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Seven things to watch for at Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Exactly 100 days ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Democratic presidential candidates and their throngs of supporters will descend on Des Moines to see if the party’s signature event will reshape the race.
Read More >>No Groundswell for Biden in New Hampshire: Bloomberg Politics/Saint Anselm Poll
Vice President Joe Biden trails the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination by more than 25 points each in New Hampshire and would enter the race without an edge over them on overall favorability or specific personality traits.
Read More >>New Hampshire Poll Shows Post-Debate Bounce for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeing a post-debate bounce with Democrats in New Hampshire.
A new WBUR poll found 38 percent of likely voters supporting her and 34 percent supporting Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has not yet decided on a run, is a distant third with 9 percent.
Read More >>No Debate Bump: Jim Webb, Martin O’Malley Still Stuck Near Zero
If longtime one-percenters Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee were looking for a boost from the first Democratic debate, they will be sorely disappointed with a new CNN/ORC poll out this morning.
Read More >>Post-Debate, Hillary Clinton remains tops
With the first Democratic debate in the books, a new CNN/ORC poll finds most who watched think Hillary Clinton had the best performance of the night, but her strong showing hasn’t boosted her standing in the race for the party’s nomination.
Read More >>Third-Quarter Fundraising Stratifies the Candidates
All the candidates for president have filed their fundraising reports for the third quarter with the Federal Election Commission, and the general view is that candidates have separated into three distinct categories: those raising enough money to mount credible campaigns in the early nominating contests as well as the later caucuses and primaries; those raising enough to fund one- or two-state campaigns in Iowa and/or New Hampshire and hoping to use early success in order to propel them into contention; ... Read More >>
Biggest Losers: Finance Reports Show Who’s Ready to Throw in Towel
Donald Trump spent more on hats than Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal raised in three months. Democrat Martin O’Malley’s fundraising for the quarter was dwarfed by rival Bernie Sanders’s haul in just the 24 hours after Tuesday’s debate. And Hillary Clinton’s parking expenses surpassed Lincoln Chafee’s entire third-quarter haul.
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