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The hurdles Hillary has to surmount are getting higher

The hurdles Hillary has to surmount are getting higher

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She might lose the nomination never mind the general election Eugene Debs must be grinning in his grave. OK, Bernie Sanders isn’t quite the firebrand radical that Debs was a hundred years ago but the notion that there is a credible route for a self-declared socialist to the White House is one that only a few months ago would have been dismissed with derision. Not now. Two polls released yesterday give the Independent Senator for Vermont genuine cause for hope….

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Sanders shows biggest weakness in the overnight Democratic Nominee debate: his age

Sanders shows biggest weakness in the overnight Democratic Nominee debate: his age

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< After the massive disappointment for the Hillary campaign in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary it was back to a live TV debate overnight with the 74 year old victor in the primary, socialist Bernie Sanders. In the aftermath of New Hampshire Andy Burnham (remember him?) Tweeted that he knew how Hillary felt that morning. The big difference is that the former LAB cabinet minister is no Clinton and attempting to compare with her made him look presumptuous and foolish. The...

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The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

The New Hampshire aftermath: This week’s PB/Polling Matters TV Show looks at where the race stands now

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Where does the battle for Obama’s successor stand now? Although the outcome in both the Republican and Democratic races in the New Hampshire primary was completely in line with the polls the results have come as a massive shock. One thing’s for sure – previous assumptions about how US elections work don’t apply any more and we look forward with a great degree of uncertainty. This was also the biggest political betting event since the UK General Election last May….

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The GOP nomination race is effectively now down to just 5

The GOP nomination race is effectively now down to just 5

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Iowa and New Hampshire have slimmed the GOP field down What a night and what an outcome. The contender who was deemed to have “won” the last debate, Chris Christie failed to make an impact in NH and returned to New Jersey to consider his position. Given that Christie’s final act had been his debate destruction of Rubio only a few days ago it seemed that others benefited from him taking down the one who became favourite after Iowa. Maybe…

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With Rubio faltering John Kasich could be the favoured non-Trump GOP contender in today’s New Hampshire primary

With Rubio faltering John Kasich could be the favoured non-Trump GOP contender in today’s New Hampshire primary

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All the New Hampshire polls have Trump ahead in the GOP race. 2nd place is a different story… pic.twitter.com/qDgeBeCGs8 — Jonathan Jones (@J_I_Jones) February 9, 2016 It’s primary election day in New Hampshire – the first full one of the 2016 campaign and the big developments over the past 24 hours have been on the Governor of Ohio John Kasich. He made an early decision to focus all his early effort on New Hampshire and judging by the polling has…

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On the eve of New Hampshire the Hillary campaign takes its biggest gamble: bringing in Bill to attack Bernie

On the eve of New Hampshire the Hillary campaign takes its biggest gamble: bringing in Bill to attack Bernie

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Does the former President still hold much sway? So we are almost there in what has in past White House races been the contest that has proved to be the most crucial – the first full primary in the New England State of New Hampshire. While much of the attention has been on the Republicans there’s a battle royal going on in the Democratic primary where the 74 year old socialist Bernie Sanders has been enjoying double digit leads over…

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Rubio slips back on Betfair following what’s described as “robotic” NH debate performance

Rubio slips back on Betfair following what’s described as “robotic” NH debate performance

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The Twitter verdicts of leading pundits https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/696181161173843968 Marco Rubio isn’t ready for prime time. Let the panic begin. — Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) February 7, 2016 What makes Rubio's performance even more perplexing, he seemed unprepared for the attacks even though it was telegraphed all week — Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) February 7, 2016 Trump, Kasich, Jeb and Christie all had good nights. — Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) February 7, 2016 After his surprisingly close 3rd place in Iowa all the narrative in…

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