Good week

US Senator Bernie Sanders did not just have a good week. He had an unprecedented, presidential-campaign-changing week. And the Democratic Party may never be the same. Polls show him within striking distance of former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton — once upon a time the presumptive nominee — in the Iowa caucuses. One survey gave him a whopping 27-point lead over her in the New Hampshire primary. The Democratic debate Sunday? It was all about Bernie. Many of the questions focused on the self-described Democratic socialist and his record. The answers were about him, too — even when Clinton could have been talking about something else. There’s no doubt Sanders has her spooked.