – and focused more on her policy proposals than she did on contrasting herself with the Vermont senator whose favorable rating, in both internal and external polls, is exceedingly high. Ed Markey, Congressman McGovern and Stephen Lynch are all set to come to New Hampshire and campaign on her behalf.

Still: “He is just so passionate and I think the way he talks really just speaks to my age group”.

She said people “who are so adamantly opposed” to abortion rights “have no regard for what women’s lives are like”.

She thanked those supporters who were with her and told those in the audience who were still “shopping” that she hoped she could win them over before the primary.