New year, old targets: Trump hits Clintons, Bush on Twitter

The Vermont senator’s take also lagged Clinton’s overall haul of $55 million in the quarter, which included $18 million earmarked for the Democratic Party – money that would bolster her prospects in the general election.

The fourth-quarter tally falls just short of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton’s campaign numbers, which totaled $37 million in the last few months of 2015. His campaign said he ended December with $28.4 million in available cash out of the almost $73 million raised.

The Clinton campaign has released two new ads related to Alzheimer’s, one about a New Hampshire librarian who cares for his 84-year-old mother and must take her to work with him because he can’t afford day care.

His campaign has noted that most of its donors have given in small increments – about $20 to $30 apiece – allowing Sanders to return to them repeatedly.

Tanden also said Soros had been “impressed that he can always call/meet” with Clinton on policy issues but he hadn’t yet met with Obama. Her annual total is the most for any non-incumbent in a non-election year and roughly equal to what President Obama raised as a sitting president ahead of the 2012 election, the campaign said.

“This people-powered campaign is revolutionizing American politics”, Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager, said in a statement on Saturday.

He said: “This is now time for us to really put the pedal to the metal”. 94 per cent of donations to this campaign in the last quarter were in increments of $100 or less, Mr Mook said.

Mr. Sanders’s campaign has aggressively targeted and courted low-dollar donors, developing a deep network of people it could keep tapping for new contributions.

Iowa is first in the nation to weigh in on the presidential nominations, with its caucuses on February 1.

Hillary Clinton is praising President Barack Obama’s plan for new executive actions on gun control. While the Republicans are focused on style and rhetoric, the race between Clinton and Sanders is much more substantive, “and she’s got to make clear what she stands for”.

Turning on Hillary’s husband, Trump added: ‘I hope Bill Clinton starts talking about women’s issues so that voters can see what a hypocrite he is and how Hillary abused those women!’