AP SPIN METER: Sanders Says He’ll Quickly Break up Big Banks

Sanders says if he wins Iowa it will show the country “is ready for significant change”. She advocated for a higher minimum wage and LGBT rights.

“What ends up happening in meetings like this is reality surfaces, we talk about things you don’t see much on TV”, said Sanders, drawing on the anti-establishment tone of his campaign.

Hillary Clinton said she’s welcoming the rivalry that’s developed with her closest Democratic opponent, Vermont Sen.

And about Clinton, Cuprill said: “I believe she’s the best candidate with the best resume that can win”. “I think that what works for me is I’ve proven that I can attract voters across the board”.

If the Sanders team can’t gin up enough support by appealing to – and registering – new voters who are drawn to his outsider message, it could lead to electoral victory for Clinton.

“The hope among some Republicans is that the Iowa caucuses on Monday and the New Hampshire primary on February 9 will promote a candidate who can appeal to the half of their electorate that doesn’t support the two current front-runners”, The Times said of Trump and Cruz.

Iowa strategists said Clinton’s schedule has been particularly shrewd, while Sanders’ reflects a candidate intent on broadening his appeal. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) recent jump in the polls, giving him a shot at knocking front-runner Hillary Clinton off the winner’s podium.

“But I will tell you that the last couple of months we have gained a whole lot of ground and again I think we stand a real chance to create a large voter turnout”.

“What do we say about what is going on in America today, when a young man in the prime of his life just wants to get a college education?” he asked as the crowd clapped and nodded in agreement, clearly tapping into a point of interest. Several Democratic strategists said they expect O’Malley’s supporters to split about 60/40 in Sanders’ favor.

On Thursday, the Sanders campaign released an ad, set to air today, that while not mentioning Clinton by name criticized a system where it said politicians are bought and paid for by Wall Street firms with “contributions and speaking fees”. That said, the most important question that a national leader has to answer is what she or he would do with the opportunity to lead. But his focus quickly turned to his campaign’s momentum. It said Trump “invents his positions as he goes along” and got the nation’s unemployment figures dramatically wrong.