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Related: About this forumHer 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 is cross-crossing 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.
Heres my argument for Hillary, he told nearly 300 supporters gathered Friday at a community college in Marshalltown. If you want someone who can keep America safe, and restore broad-based prosperity, who can deal with kitchen-table issues that are eating families alive, stop the presidents progress from being repealed if you want to know whos the most likely to do that its not close.
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.
Even her supporters say they cant predict a win, and fear the fallout of a loss.
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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-bill-clinton-campaigning-20160116-story.html
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Her Lead All But Gone In Iowa, Hillary Clinton Deploys Bill To Win Over Voters (Original Post)
Purveyor
Jan 2016
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TheBlackAdder
(28,193 posts)1. I'd like to see Bill Clinton talk. That must be cool. nt
saltpoint
(50,986 posts)2. We heard for months about the
superiority of Clinton's ground game, about how she has learned from her mistakes from the third place Iowa finish in 2008.
The Des Moines Register poll has a very sturdy reputation and its results suggest the race in Iowa is within the margin of error.
The Sanders campaign is a very motivated bunch. True everywhere, actually, not just in Iowa.
It looks from the polling that either Sanders or Clinton wins in Iowa, but it is very noteworthy that the race is this close. I believe Sanders has the momentum and the motivation. It looks to me like Bernie can win this thing in Iowa.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)3. She also appears to have deployed the horseshit rail gun.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)4. Bill has a lot of credibility on the issues.
And his new grandfather look is, well, just the ticket....
MisterP
(23,730 posts)5. remind me again, was it Whirlpool or Maytag that recently pulled everything out and fled to Mexico?
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)6. Whirlpool now owns Maytag. Happen back around 2006. eom