Thirty days to Iowa: Candidates make final sprint

The Hill ^ | 1/2/2016 | Jonathan Easley

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

Presidential candidates are in an all-out sprint in Iowa with the caucuses only 30 days away.

Campaigns are sharpening their attacks, doubling down on time and resources spent in the state, and placing their final bets on the ad buys and infrastructure they hope will bolster their get-out-the-vote efforts.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton holds a substantial lead in the polls, though Democrats are warning the front-runner against complacency. They point to the enthusiasm gap she faces against Bernie Sanders, who will be looking to marshal his substantial grassroots support in a state that sent Clinton's 2008 hopes into a tailspin.

But most of the intrigue is on the Republican side, where 11 candidates are still vying for the party's nomination. Political watchers are expecting a record GOP turnout at the caucuses, as well as a substantial winnowing of the field in the weeks that follow the Feb. 1 vote. "Iowa doesn't always define the race, but it can chop the field in half or at least thin the herd," said Jamie Johnson, a long-time GOP operative in the state. "It will certainly separate the contenders from the pretenders and sling-shot some into New Hampshire while sending the rest home."

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are presently jockeying atop the polls and are the consensus favorites among insiders in the state. Cruz has been on a sharp upward trajectory, catching and in some polls passing Trump. The Texas Republican senator has won the backing of some of the most influential conservatives in the state, including Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) and Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats, who has backed the last two caucus winners.

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

GO TRUMP!

[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

PING!

[HarleyLady27]

WOOHOO TRUMP!!! ALL THE WAY TO THE OVAL OFFICE!!!

[Reno89519]

Trump is smiling all the way; the others are, at best, limping along.

[usafa92]

“He’s definitely for real out here,” said one Iowa Republican official who requested anonymity. “The question is whether the people they’ve identified as supporters will turn out. I’m not convinced they will, but if he can turn out just half of them he could blow the top off this thing.”

This sounds like you could have written this...

[Ciexyz]

The left is already putting out articles, 2016 is the year we elect a woman president.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Thirty days to Iowa: Candidates make final sprint

I'd really love to know how many Iowa voters Fiorina swayed with her tweet supporting Iowa over HER ALMA MATER, Stanford. If she got ANY, they had to be imbeciles.

[Jane Long]

Trump is hitting the trail, beginning tonight!

His ads will begin running, soon.

The fun hasn’t even begun :)

I read a great post, yesterday....

Hillary has not even had to defend herself/her awful record. Once she and Trump begin to debate, her numbers will plummet.

Go Trump! Hurry and make America great, again.

[yoe]

This is a well done video of the Clintons, their crimes while in office...ms. Clinton was not elected when she took over health care reform....please take some time to sit back a listen to this important 'litany', not a tedious account, a history of facts. (Hillary Clinton: A Career Criminal)....for the good of America, please pass this on. Thanks.

[LibsRJerks]

The left is already putting out articles, 2016 is the year we elect a woman president.

By all means, let’s be sure to elect a Vagina for president.

I think sometimes that’s about all some women think with, they are so unbelievably STUPID. And it’s usually the same women who are struggling in every sense of the word in the present day state of affairs created by the same voting mindset.

[itsahoot]

The left is already putting out articles, 2016 is the year we elect a woman president.

Trump is getting a sex change? Who knew?

[V K Lee]

Go TRUMP/CRUZ!!
The two are running a marathon while everyone else sprints, walks, crawls to the finish.

Make AMERICA GREAT For GREAT AMERICANS
We’re all in this together.

[trisham]

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The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution does not create that right ... it ensures that the government cannot take it away. Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that the Second Amendments purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.

It has been said that the Second Amendment is Americas first freedom. That is because the Right to Keep and Bear Arms protects all our other rights. We are the only country in the world that has a Second Amendment.
Protecting that freedom is imperative."

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