Dean, Clark top Democratic choices, poll says

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/12/elec04.poll.prez/index.html

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean still leads retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, according to a recent national poll, and two-thirds of Democrats say either man would be good for the party as the nominee.

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll interviewed 1,003 adult Americans last weekend, including 410 registered voters who described themselves as Democrats, to gather opinions on the presidential candidates and the issues they face.

Dean was the favorite of 26 percent of Democrats polled, and Clark was 6 percentage points behind.

Dean's figure represents a pickup of 2 percentage points since the previous poll January 2-5; Clark's numbers stayed the same.

[Endangered Specie]

1. Dean-Clark or Clark-Dean either way

As long as mister smear (gephardt) isnt in the picture,

[Dr Fate]

2. Hell yeah- I'm happy to see Clark moving up!

I'd like a Clark/Kerry, Clark/Edwards kind of ticket...

[lancdem]

3. I just read the article

and though Bush's approval rating is 59 percent, only 39 percent said they'd definitely support Bush in 2004 and 33 percent said they definitely wouldn't. Clark and Dean trail Bush by 14 and 15 points, and that's not bad at this stage, especially since the post-Saddam glow hasn't totally faded yet. A guy with an approval rating of 59 percent should have a larger lead than that.

[WealthAndDemocracy]

4. That's a more optimistic take on it.

[Clark4VotingRights]

5. Yup, good news all around.

If CNN can ever be believed.