Newest Poll Shows Sanders Leading Clinton in Iowa
Sanders. It’s bad enough that Hillary Clinton is raising millions in special-interest money in her super PACS.
Also conspicuously absent: The stinging tone of her critiques which accused Sanders of espousing a string of unachievable goals in foreign policy and health care. The speech, one adviser said, was created to “shake some sense into Iowans” and escalate the experience argument she has been making against Sanders with limited success.
Despite Sanders’ surge-or perhaps because of Sanders’ surge-Clinton has begun emphasizing the importance of winning the general election.
The Democratic front-runner in New Hampshire returned to the state Thursday, holding several events.
Emerson College polled 258 registered Democratic and Democratic-leaning independents likely to vote in Iowa’s caucuses January 18-20.
Mere days before the state’s caucuses, Hillary Clinton supporters gathered at the University of Iowa for a rally that featured yet another star-studded endorsement for the Democratic presidential candidate and frontrunner.
Clinton, who is in the midst of a campaign swing through Iowa, stressed that this was a tough race and said she knows how to get “knocked down” and get back up.
There was also a big swing on who voters trusted most on specific issues. Democrats will choose who they want as their nominee on February 1 and both external and internal polls show the race is close.
Donald Trump is thumping Ted Cruz by double digits in a new Iowa poll, while Bernie Sanders has grabbed a significant lead from Hillary Clinton among Democrats likely to caucus in the state.
SIEGEL: Well, this ad does not mention Secretary Clinton, but she’s mentioning him a lot – Bernie Sanders, as Tam has noted. I’ve worked with both of them a long time.
“It never occurred to me that so many countries were paying attention to our politics”, Clinton said.
She said the Iranian government still engages in a variety of concerning behaviors, including supporting terror, backing Syrian President Bashar Assad and destabilizing the region. “Sen. Sanders believes stopping the worst effects of climate change is a critical challenge for the next president”, Michael Briggs said.
When it comes to fixing Iran and Saudi Arabia relations and how to fight ISIS troops inside Syria and Iraq, Sullivan says that is clear that Sanders has “not thought it through”. “What I’m hearing more and more is that (black voters) are now open to hearing Bernie”.