Clinton, Sanders aim for victory in Nevada caucuses
She has spent far more time in Iowa, shaking hands, holding town hall meetings, and going to gatherings in private homes, than she did when she ran against then-Sen. Barack Obama and John Edwards.
O’Malley said that any of the Republican candidates running for president would “take us backward” and he, like Clinton, put the onus on Nevadans.
And, indeed, she does need Iowa quite badly this time around.
High-profile endorsements can sometimes help candidates, but Bernie Sanders recently received one that might not do him any good.
However, the poll finds that Sanders is viewed more favorably by Democratic primary voters who are now backing Clinton than the former First Lady is among voters now supporting Sanders. John Edwards, of North Carolina.
The Sanders campaign has reportedly hired twice the number of on-the-ground staffers as Clinton has, and has nine field offices across the state as opposed to Clinton’s seven (as of Thursday).
On the Democratic side Clinton is at 47% to 44% for the Vermont Senator with 3% for Martin O’Malley. She also talked about the hardship of caring for sick relatives.
“Nobody’s complacent because of the 2007 and 2008 experience. Bernie Sanders have to be hoping Trump is the GOP’s guy”, Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, said in a statement. “That’s a motivating factor”.
Sanders is pounding the pavement in Iowa ahead of the February 1 caucus.
A Fox survey showed the senator leading Clinton among caucus-goers under the age of 45 by more than 30 points – 56 percent to 34 percent.
“I get a little bit exhausted of hearing my Republican colleagues talking about family values”, Sanders said using air quotes. Sanders is an average of 12.5 percentage points behind Clinton in Iowa, according to Real Clear Politics, but leads in some polls in New Hampshire.
“Let me ask you all to think hard about this job that you are interviewing for”, Clinton said Tuesday night in Council Bluffs.
Some believe the repeal of Glass-Steagall created the conditions for 2008’s financial meltdown.
“I have a long record and I have been at the forefront of change for decades”, she said at an earlier event in Sioux City on Tuesday.
His plans would require agreements from the heads of many agencies and other regulators, which Sanders would appoint.
Democrats say Sanders appears to have made a more emotional connection with his supporters.
Since Clinton already has problems with trustworthiness and Sanders’ character reputation is more favorable among many Democrats and Independents [per Huffington Post], he could steal thunder from both Hillary and Trump’s campaigns, and that momentum could place him in the White House. “I don’t like the idea of having the same people over and over again”. You going to win there?
STEPHANOPOULOS: How about this argument from Hillary Clinton yesterday?
Sanders will also respond to criticism from Clinton’s campaign that his approach would not adequately regulate non-bank financial institutions, and explain why he favors reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law that prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking activities. “She’s been through this before”. We need leadership now to say, really, enough is enough.
Clinton’s campaign chairman, former Obama adviser John Podesta, called on Sanders to join Obama and Clinton by taking on the issue of liability for gun manufacturers whose firearms are used in a crime.