The Canadian Rant

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination has changed drastically over the last two weeks. From the Democratic debate on Jan. 17 th to the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st , the first real test of the campaign, the story of the race has changed from “Hillary Clinton vs. the GOP candidate field” to “Clinton vs. Sanders” as Bernie Sanders continues to emerge as an actual threat to Clinton for the Democratic nomination. The change in the race culminated from the Democratic debate in South Carolina on Jan. 17 th and for the past two weeks the nomination campaigns of Clinton and Sanders have begun to look a little bit like the Republican campaign. President Barack Obama, despite statements that he would remain neutral on the Democratic nomination race, indirectly entered the picture causing some damage to Bernie Sanders’ campaign efforts. In an interview with Politico’s Glenn Thrush, Obama implied that Clinton would be the best successor to him and would have the best chance agains...

Is Hillary Clinton’s campaign looking for a repeat performance of 2008? Bernie Sanders supporters sure hope so. Over the past two weeks we have seen the race for the Democratic presidential nomination heat up considerably between frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Clinton has been running comfortable leads in many polls across the board throughout 2015 but as the year came to an end the race tightened significantly heading into the Iowa caucus on Feb. 1 st and New Hampshire primary on Feb. 9 th . Bernie Sanders’ campaign seems to be peaking at the right moment, leading into the early votes that could do to Clinton’s campaign what now President Barack Obama’s campaign did to her back in 2008. Sanders appears to be in good shape in the polls, with key endorsements, campaign funding, and in dealing with Clinton’s attack on his record. The New York Times released results of a poll by the New York Times and CBS News that shows that on a national level, the lead that Clin...