Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing So Hot

Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing So Hot
Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives, flanked by his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders, to speak at a Primary Night event at the SNHU Field House in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Feb. 11, 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images
Froma Harrop
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Bernie Sanders was supposed to run away with the New Hampshire primary. This is his kind of state, where Democrats are mostly educated liberals. Yet the national celebrity from next-door Vermont bested Pete Buttigieg, recently an unknown from Indiana, by less than 4,000 votes. It appears they are both walking off with nine delegates. And that was after Buttigieg had split the moderate vote with Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who came in a strong third.

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