Follow our live coverage of the fallout after victories for the insurgents in the New Hampshire primary,as Sanders travels to New York to meet Al SharptonCrashing the parties: Sanders and Trump victories vindicate the ‘outsiders’Lucia Graves: Sanders defied the pragmatists – dont count him outJonathan Freedland: How Trump tore up the rulebook of US politics 4.50pm GMTTop Republicans had hoped New Hampshire would winnow the field of candidates, shorten a seemingly endless campaign and finally bring their party closer to the White House with anyone not named Donald Trump. Instead, and American conservatives woke up on Wednesday to a wide-open race even more uncertain than the day before.
“Iowa picks corn,New Hampshire picks presidents,” the mantra went, and until grassroots movements frustrated parties’ control over the election year – frustration that reached a new peak in the sweeping victories on Tuesday by Trump and Bernie Sanders,two men campaigning as outsiders who mean to shake up the status quo.
Related: New Hampshire result throws up more questions than answers for Republicans 4.37pm GMTDespite finishing near the bottom of both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has pledged to remain in the Republican race for the presidency. Fiorina is taking on “the mainstream media, or ” a frequent target of her ire,for not including her in the most recent Republican presidential debate, and is girding herself for a fight to be included in the upcoming debate on Saturday.
Looking forward to debate this weekend in South Carolina. Let's utilize genuine criteria this time: if you've got a delegate, or you've got a podium.
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Source: theguardian.com