Trump aiming for New Hampshire win; rivals aim to survive

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Little Rock at Barton Coliseum on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Little Rock at Barton Coliseum on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016.

NASHUA, N.H. — A day before the nation's first primary, Donald Trump ramped up his schedule in New Hampshire after a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

The Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders swerved in a new direction after a pair of prominent Clinton supporters railed against female voters who are backing Sanders.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said over the weekend that there was "a special place in hell" for women who don't help women, while writer and famed feminist Gloria Steinem suggested women backing Sanders were doing so to meet boys.

Steinem sought to stem the criticism she got, apologizing in a Facebook post for suggesting young women weren't serious about their political views.

"Young women are active, mad as hell about what's happening to them," Steinem wrote. "Whether they gravitate to Bernie or Hillary, young women are activist and feminist in greater numbers than ever before."

New Hampshire voters had been expected to help winnow the crowded Republican primary, clarifying which of the candidates would emerge as the strongest alternative to front-runners Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. But a shaky debate performance by Sen. Marco Rubio, who gained fresh interest after placing third in Iowa, offered new hopes to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

Rubio, who was mocked for reciting rote talking points over and over in Saturday's debate, was working to flip the script, arguing that if he sounded repetitive, it was only because he was consistent.

"Voters across the country and especially here in New Hampshire got to hear me say repeatedly the truth: that Barack Obama is trying to redefine the role of government in our country and America's role in the world," Rubio said Monday on CBS This Morning.

Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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