Clinton’s response to Sanders has some Democrats worried

Then the ground shook with the release of a CNN poll, showing Sanders with a whopping 60 percent, almost double Clinton’s share of 33 percent, and O’Malley at just 1 percent. The polls certainly show the two Democrats in an extremely close race in Iowa, and Iowa’s very important to her. Have you heard a change in her message over the last few days? Sanders. It’s bad enough that Hillary Clinton is raising millions in special-interest money in her super PACS.

Sanders’ campaign has been heavily reliant on projecting his rivals as part of the establishment, a nexus of politicians, congressmen and corporate elites he believes are responsible for the current economic and political problems facing the country. He has a lot of support from young people, but you know what?

The speech was reminiscent of remarks Clinton delivered earlier in the campaign, when she focused on her record and her vision, not her opponents’ differences and deficiencies. “I am not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in real life”, Clinton said. “And of course we know that Planned Parenthood has been under attack constantly from the Republicans both in Congress and in many states”.

She said the Iranian government still engages in a variety of concerning behaviors, including supporting terror, backing Syrian President Bashar Assad and destabilizing the region. Brian, tell us about this one. Black voters make up a big part of the Democratic voting base in Southern states like SC that hold their contest later in the primary. “I don’t think the outcome will be substantially different”. He denounced the sixth anniversary of the Citizens United decision in Peterborough, urged Southern New Hampshire University students to break the narrative that college kids don’t vote, lamented wealth inequality at a poverty forum in Nashua and was introduced by his son, Levi Sanders, at a town hall in Wolfeboro.

Clinton’s campaign jumped on Sanders’ proposal to normalize relations with Iran.

That same evening, according to TIME, the Clinton campaign struck back with a snarkypost on Medium written by campaign chair John Podesta. Others would blame the paltry number of debates the Democratic National Committee made a decision to schedule.

“I just don’t understand what that means”, Clinton responded.

Clinton has long struggled to connect with liberal activists, who have gained influence as the party has shifted left during President Barack Obama’s two terms in office.

SIEGEL: OK. Tam Keith speaking to us from a moving bus in Iowa and Brian Naylor in Hooksett, N.H, thanks to both of you.