Post by Logan on Jan 27, 2016 22:35:36 GMT -6
Bernie Sanders at a Crossroads: Attack Hillary Clinton or Stay Positive?
MASON CITY, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and his top advisers returned to Iowa on Wednesday evening having confronted a decision that will have lasting consequences for his presidential campaign and his political image: whether to open a new, tougher line of advertising against his rival Hillary Clinton in the closing days of the race for Iowa.
Both campaigns acknowledge that Mrs. Clinton has pulled slightly ahead in polling for the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Some advisers to Mr. Sanders believe he can win here only by drawing sharper contrasts with her, especially by emphasizing her ties to Wall Street.
The senator has prided himself on running an inspiring, issue-oriented campaign, and he says often that he is not interested in tearing down Mrs. Clinton.
But the decision he is now grappling with echoes questions voiced by his supporters as Mr. Sanders finds himself in striking distance of Mrs. Clinton in Iowa: Does he have the stomach to directly attack and potentially defeat her, or will he be satisfied having injected important issues into the race and preserved his reputation for eschewing negative campaigning?
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-iowa.html
MASON CITY, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and his top advisers returned to Iowa on Wednesday evening having confronted a decision that will have lasting consequences for his presidential campaign and his political image: whether to open a new, tougher line of advertising against his rival Hillary Clinton in the closing days of the race for Iowa.
Both campaigns acknowledge that Mrs. Clinton has pulled slightly ahead in polling for the Iowa caucuses on Monday. Some advisers to Mr. Sanders believe he can win here only by drawing sharper contrasts with her, especially by emphasizing her ties to Wall Street.
The senator has prided himself on running an inspiring, issue-oriented campaign, and he says often that he is not interested in tearing down Mrs. Clinton.
But the decision he is now grappling with echoes questions voiced by his supporters as Mr. Sanders finds himself in striking distance of Mrs. Clinton in Iowa: Does he have the stomach to directly attack and potentially defeat her, or will he be satisfied having injected important issues into the race and preserved his reputation for eschewing negative campaigning?
Read more: www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/us/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-iowa.html