But the map gets hard for him from there. Sanders will take the state, and in all likelihood he’ll take it by a lot. If the Clintons move heaven and earth to try to bottle that old lightning one more time, New Hampshire voters might respond. In 1992, when Bill’s back was against the wall, they sent hundreds. There’s a debate on MSNBC this Thursday-remember, with Martin O’Malley having dropped out, it’ll be head to head-and the Clinton campaign will send dozens of surrogates into the state. He could win by 25.Īnd is there any chance that things can change? Remember, New Hampshire is the state that saved Bill Clinton in 1992, and Hillary Clinton in 2008. He’s going to have momentum off this result. What comes next? As of tonight on Real Clear Politics, Sanders is 18 points ahead in New Hampshire. She dodged a serious bullet by about one inch. Clinton didn’t win in the way she was supposed to, but she didn’t exactly lose either. Sanders won because he exceeded expectations-Nate Silver gave him a 20 percent shot of winning the state. So now it looks like I’m going to bed without exactly knowing who won. He came out last, and he said what you’re supposed to say in his situation-they wrote us off, we were running against the most powerful political machine in America, and win or lose tonight, look at the impact we’ve had. Why did she come out so early? It seems to me it had to be because she was afraid if she waited another hour, she’d have to give a concession speech. And then on top of that, Clinton gives this weird speech that wasn’t quite a victory speech, certainly wasn’t a concession speech. Reporters had been told that Bill and Chelsea were going to speak, but when the time came they didn’t. First of all she steps on Ted Cruz, the night’s big winner, who was entitled to give his victory speech without being bigfooted. Then a little after 11 she comes out to speak. She was less than one percentage point ahead, and Sanders was steadily closing. Then, around 10:30 or so, MSNBC and CNN started reporting that Clinton aides were claiming victory. Then around 9:00 or so it started to tighten a little. Around 8 p.m., those entrance-exit polls came out, and those numbers suggested that Clinton was going to romp-seven or eight points. What was going on with the Clinton campaign? So let’s review.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |