Klobuchar gains ground in New Hampshire; Sanders holds lead in polls

'CHARACTER FOR CASH'?

Biden on Monday turned his attention away from his Democratic rivals and squarely back to Trump.

Speaking before a crowd of fewer than 100 people in Gilford, Biden tried out some new attack lines, arguing that Trump was benefiting from economic policies put in place by his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, and did not deserve credit for America's robust economy.

"Trump is going to tell us over and over again the economy is on the ballot this year," Biden said, "But something else is on the ballot. Character is on the ballot. The character of this country is on the ballot.

"No previous president of the United States has ever asked us to trade our character for cash," he said.

The Sanders campaign expects to draw a large crowd in Durham on Monday evening when US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive star, and rock band The Strokes join him for a rally.

Cynthia Nixon, who co-starred in he 1998-2004 TV hit "Sex and the City," and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for New York governor in 2018, appeared at a Sanders rally, declaring herself "all in for Bernie."

Warren began her day in the mountain town of North Conway with a 2-mile walk in the snow to McDonald's for breakfast. She made phone calls, wearing a black baseball cap emblazoned with: "Make Earth cool again."

"It's a beautiful day for democracy!" Warren said.

Reuters