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Democratic Presidential Contenders Spar Just Ahead of New Hampshire Vote

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential contenders jabbed at each Sunday
   two days ahead of the crucial New Hampshire party primary, attempting
   to undercut each others' credentials to take on Republican President
   Donald Trump in the November national election.

   Both former Vice President Joe Biden, now in a fight for his political
   life, and ex-South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed on ABC
   News' "This Week" show that the race against Trump will be more
   difficult to win if Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the leading
   Democratic contenders, is the Democratic nominee because he is a
   self-declared democratic socialist.

   New day-to-day tracking polling in the rural northeastern state showed
   Sanders leading Buttigieg in a top pairing, with Biden and Sen.
   Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in a clear second tier standing and
   Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota trailing further in fifth.

   Tuesday's vote comes a week after Buttigieg edged Sanders in the farm
   state of Iowa at Democratic caucuses in the race for eventual delegates
   to the party's July national presidential nominating convention, with
   the other three candidates trailing well behind.

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