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Leaf .. pucker up baby! KMA National Review...Hanover, N.H. — Following her strong debate performance on Friday night in Manchester, Amy Klobuchar drew solid crowds as she crisscrossed New Hampshire this weekend. She spoke at Dartmouth College a few hours after Pete Buttigieg was there on Saturday, and both candidates drew about the same number of attendees. On Sunday, more than 700 people showed up see her in Manchester and another 1,0 came out see her in Nashua, while Buttigieg had a crowd of 1,800 at his lone event in Nashua that same day. The crowds for Joe Biden were much smaller. The interest in Klobuchar at these events matched the interest in her online, and is borne out in the polls: separate tracking surveys conducted after the debate showed her jumping out third place in New Hampshire. In Suffolk’s poll, she shot up from 6 percent percent following the debate, a couple ahead of both Biden and Elizabeth Warren, while Bernie Sanders led with 27 percent and Buttigieg was in second at 19 percent. In short, Klobuchar appears be hitting her stride in New Hampshire, and support for her could continue grow in the closing hours of the race. Earlier in the campaign, Klobuchar’s nerves appeared get the better of her at times on the debate stage, but on the stump this weekend she was at ease. With a smile on her face at Dartmouth, she skillfully differentiated herself from all of her opponents. She recalled that when the ABC debate moderator asked, “Do we think a socialist should lead the ticket? I was the only one that raised my hand and said, ‘No, actually I don’t.’ Bernie and I are friends. I appreciate his service, but I don’t think he should lead the ticket.” |
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(Bloomberg) -- Polls show the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire taking on a new dynamic about 24 hours before voting begins, with those who have made up their minds clearly preferring Bernie Sanders, but about a third still unsure. Amy Klobuchar’s rise to third in a 7 News/Emerson College tracking poll and a Suffolk University/Boston Globe/WBZ tracking poll reflects a surge after a strong debate on Friday. The polls show that about a third of voters could still change their minds, making Monday’s campaign stops around the state crucial for candidates who want to persuade voters to their side. Klobuchar got high marks for her closing argument in Friday’s debate about the need to elect someone who understands average Americans, and she has stayed out of the bickering that has marked the weekend’s campaigning. Her campaign says she has raised $3 million since Friday’s debate.
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“We better not screw this up,” Klobuchar said in Nashua. “I cannot think of a better state that gets this than New Hampshire, with your big tradition of independent voters,” she added, tweaking her stump speech to the state. In a brief interview with The Daily Beast, Klobuchar further detailed her pitch to the consequential voting segment, listing off several parts of her candidacy that appeal uniquely to them, including “hooking our economy into the education system” and “expanding into things that they care about like long-term care, mental health, and addiction,” she said. “Lots in her stump speaks to them,” one source directly familiar with Klobuchar’s thinking said about her strategy. “The fact that she pays for everything she proposes, like her opioid and mental health plan… it’s common sense, it’s practical, and the numbers add up.” “New Hampshire independents like that kind of honest talk and fiscal clarity,” the source said. That straight talk approach appeals to some voters eyeing Klobuchar now. “People in New Hampshire are very pragmatic. They don’t want their lives made worse by politicians,” Louise Eastman, a voter from Nashua, said. “They don’t want to be taxed to the point where they can’t even afford stuff. Certain candidates, and I won’t name names, are too liberal to the point where they scare people.”
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2/10/2020 12:16 pm |
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