It’s been a wild two weeks of campaigning, debating and traveling for Democratic presidential candidates. Following the results from Iowa and New Hampshire, national media outlets were quick to comment on the status of several candidates and their battle for nomination.
The New York Times published a column declaring Sen. Bern Sanders a legitimate frontrunner after his victory in New Hampshire.
“Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. He won the New Hampshire primary last night, after virtually tying with Pete Buttigieg in Iowa last week.” — David Leonhardt, columnist.
NPR tweeted about Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s third-place finish in New Hampshire.
USA Today published an opinion piece exploring why Joe Biden performed so poorly in New Hampshire
“Joe Biden is the cheese-eating surrender monkey of New Hampshire. Before the polls even closed he fled the state to go to his Maginot Line of South Carolina. But the war may already be lost there too.” — David Mastio, deputy editorial page editor .
Boston Globe columnist Joan Vennochi commented on the lack of support for Warren.
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a great victory speech Tuesday night, pledging to unite Democrats and beat President Trump. Unfortunately, she was celebrating a dismal fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire primary.”
The Los Angeles Times ran a column that questioned Biden’s presumed support from black voters.
“Those black voters who’ve soured on Biden cite a number of concerns: his lack of energy, his struggle to raise funds, and fear that Trump will drag Biden down over his son Hunter’s past involvement in a Ukraine gas company, though Republicans have offered no evidence of wrongdoing by either Biden.” — Jenny Jarvie, staff writer.
Ben Domenech’s opinion in the New York Post criticized the collapse of Biden’s campaign.
“Biden’s New Hampshire effort is just sad. Last week, he had to skip a full day of campaigning in New Hampshire to reassure donors and reorder his campaign staff; on Tuesday, he announced he wouldn’t stick around in the Granite State to, er, celebrate the results.”
A column in Fox News opined that Sanders’ early success may actually be hurting the Democratic Party.
“New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary is over, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., can consider himself victorious. But Sanders’ victory is nothing but a resounding loss for a deeply divided Democratic Party.” — Ed Rollins, political analyst.
Politico tweeted that the first two weeks of voting offer no clear front-runner.
CNN contributor Jeff Yang weighed in on the parity between former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Sanders.
“Where Sanders subverted the format with his raw and cranky authenticity, Buttigieg embraced it, turning it into a one-ring circus for an oratorical one-man band. His answers to audience questions were polished, methodically prepared, thoughtful and delivered for maximum effect. They were also risk-free and devoid of real policy or concrete plans.”