Iowa Democratic Party reviewing results in caucuses
Hillary Clinton dominates the Sunday morning talk shows this week as polls show her gaining on Bernie Sanders in Tuesday’s New Hampshire presidential primary. Barack Obama in the 2008 primary and it remains sacred ground for supporters of her husband, former President Bill Clinton, whose second-place finish in the 1992 primary led to his self-applied nickname of the “Comeback Kid”.
Clinton said that road could start in New Hampshire on Tuesday.
“Now, of course I still hope to persuade those who are supporting Senator Sanders to give me another look”, she continued, “but I want you to know that I am truly glad that you re involved in this process and in the Democratic party”.
“I know that a lot of voters are still shopping”, Clinton acknowledged. Debbie Stabenow and New Hampshire Sen.
But there is uncertainty about whether the performance will impact polls in the first in the nation primary state, where Clinton is behind by anywhere between 20 and 30 percentage points. “And I can’t help but think about how I felt when I first came to New Hampshire in 1968 to campaign for my presidential candidate, Gene McCarthy, to end the war in Vietnam”.
The day before, during a blizzard in Manchester, she joined a fleet of female senators for a volunteer rally. “That’s the revolution”, said Michigan Sen.
Sanders, too, has been casting ahead, hoping to boost his profile among black voters who make up more than half of the SC electorate.
Sanders headed to New York City for a cameo appearance on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live”, appearing with comedian Larry David, who has portrayed Sanders as an impassioned underdog shouting for revolution.
The day before, his campaign scheduled a press conference to tout the endorsement of former NAACP president Ben Jealous. Then Reich adds, “But Bernie Sanders is the most qualified candidate to create the political system we should have, because he’s leading a political movement for change”. Clinton is one of the best known political figures in the world and has strong backing among Latinos and black voters.
It’s a sentiment Sanders has echoed for the past five days in the Granite State.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton attends a “Get Out the Vote” event at Rundlett Middle School, in Concord, N.H., Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016.