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Bernie Bears down for a super Super Tuesday!
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/bernie-bears-down-for-super-tuesday-surprise-219761Despite the grim outlook for the South Carolina primary Saturday, interviews with over a dozen state Democratic party chairs and local officials in Super Tuesday states suggest Sanders is within striking distance of Hillary Clinton in at least five of the 11 contests that will take place on March 1.
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He’s certain to win his home state of Vermont, where polls show he’s leading by a blowout margin. Other recent surveys show Sanders with a slight lead in Massachusetts and within a few points of Clinton in Oklahoma. In both Colorado and Minnesota, the two caucus states that are the centerpiece of his Super Tuesday strategy, Democratic party officials acknowledge the campaigns are neck and neck.
“I think it’s too close to tell,” said Ken Martin, chairman of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and a Clinton supporter. “I’ve worked on a lot of presidential campaigns over the years. What will happen here in Minnesota will be dictated by what happens in these early states.”