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- With Iowa out of the way, the presidential contest now shifts to New
Hampshire, which holds its primary a week from today. Then come contests in
Nevada and South Carolina, followed by the delegate-rich "Super Tuesday"
primaries on March 1. Although Bernie Sanders was able to tie Clinton in Iowa
and leads her in the New Hampshire polls, he’ll face a tougher challenge as the
contest moves to the Southern states. And Clinton already has a big advantage
away from the voting booths: the support of several hundred "superdelegates,"
who vote based on their own preferences, not their party’s state results. We
discuss the Iowa results and look ahead to what’s next with two guests: Ellen
Chesler, a longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton and senior fellow at the
Roosevelt Institute, and John Nichols, political writer for The Nation, which
has endorsed Bernie Sanders, and author of several books, including the newly
updated "The 'S' Word: A Short History of an American ...
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