Post by Logan on Feb 8, 2016 0:13:03 GMT -6
It’s looking like another Granite State escape for the Clintons.
This one took magical coins in Iowa, a stacked debate and a socialist opponent, but Hillary Clinton, just like eight years ago and her husband Bill 24 years ago, is about to leave New Hampshire with her White House hopes intact.
The former secretary of state is closing fast on Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders — from a 20-point deficit to just seven in a week. The latest Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll has Sanders at 51 percent to her at 44 percent, compared to his 57 percent to her 37 percent last week. And there’s a possibility she could even overtake him — essentially lights out for his insurgent campaign in just two tries.
Sanders still holds the edge. The poll shows only 17 percent of Democratic primary voters could change their minds. But a narrow win would allow Clinton to claim yet another amazing comeback and move on, with most of the media buying it.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2016/02/battenfeld_hillary_closing_in_on_comeback
This one took magical coins in Iowa, a stacked debate and a socialist opponent, but Hillary Clinton, just like eight years ago and her husband Bill 24 years ago, is about to leave New Hampshire with her White House hopes intact.
The former secretary of state is closing fast on Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders — from a 20-point deficit to just seven in a week. The latest Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll has Sanders at 51 percent to her at 44 percent, compared to his 57 percent to her 37 percent last week. And there’s a possibility she could even overtake him — essentially lights out for his insurgent campaign in just two tries.
Sanders still holds the edge. The poll shows only 17 percent of Democratic primary voters could change their minds. But a narrow win would allow Clinton to claim yet another amazing comeback and move on, with most of the media buying it.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2016/02/battenfeld_hillary_closing_in_on_comeback
