Clinton’s New Hampshire challenge: Winning trust
(AP Photo/John Minchillo). Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
Hillary Clinton is shedding some of the caution that has been a trademark over three decades in public life as she urgently tries to surpass rival Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire.
On Saturday, Clinton said during a town hall meeting that her proposals to address college affordability and to build upon Obama’s health care law were superior to Sanders’ approach. Everyone takes a second look. That’s too simple. I don’t think people are motivated to heckle a sitting U.S. Senator speaking at a Democratic Party event named in her honor simply because she’s supporting a different candidate.
Like most politicians, Clinton has never been shy about asking those who work in finance for campaign contributions, and she ably represented the industry during her eight years as a senator from NY.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was faced with the nagging issue of her private email server once again during MSNBC’s Democratic debate in Durham, New Hampshire on Thursday. Sanders is offering Democrats what they have been longing for in their hearts. She’s at 44 percent, but Sanders is at 42 percent within the margin of error.
His anti-capitalist call to arms has inspired millions of young Americans and resonated strongly in the liberal counties of New Hampshire, where Sanders was met with a roar of approval at a rally in Rochester this week.
“Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good”, Sanders said, imitating a line from David’s HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.
A CNN/WMUR tracking poll of likely Republican primary voters finds Trump holding onto an 11-point lead in New Hampshire, ahead of Florida Sen.
“I know there are a lot of remaining questions that are being asked of those of us asking for your vote”, said Ms Clinton, 68.
In a presidential contest, Clinton would beat Trump 46 to 41 percent and tie Cruz 45 to 45 percent, the Quinnipiac figures suggest. The former secretary of state replied, “Enough is enough”.
Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie all made appearances, neither Sanders nor Clinton have stopped in, according to the staff.
“I think if you have the means for your child to go to college, you should pay for your child to go to college”, Clinton said.
However, there would need to be many more discrepancies for Iowa to hand Clinton a retroactive defeat.
But that’s just not the real world, Hillary Clinton and her camp rejoin.
As the left-leaning PoliticusUSA noted, voters may be souring to Clinton’s connections to big money and Wall Street and embracing Sanders’ outsider appeal.
“He does a better job of talking to us as if we’re all his grandkids”, she said.
But for supporters like Charles Sawyer, a 74-year-old retired Google software engineer, the Sanders socialist offering is more than just a pipe-dream in an America where wages are flat and inequality has become an over-riding political theme. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was dispatching dozens of organizers to the state while a number of veterans of past Clinton campaigns, including many from Arkansas, were knocking on doors and staffing phone banks this weekend.