Hillary Clinton knows exactly what she needs to do to pull off a surprise victory in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, her advisers say. But it is not clear she has enough time — or enough voters open to hearing her message — to make it happen. With four […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders Needs A Big Win In New Hampshire
Early primaries are often as much about expectations as they are about winning or losing. Just look at Marco Rubio, who has spun a third-place finish in Iowa on Monday into momentum in New Hampshire because he did better than most expected. That’s why I’m wondering how the press will […] Read more »
Clinton’s Iowa Performance Reveals New Fault Lines for Democrats
… The Democratic Party has historically been described as diverse and disorganized — a patchwork of interests and demographic groups who jostle for control of the party agenda. But after the 2008 Iowa caucuses, it was hard to paint a clear picture of what distinguished the supporters of the three […] Read more »
Bernie Sanders’s real problem with black and Hispanic voters
… Sanders has managed to attract an overwhelmingly white voter base that, by all measures, appears excited and convinced that Sanders’s prescription of inequality busting, billionaire -humbling policy will fix all that is wrong with America. The thing is, Sanders’s message hasn’t quite caught the same kind of fire with […] Read more »
Top Clinton Strategist Says Iowa Was a Real Win
After a razor-thin victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton’s senior strategist, Joel Benenson, dismissed those who are trying to diminish her first-place finish in the caucuses. CONT. Betsy Fischer Martin & Tammy Haddad, Bloomberg Politics Read more »
Sanders, Trump Still Favored in New Hampshire
New Hampshire, as usual, will not be inclined to ratify the result of its early-state rival, Iowa. In open seat races, it’s natural for New Hampshire to zag after Iowa zigs: In the modern era of presidential nominations starting in 1972, there have been 16 contested presidential primaries (seven for […] Read more »