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Sanders maintains slim lead over Clinton in Iowa
[Iran Press TV] US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...The only openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords... has a slim lead over his rival, Democratic frontrunner  Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another John Foster Dulles... , in Iowa only a week before the caucuses there, a new online poll shows. According to the CBS News "Battleground Tracker" survey, released on Sunday, Sanders has a 1 point lead over Clinton, 47 to 46 percent. Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley ...former Democratic governor of Maryland and aspiring presidential candidate, known locally as The One-Man Economic Wrecking Crew. O'Malley was elected to his second term driven by union support and near-Stalinesque vote margins in Baltimore city (82%) and Prince George's County (88%). He presided over more than 40 tax or fee increases, including a rain tax and a flush tax... has only 5 percent support. In New Hampshire, Sanders, however, maintains his wide lead, 57 to 38 percent, according to the poll. Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, the partisans of Honorius went for their knives and the partisans of Stilicho went for the doors... Clinton has a commanding lead over Sanders in South Carolina, 60 to 38 percent, the survey showed. In a Democratic primary that appears to be tightening, Clinton has escalated its attacks on Sanders over his perceived inexperience with foreign policy. In an interview with NBC on Sunday, Clinton acknowledged that her competition with Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination has become intensely personal. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-25 |
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