Cillizza: If Hillary Loses Iowa, New Hampshire And South Carolina, ‘She Will

“Looking at just the earliest voting states, Iowa and New Hampshire, Clinton’s disapproval levels matched or surpassed what she received country-wide: she had greater than 50% disapproval among young voters in both Iowa and New Hampshire along with low-single-digit approval”, Yik Yak wrote in its analysis.

While questions about Hillary Clinton led among Democratic nominees in 12 states on google.com, Bernie Sanders took the remaining states.

“Understanding that Iran’s behavior in so many ways is something that we disagree with, their support for terrorism, the anti-American rhetoric that we’re hearing from of their leadership is something that is not acceptable”, Sanders said.

Sanders is in the midst of a vigorous effort appeal to African-Americans and other South Carolinians who don’t know anything about a Vermont senator who lives 45 miles south of the Canadian border in one of the whitest states in the country.

On a weekend tour in South Carolina, Sanders attended Congressman Jim Clyburn’s World Famous Fish Fry, went to church and held a lengthy live-streamed roundtable on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Clinton tried to turn the argument back on Sanders, suggesting his criticism of financial regulations was a criticism of Obama’s receipt of donations from Wall Street during his two presidential campaigns. By contrast, O’Malley seemed to struggle to get some airtime between Sanders and Clinton, especially when they sparred on health care and financial regulation.

He pushed on with his months-long assault on Mrs Clinton’s Wall Street ties, trying to cast doubt on whether she would be beholden to large banks and corporations that are key fund-raising sources in the presidential process.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders laid out an ambitious $1.3 trillion plan to remake the USA healthcare system, in which the government would pay most Americans’ medical bills in place of private insurers.

Without getting into the details of such a heavy, problematic lift, what Clinton did Sunday was take a new theory of the primary race for a spin: Having been thumped by the unexpected Obama in 2008, she’s beginning to sound like someone eager to carry out his third term.

Sanders took note that he was copying Clinton on that verbiage, drawing a chuckle from his rival amid their pointed exchanges.

“Bernie did well but I don’t think there was a knockdown, and that is what Bernie needs right now”, said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon.

As healthcare became the main topic of discussion regarding domestic policy, Clinton remarked she wanted to improve upon the ACA.

Clinton also shed some light on what role her husband, former President Bill Clinton, would play in her administration. Kitchen table adviser, perhaps?

Sanders was asked about the differences between his economic plan to redistribute wealth and Clinton’s plan to do less of the same. “I’m going to defend Dodd-Frank (Act)”, she said. Or as Ted Cruz would put it – Are you bleepin’ kidding me? Sanders indeed supported an instant background check and, at certain points, a three-day waiting period.

The two front-runners clashed over gun control with Clinton accusing Sanders of voting with the NRA and the gun lobby “numerous times” and saying that she was pleased that he had “reversed his position” on a 2005 vote to shield gun makers from lawsuits.

For Martin O’Malley, the top questions were: “Why is Martin O’Malley running for President?”, “Martin O’Malley was Governor of which state?” and “Is Martin O’Malley still running for President?”