First Draft on Politics: Goodbye, 2015, the Year Before the Campaign Storm

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te-600" style="width: 600px; padding: 0;" align="left"> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 0; background-color: #fff;" class="layout-300 te-600"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" style="padding: 25px 0 0; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif;"> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="layout-300"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6+WzlmM69im3YNoENZimwhRV8xnUM5vwIQf/sJlb2jM7H0QwMat/zJwUBSCDO5DP+YqPcN2WfYtD+X605HpWngUIkuJ5K3NVwg==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;"> <img width="600" height="400" border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/12/30/nytnow/30pol-dems/30pol-dems-jumbo.jpg" alt="Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Hillary Clinton before the Democratic debate this month in New Hampshire." class="large-image"/> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:3px 0 10px;"> <span style="color:#666666; font:12px georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; line-height:15px; font-weight:normal; margin:0;">Supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Hillary Clinton before the Democratic debate this month in New Hampshire.</span> <span style="color:#999; font:10px georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; line-height:15px; font-weight:normal; margin:0;">Gretche Ertl/Reuters </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding: 10px 0 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6+WzlmM69im3YNoENZimwhQHAeVCQ2dDglLzVu6GKzr+ucHiaho9ESP3YqfoLAi8ZH+ZtOa9BXLWWl0w9pObGwcPlmCqq76/ng==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="color: #333; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size: 36px; line-height: 38px; text-decoration:none;" class="large-headline nocolor">Goodbye, 2015, the Year Before the Campaign Storm </a> <h6 class="large-byline" style="color: #999; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px; margin:0; padding: 10px 0 2px; font-weight: normal;"> By MAGGIE HABERMAN</h6> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="color:#333; font-weight:normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding:18px 0 16px" class="layout-300 large-summary-first"> <em>Good Wednesday morning. As we will not be publishing on New Year</em>’<em>s Eve or New Year</em>’<em>s Day, we have come to the last newsletter of 2015. After several debates and months on the trail, the candidates have only a few weeks before the actual voting begins, time enough for a fond look back and a renewed focus on the frenzied weeks ahead.</em><br/> <br/> This year, there were 17 Republican presidential candidates, six Democrats, and a race that was upended by the presence of one flamboyant New York billionaire, <strong>Donald J. Trump</strong>. <br/> <br/> As 2015 draws to a close, there are 12 Republican candidates and just three Democrats. And Mr. Trump remains, as the race heads into a new, uglier phase of engagement among the candidates, particularly among the Republicans. <br/> <br/> The race on the Republican side has hinged on fears of an increase in immigration, as well of the terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State. But undergirding it all is the fear of a dwindling working class and an anger over the financial crisis of 2008. A sense that no one was properly punished has pervaded. <br/> <br/> That is also true among the Democratic base, which has given <strong>Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont</strong> a lift in the race against <strong>Hillary Clinton</strong>, who has led national polls for months. Mrs. Clinton has tried to forge lasting connections with Hispanic voters and to re-establish old ones with black voters, whose support she will need in the primaries beyond the first two contests in the heavily white states of Iowa and New Hampshire, as well as in a general election. <br/> <br/> As January draws near, the Republican candidates competing in the establishment lane are taking aim at one another. With four weeks until the Iowa caucuses and five until the New Hampshire primary, there is little time to spare. The candidates need to draw contrasts and pick up scraps of support, and they are doing their best to paint themselves as the best choice. At the same time, Mr. Trump <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6wcWH/CvMXRkR7OnWy1+vKBStrQVq2bNKr5GqUYQTDqYk6MYi6ApK7HquAmgKBgOcYzg0U0T0IT9ucHiaho9ESP3YqfoLAi8ZH+ZtOa9BXLWWl0w9pObGwcPlmCqq76/ng==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;text-decoration: underline !important;">is vowing to spend millions on television ads</a> in the early states in the final weeks. <br/> <br/> In reality, that is on a par with what others are already spending. Mr. Trump has only recently tried to mobilize voters and use the Republican National Committee voter file to establish which supporters to turn out. Because, at the end of the day, it all comes down to turnout.  </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="layout-300 te-600" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000001; line-height: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="outer-layout column-padding te-600" style="margin:0 10px; padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" width="600" class="layout-300 column-bottom" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 0;"> <h6 class="mediumgrid-collection-header" style="color: #000001; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif !important; font-weight: bold !important;">What We’re Watching Today</h6> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding: 0; background-color: #fff;" class="layout-300 te-600"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="600" style="text-align: left; color:#333; font-weight:normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding:18px 0 16px" class="layout-300 large-summary-first"> — <strong>Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey </strong>and<strong> Senator Marco Rubio of Florida</strong> on the Republican side, and <strong>Martin O</strong>’<strong>Malley </strong>and<strong> Mr. Sanders</strong> on the Democratic side, will be in Iowa in the last days of the year. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="600" style="text-align: left; color:#333; font-weight:normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding:0px 0 16px" class="layout-300 large-summary-first"> — <strong>Mr. Trump</strong> will hold a rally in South Carolina. <strong>Jeb Bush</strong> will also be in the state, and he will have an event in Florida. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="600" style="text-align: left; color:#333; font-weight:normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px; font-family: georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding:0px 0 16px" class="layout-300 large-summary-first"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="layout-300 te-600" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000001; line-height: 0px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="outer-layout column-padding te-600" style="margin:0 10px; padding: 0;"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" width="600" class="layout-300 column-bottom" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold; padding: 15px 0;"> <h6 class="mediumgrid-collection-header" style="color: #000001; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif !important; font-weight: bold !important;">First Draft</h6> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="grid-layout te-600" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="HedSumMediumMedia" style="margin:0 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000001;"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="one-column bottom-padding" style="vertical-align:top; padding:20px 0;" align="left"> <table class="hide-vertical te-auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-right:1px solid #e2e2e2; padding-right:15px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="layout-300 te-auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:#000001; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:14px; padding:0 0 2px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;color:#000001; text-decoration:none;" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgpDxix77yZcvcxI3AarIKPz1J9njtb6+KxS8iukQeTDZgANzg21W3rIGEV+PEswaQ2HhIPHclYSgDVo9sAUlTQ1OZsa6mZ1AFdIRrMtJMqH+5weJqGj0RI/dip+gsCLxkf5m05r0FctZaXTD2k5sbBw+WYKqrvr+e&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329"> <img width="285" height="190" class="one-column-image" border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/12/30/us/30firstdraft-Trump/30firstdraft-Trump-jumbo.jpg" alt="Donald and Melania Trump on their wedding day in 2005 with Hillary and Bill Clinton."/> </a> <h6 align="right" style="color:#999; font: 10px georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; margin:0; font-weight: normal;">Eric Thayer for The New York Times</h6> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="kicker-padding" style="padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:4px;"> <div class="mediumgrid-header" style="color:#000001; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:normal; line-height:28px; margin:0; width:285px;"> <a style="color:#000001; text-decoration:none;" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgpDxix77yZcvcxI3AarIKPz1J9njtb6+KxS8iukQeTDZgANzg21W3rIGEV+PEswaQ2HhIPHclYSgDVo9sAUlTQ2VZp46WSJY8nB7Y6GtM60jgcJKYRQCUx6u3y9cX/izBsh+ohADT9cJGVypokOY2Bu8BS7ftC3cOxMHQnqZS3Jo=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" class="nocolor">What Would Kill Most Campaigns Has Made Trump Stronger</a> </div> <div class="layout-300" style="color:#333; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; line-height:19px; width:285px;"> </div> <h6 style="color:#999; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:13px; margin:0; padding:5px 0; font-weight:normal;"> By ALAN RAPPEPORT</h6> <p style="color:#333; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; line-height:19px; margin: 0">Take a look back at the year for Donald J. Trump, whose popularity has risen despite statements that many were sure would derail his campaign.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td class="one-column bottom-padding grey-top" style="vertical-align:top; padding:20px 0;" align="left"> <table class="padding-none te-auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding-left:15px; "> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table class="layout-300 te-auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:#000001; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:14px; padding:0 0 2px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;color:#000001; text-decoration:none;" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6wcWH/CvMXRkewy5q5C7Swz1SR83358meT2SLzAtTIKscS7cL8OcHqn+WYQJv9FGUz7qMm57RdidqtMPj6ZFbAQpc7aTjbL5L2OJe2naKU1UunflN5WRhUQZnPR0DaOz6nh0dCxaZgwKKH7pilVGwlx9DNvVXNT4/GEsXC40hLZc&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329"> <img width="285" height="190" class="one-column-image" border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/12/30/us/30firstdraft-Walker/30firstdraft-Walker-jumbo-v3.jpg" alt="Donald and Melania Trump on their wedding day in 2005 with Hillary and Bill Clinton."/> </a> <h6 align="right" style="color:#999; font: 10px georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; line-height: 12px; margin:0; font-weight: normal;">Travis Dove for The New York Times</h6> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="kicker-padding" style="padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:4px;"> <div class="mediumgrid-header" style="color:#000001; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:normal; line-height:28px; margin:0; width:285px;"> <a style="color:#000001; text-decoration:none;" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACKQh1JEPAsZdfyc9wlrSq35yzYtU4heo6wcWH/CvMXRkewy5q5C7Swz1SR83358meT2SLzAtTIKscS7cL8OcHqn+WYQJv9FGUz7qMm57RdidqtMPj6ZFbASBnPzTgg3S0+zp3kywxMntzF/J9ouIwP1h7Iq+egrxxHLNi1TiF6jrkkTTXYmM4uKcuxFE0BbPg6ctk1BFy1o2&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" class="nocolor">In Memoriam: The Campaigns They Lived</a> </div> <div class="layout-300" style="color:#333; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; line-height:19px; width:285px;"> </div> <h6 style="color:#999; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:11px; line-height:13px; margin:0; padding:5px 0; font-weight:normal;"> By MICHAEL McELROY</h6> <p style="color:#333; font-family:georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-weight:normal; line-height:19px; margin: 0">As the remaining candidates hunker down to plan their strategies for the new year, we take a moment to remember some of the candidates we lost along the way.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table class="outer-layout te-600" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin: 0 10px;padding: 0 0 20px 0;" id="HedSumThumb"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="color: #000001;font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif;"> <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="layout-300 te-600"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="list-view" style="padding: 20px 0 15px 0; " align="left"> <table border="0" width="180" align="right" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding:0 0 0 15px; width: 180px;" class="thumb-margin list-view-img-table"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgpDxix77yZct9G58Dl51w9A1j6OKJH8T+deFtPAIgKZzFLyK6RB5MNl5SGFZ5BxMHd+s9lnjXIdXY1r7zFGW7YAaBlPhV/694SZlQllOJbAfjVuMxywZ0aiT4nSF5dT+bDlr/f5iRjkqUejQu7SI3pVNqcyU15LPraFUOKbtM97R5PHgsUypDRySADeL2bNoGqPwkm9nqbgg=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;"> <img class="list-view-image" width="180" height="120" border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/12/30/us/politics/TRUMPBILL/TRUMPBILL-articleLarge.jpg" alt="Donald and Melania Trump on their wedding day in 2005 with Hillary and Bill Clinton."/> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <a class="standard-headline nocolor" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgpDxix77yZct9G58Dl51w9A1j6OKJH8T+deFtPAIgKZzFLyK6RB5MNl5SGFZ5BxMHd+s9lnjXIdXY1r7zFGW7YAaBlPhV/694SZlQllOJbAfjVuMxywZ0aiT4nSF5dT+b/1iGHBlXhATqcNFxdIWWfUe2tiuNlXEWGZz0dA2js+p4dHQsWmYMCih+6YpVRsJcfQzb1VzU+PxhLFwuNIS2XA==&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="margin:0; color:#000001; text-decoration:none; font-family:georgia,serif; font-size:24px; line-height:28px;"> Trump, an Ex-Ally, Now Heaps Scorn on Bill Clinton</a> <h6 class="byline" style="color:#999; font:11px georgia, times new roman, sans-serif; line-height:13px; margin:0; padding:5px 2px; font-weight:normal;"> By AMY CHOZICK</h6> <p style="max-width: 495px; color: #333; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0; font-family: georgia, times new roman, sans-serif;">Donald J. Trump once defended Bill Clinton against scandal and allegations of sexism. But in the past week, any semblance of friendship ended.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="list-view" style="padding: 20px 0 15px 0; border-top: 1px solid #e2e2e2;" align="left"> <table border="0" width="180" align="right" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="padding:0 0 0 15px; width: 180px;" class="thumb-margin list-view-img-table"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <a href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=4z5Q7LhI+KVBjmEgFdYACPLKh239P3pgpDxix77yZct9G58Dl51w9GLnMXr/foWZIKv5k1gMLFLK0bqQLIox/iDKJBmKWw3ktMpl6tPfZhHWK0XCf99LUyXG+rLyoubTjcE9EdragzXV5xs4bFrVbqu3y9cX/izBsh+ohADT9cJGVypokOY2Bu8BS7ftC3cOxMHQnqZS3Jo=&campaign_id=7779&instance_id=68951&segment_id=82802&user_id=30a142167a399d9be2c1b7c32e192bd2®i_id=63304329" style="color: #326891 !important; text-decoration:underline !important;"> <img class="list-view-image" width="180" height="120" border="0" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/12/10/us/10socialfails/10socialfails-articleLarge.jpg" alt="Donald J. 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