Sanders: Hillary Clinton Will Be the Problem for Democrats

The Iowa poll was conducted January 26-29 based on telephone interviews with 602 registered voters who say they definitely or probably will attend the 2016 Republican caucuses, and 602 registered voters who say they will definitely or probably attend the Demcoratic caucuses.

At a Manchester rally, Sanders spoke for many when he called the Democratic contest against Hillary Clinton a toss-up, to be won and lost according to how many Iowans invest the time and energy to make it to caucus sites.

The candidates crisscrossed Iowa on Saturday in a frenzied weekend prelude to the first presidential contest of the 2016 race.

The result Sunday was a blur of sometimes conflicting messages.

Cruz, who saw his lead in the state overtaken by Trump but may have a stronger turnout operation, also tried to lower expectations. Trump didn’t name any such senators, and none immediately emerged.

Sanders has been gaining on Clinton, who still faces questions about her use of a private e-mail server.

“When we started this campaign here in Iowa, we were 50 or 60 points behind Secretary Clinton”, Sanders said.

If the thousands of students who fill his rallies turn out on Monday they could produce an upset. Republican John Kasich already has decamped to New Hampshire.

MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union Leader are set to host the first debate on February 4 in New Hampshire in between Monday’s Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary on February 9.

“That obviously wasn’t his best performance”, he said. “Let’s say in this case you have 10 O’Malley supporters”.

Both camps said the agreement was not final and that the Democratic National Committee had yet to sign off on the deal, which remained under negotiation. I think a lot of his people are going to come over. “I’m not attacking Planned Parenthood, I want to expand funding for Planned Parenthood”, he said. Then-Sen. Barack Obama was out front (a phenomenon Selzer predicted while others in her field missed the boat) with 32 percent, with then-Sens.

Sanders said the U.S.is spending “far more than other countries on healthcare”. “We have come a long, long way”.

“If working people and low-income people and young people come out to vote, we will win this thing”, Sanders, a Vermont independent, told ABC’s “This Week”. One ad said darkly of Rubio: “Tax hikes”.

Cruz took to the airwaves to challenge the conservative credentials of Rubio, the Floridian running third in Iowa, according to the polls. “Amnesty. The Republican Obama”. He continued to suggest that Cruz may not be legally qualified to be president because he was born in Canada. His campaign has $19 million cash on hand. That means his pace is picking up.

But Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said in a statement that the Clinton campaign had not accepted debates his team proposed for March 3 in MI and April 14 in NY.

Sanders was joined on stage by several campaign surrogates – Dr. Cornel West, Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and former Chicago mayoral candidate Chuy Garcia. The PAC began the year with about $14 million left to spend.

Meanwhile, Saturday evening’s poll found Mr Trump leading Senator Ted Cruz 28% to 23% among likely GOP caucus-goers.

A new poll – released Saturday night by the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics, regarded as the gold standard when it comes to predicting the Monday outcome – put Trump and Hillary Clinton in the lead.