Vice President Joe Biden, the center of feverish speculation over his possible entry in the fight to be the next United States commander in chief, sits third in a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll on the Democratic race.

Potential supporters of Biden point to the email controversy relating to Clinton's private server and prefer to see how the FBI investigation of the matter shakes out. Former {U.S. | {USA \ United States}} senator Jim Webb and Harvard Prof.

Martin O'Malley believes Vice President Joe Biden's "generation is already overly represented in our party in this field". Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the contest for her party's presidential nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

A Clinton aide said her goal is to draw a sharp contrast with Republicans, who they expect will focus on her emails.

There was some confusion on the left immediately following the Democratic debate as to who won. Thirty-six percent of voters said Clinton did the best job in the debate aired on CNN, regardless of which candidate they support, while 26 percent named Sanders as the winner.

In Iowa, the first state in the election calendar, most polls have Clinton holding a lead over Sanders, but her favorability numbers are much lower. She's also got high support - 63 percent - among voters who stress the importance of experience, a department in which Clinton excels.

Ten candidates are averaging above 3% in qualifying polls, the minimum to qualify for the main stage debate set by CNBC, including Trump, Carson, Rubio, Bush, Fiorina and Cruz, who each average above 6%, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Ohio Gov.

John Kasich and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who all average around 3%. "Hillary Clinton's only electoral victories were in one of the most Democratic states in the country and against nobodies". The aide said she plans to respond by stressing her personal relationship with Chris Stevens, the United States ambassador to Libya who died in the attacks. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been dominating in recent months.

But, he added, Americans are almost certainly going to elect a capitalist and Sanders's preference to label himself as a "democratic socialist" might scare away too many voters. Other voters, like Elaine Schmottlach, of Raymond, are not worry about making a distinction between socialism and Democratic socialism.

There is one thing for a campaign to raise a lot of money for a prolonged campaign cycle, but candidates who spend much of that money early on may find themselves without the necessary resources when the races for the nominations enter the home stretch. While 44 percent view her favorably, 52 percent say the same about Biden and 43 percent view Sanders in a favorable light.

And nationally, Clinton has started to again cement her status as the front-runner. Sanders has a 70% favorable rating among whites and a 42% favorable rating among black and Hispanic Democrats.