Battenfield: Hillary Clinton closing in on comeback
Granite State drama unfolds in Dem race
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2016/02/battenfeld_hillary_clinton_closing_in_on_comeback
Note: There are lots of snarks at BOTH Dem candidates in this piece. But Hillary is looking like a "Comeback Kid" in NH. May that trend continue!
Sanders still holds the edge. The poll shows only 17 percent of Democratic primary voters could change their minds. But a narrow win would allow Clinton to claim yet another amazing comeback and move on, with most of the media buying it.
New Hampshire voters are notorious for giving front-runners a scare, and this one is holding true to form on the Democratic side. They know full well how much their votes mean and aren’t afraid to use their voices strategically.
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Clinton also is beating Sanders now among voters who aren’t eligible for AARP membership — the 35-49 demographic, according to the poll. Sanders must rely on a big turnout from young voters, a risky strategy especially if a snowstorm keeps students in their dorms.
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SNARK galore! But he also dinged Bernie - a bit of EO snark. 
But even this CDS-afflicted person admits that things look much better than not for Hillary in NH.
...narrowing the gap, proves that the huge win needed by Sanders in Iowa and New Hampshire in order to have any chance going forward was a fantasy.
would be as good as a win in the circumstances.
She doesn't need NH. Bernie absolutely does - and with a BIG win.
But our candidate is fighting for the win - even when she's down - just as she will fight hard for us all! 
Bernie's support comes primarily from the Indies, especially the youngest among them.
How many Indies will even vote in the Dem primary is always a BIG question in NH - especially with such a clown sideshow in the GOP to draw them - so it's always a risky bet to count on them. If Bernie can't appeal to enough of them in NH - when he is from the neighborhood, so to speak, and a long-time Indie himself - to win handily, there is no earthly reason to believe that he can appeal to enough of them in a GE, despite what some national polls may say now.
I had a rather strange post-Iowa exchange with a Bernie supporter who insisted that Bernie's loss there (at least he admitted it was a loss) was due to Indies voting in the GOPer caucuses. While that may have contributed to the outcome and I was ready to accept that, he implied further that those Indies should have been "forced" to vote in the Dem caucuses to support Bernie. 
That was a very odd idea from anyone who purports to support democracy over despotism. 
The Dem base is still solidly behind Hillary, as will become much clearer in later primaries, whatever happens in NH. But I am very glad to see her gaining ground in NH. 
I thought Bernie was gonna win NH by 30 plus points??? 
But not too probable.
...it will be the highpoint of the BS revolution.
Its all downhill from there Bernie! 
that much of an effect for the very reasons that you state.
But it is very annoying that they are given so much attention and cause so much angst. And yes, I believe that your comments are spot on.
were the case!) but from where I'm sitting, I don't see how she can win. That said, New Hampshire hasn't chosen a Democratic candidate in the primaries who's actually gone on to win the White House since 1976. I hope they'll change their losing streak tomorrow and vote for Hillary Clinton, though.
I'd be entirely thrilled with anything under a 15 point loss, but would prefer to see them split the delegates evenly (9 points or less? Something like that, NH's splits are weird).
A win? I'd be over the Moon! Which is a problem as I don't have a space suit... 
