Poll: Clinton's negatives reach new high

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: March 27, 2008
Poll: Clinton's negatives reach new high

(CNN) – The increasingly charged Democratic race for the White House appears to be hurting Hillary Clinton significantly more than Barack Obama, a just-released poll suggests.

According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the New York senator's personal approval rating has dropped markedly, and those that hold a negative view of her have reached 48 percent — the highest in that poll since March 2001. Just 37 percent now have a positive view of Clinton — down from 45 percent two weeks ago.

The new poll comes at the end of one of the most hostile months in the Democratic presidential primary race, during which surrogates for both campaigns resigned after uttering controversial statements, and controversy swirled around Obama over past statements by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright.

But despite fears by some of Obama's backers that the Wright controversy would take a toll on the Illinois senator and his presidential hopes, the new poll shows his approval rating has remained virtually unchanged at 49 percent. Only 32 percent of Americans give him a negative approval rating.

Meanwhile, in head-to-head matchups Clinton and Obama remain deadlocked for the nomination, each drawing 45 percent among Democratic voters. Both are also statistically tied with John McCain in matchups: Clinton is two points behind the Arizona senator while Obama is two points ahead — both within the poll’s margin of error of 4 percentage points.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/27/poll-clintons-negatives-reach-new-high/

[MethuenProgressive]

1. Nothing, not even BO's support of a racist bible-thumper, will diminish Him in the eyes of His flock

But despite fears by some of Obama's backers that the Wright controversy would take a toll on the Illinois senator and his presidential hopes, the new poll shows his approval rating has remained virtually unchanged at 49 percent.

I remember a time, not long ago, when DU opposed racist bible-thumpers.
Maybe that's the Change some Hoped for...

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

2. I don't understand why she is trying so hard to piss off the other 52%

This does not seem to be a successful strategy for her...

Edit to fix typo