5 Ways Sanders Is Gaining Ground as the Primaries Begin

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As 2015 comes to a close, the ghost of Barack Obama’s stunning 2008 upset win over Hillary Clinton in Iowa is casting a long shadow on the current Democratic presidential race and raising the question, is Bernie Sanders gaining crucial ground?

The short answer was provided by Clinton herself in an email blast sent after Saturday's debate: “I don’t know how else to say it except by saying it: We could lose the nomination.”

Here are five factors that underscore Clinton’s assessment that the first two contests for the 2016 Democratic nomination—the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary—are within reach for Sanders.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/5-ways-sanders-gaining-ground-primaries-begin

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1. No. 5 seems off. The HRC campaign is rattled by the database deal for a different reason

They don't care if Sanders learned a bit here and there. They are freaked out at the lawsuit and what it will expose.

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2. Exactly!

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3. Agree.

Looking forward to see what happens.