Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 21:35:00 GMT -6
Her lead all but gone in Iowa, Hillary Clinton deploys Bill to win over voters
As Hillary Clinton has seen her lead evaporate in Iowa, and some allies are openly fretting that she could repeat her 2008 loss here, she is deploying one of her most powerful weapons - her husband.
With just more than two weeks before Iowa holds the first nominating contests of 2016, former President Clinton crisscrossed the state for rallies in metropolitan areas and rural outposts, trying to convince voters that his wife is uniquely qualified to be president now because of her experience and mettle.
“If you want to know who can rebuild the economy, deal with the social issues, stop the president’s progress from being repealed and keep the country safe, this is not a close question,” Clinton told several hundred people Saturday evening at a rally at a high school in Des Moines, accompanied by daughter Chelsea.
But close is exactly what the Democratic race is in Iowa. Clinton's once routinely double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has dwindled, with a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll this week giving her the support of 42% of likely Democratic caucusgoers to Sanders’ 40%, well within the margin of error.
Continue reading at www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-bill-clinton-campaigning-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .
As Hillary Clinton has seen her lead evaporate in Iowa, and some allies are openly fretting that she could repeat her 2008 loss here, she is deploying one of her most powerful weapons - her husband.
With just more than two weeks before Iowa holds the first nominating contests of 2016, former President Clinton crisscrossed the state for rallies in metropolitan areas and rural outposts, trying to convince voters that his wife is uniquely qualified to be president now because of her experience and mettle.
“If you want to know who can rebuild the economy, deal with the social issues, stop the president’s progress from being repealed and keep the country safe, this is not a close question,” Clinton told several hundred people Saturday evening at a rally at a high school in Des Moines, accompanied by daughter Chelsea.
But close is exactly what the Democratic race is in Iowa. Clinton's once routinely double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has dwindled, with a Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll this week giving her the support of 42% of likely Democratic caucusgoers to Sanders’ 40%, well within the margin of error.
Continue reading at www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-bill-clinton-campaigning-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .