Clinton, judged winner of debate, holds big national lead over Sanders

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Clinton, judged winner of debate, holds big national lead over Sanders
By Dan Balz and Peyton M. Craighill October 20 at 7:00 AM

Aided by her performance in the first Democratic debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton has regained much of the ground she lost during a summer of controversy and holds a dominating lead nationally over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the contest for her party’s presidential nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Vice President Biden, who has yet to announce whether he will join the Democratic race in the coming days or weeks, runs third amid signs of slippage over the past month. If he were to decide not to run, the poll indicates that much of his current support would go to Clinton rather than Sanders.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-judged-winner-of-debate-holds-big-national-lead-over-sanders/2015/10/19/8d196194-7697-11e5-bc80-9091021aeb69_story.html

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1. *judged winner of the debate by corporate hacks

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5. As opposed to internet trolls/hacks

who firestorm / spam websites and then claim to speak for The People.

[CoffeeCat]

2. Yes, and Clinton was trouncing Obama this time nationally, too...

National polls are are a part of the mix, but going forward--it's the state polls with impending primaries that are the most accurate indicators of who our nominee will be.

Right now, Bernie is neck and neck with Clinton in Iowa. He's leading by eight points in NH, according to the latest poll.

Contrast that with Obama at this point. Obama was gaining, but not leading Hillary in Iowa; and he was behind in N.H.

Bernie is doing better than Obama was at this point during the 08 campaign.

Let that sink in.

And oh boy, in October of 2007--did the Clinton camp like to trod out those national polls as evidence of her "inevitability."

Deja vu, anyone?

No wonder Biden jumped into the race. If Clinton can't pull her campaign out of the cellar, they've got to have a second string lined up to try and save the day.

[Thinkingabout]

3. Hillary did very good in the debate, I expect good debates in the future.

She is still giving her plans for accomplishing her agenda. There is a lot of hard work ahead, she will work hard.

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6. KICK!