Trump and Sanders Have Lead In New Hampshire

[libertybele]

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Hold Big Leads in New Hampshire Poll

Donald J. Trump trails Senator Ted Cruz in Iowa but has a commanding double-digit lead in New Hampshire with less than a month to go before voting begins in the first contests in the Republican presidential nominating fight, according to new Fox News surveys.

Mr. Cruz received 27 percent of support in Iowa, while Mr. Trump, who has sharpened his attacks on the senator from Texas in recent weeks, got 23 percent. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida is next, at 15 percent, followed by Ben Carson (9 percent); Jeb Bush (7 percent); Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky (5 percent); and Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey (4 percent).

In New Hampshire, however, Mr. Trump received 33 percent support from likely voters in the Republican primary, which is more than double the amount of his closest rival, Mr. Rubio, at 15 percent. Mr. Cruz got 12 percent. And despite a sense that Mr. Christie is on the rise in the state, he was at 5 percent in the Fox News poll, in sixth place. Both Mr. Bush and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio are ahead of him, with Mr. Bush at 9 percent and Mr. Kasich at 7 percent.

...Meanwhile, in the Democratic contest, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has a 13-percentage point lead over Hillary Clinton, 50 percent to her 37 percent. Mr. Sanders’s lead has grown since a one-point lead in a similar poll in November. Martin O’Malley, the third candidate in the race, is at 3 percent.

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/08/bernie-sanders-holds-strong-lead-in-new-hampshire-poll/

[musiclady]

Makes sense.  In New Hampshire Democrats are left and so are Republicans.

The two most liberal candidates on both sides are ahead.

[jmyrlefuller]

Makes sense.  In New Hampshire Democrats are left and so are Republicans.

The two most liberal candidates on both sides are ahead.

Yep. And the RNC refuses to strip their delegates for their unconstitutional unilateral interstate compact that allows them to jump ahead of any state's primary.

[libertybele]

Makes sense.  In New Hampshire Democrats are left and so are Republicans.

The two most liberal candidates on both sides are ahead.

The fact that Sanders is so far ahead in a state that Clinton was supposed to easily take I think should also wake up the GOP.  Sanders may very well become the nominee.  Certainly Jeb should be doing much better in New Hampshire.  I don't think we are going to see the Clinton v. Bush runoff.  I think we will more likely see Sanders v. Trump.

[musiclady]

The fact that Sanders is so far ahead in a state that Clinton was supposed to easily take I think should also wake up the GOP.  Sanders may very well become the nominee.  Certainly Jeb should be doing much better in New Hampshire.  I don't think we are going to see the Clinton v. Bush runoff.  I think we will more likely see Sanders v. Trump.

I hope it's Sanders vs. Cruz................   

[HonestJohn]

Yep. And the RNC refuses to strip their delegates for their unconstitutional unilateral interstate compact that allows them to jump ahead of any state's primary.

Unconstitutional?

Really?

[EC]

Really.

Haven' seen a single mention of primaries ANYWHERE in the Constitution.

[Fishrrman]

libertybele wrote above:
"The fact that Sanders is so far ahead in a state that Clinton was supposed to easily take I think should also wake up the GOP.  Sanders may very well become the nominee."

Speculation:
What if James Comey waits until the day after Sanders cleans o'er-the-Hillary's clock in New Hampshire, to go public with the F.B.I.'s recommendation that Hillary be charged for mishandling classified information ...?

Would be a hell of a tactical move on his part!

[libertybele]

libertybele wrote above:
"The fact that Sanders is so far ahead in a state that Clinton was supposed to easily take I think should also wake up the GOP.  Sanders may very well become the nominee."

Speculation:
What if James Comey waits until the day after Sanders cleans o'er-the-Hillary's clock in New Hampshire, to go public with the F.B.I.'s recommendation that Hillary be charged for mishandling classified information ...?

Would be a hell of a tactical move on his part!

I do see a slight glimmer of hope that Comey will bring Hillary down, but I'm not holding my breath. What I find troubling is I think Sanders would be much worse than Hillary.  He reminds me of a mad scientist and this country is his experiment.