Clinton has clear lead over Obama in Democratic race

[Alamom]

http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/177897.html



Jul. 23, 2007


Clinton has clear lead over Obama in Democratic race
By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen
The Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- By a wide margin, Democrats view Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York as the party's candidate best positioned to win the general election, and she holds a double-digit lead over Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in the race for the nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News Poll.

Clinton leads among women and men, has a 2-to-1 lead among those with an education of a high school diploma or less and holds a 30-point advantage among those from households with incomes under $50,000.

How competitive the Democratic contest becomes could turn on the question of whether voters are significantly more interested in a fresh face or in a candidate they see as projecting strong leadership.

Clinton enjoys a substantial edge over Obama among the 4 in 10 Democrats who said that strength and experience are more important than new ideas or a new direction. Even among the 51 percent who prefer a change-oriented candidate -- the core message of Obama's campaign -- Clinton runs even with him.

The poll comes as Democrats assemble in Charleston, S.C., tonight for their fourth debate of the year. The debate, sponsored by CNN and YouTube, will feature questions posted on YouTube, a video-sharing site, by people across the country in what is likely to be one of the most innovative debate formats to date.

The poll was conducted July 18-21 among a random national sample of 1,125 adults.

Poll results

Would you be comfortable with a female head of state?

Yes: 80 percent

"Entirely comfortable": 54 percent

What about an African-American?

Comfortable: 86 percent

"Entirely comfortable": 56 percent

Source: The Washington Post

[MannyGoldstein]

1. How Did "I Don't Know" Do?

Or is this one of those phony polls with zero predictive validity where early name recognition is really the only thing that counts?

[William769]

5. I know there must be a tear in your beer this morning!

:rofl:

[Chipper Chat]

2. Even tho the election is 15 months away the dust is settling.

I have believed for some time now that the ticket is going to be CLINTON/OBAMA. The combination of those two is enough to win over Ghouliani. My personal pick is Al Gore, but don't think it's gonna happen.

[w13rd0]

3. Thank goodness its all sewn up!

I was getting rather tired of the whole primary thing, and the prospect of actually voting. And with the new laws President LieberDean put into place since their resounding victory in 2004, primaries are so pre-911...

[William769]

4. K&R!

Heres another good article also.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/22/AR2007072201135.html

[ananda]

6. Clinton has been anointed.

Hillary Clinton will be the next dictator if the powers that be
and the press have anything to say about it.

Sue

[WCGreen]

7. Perhaps the USA will have their very own Evita...

I wonder if Andrew Lloyd Webber has another over the top musical in the making...

[BigDDem]

8. Who are the "powers that be?"

just curious...