Clinton Maintains Expanded Lead, Rove’s Theory is Flawed

[William769]

I posted below about the latest Rasmussen Reports poll showing Romney having more core opposition than Hillary Clinton. The latest poll from Gallup was also released on Thursday and that finds “Hillary Clinton’s strengthened frontrunner status in the Democratic field for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination holding firm, following an early August survey in which she stretched her mid-July 12-point lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama to 22 points.”

The latest Gallup Poll, conducted Aug. 13-16, 2007, finds public support for the Democratic nomination at 48% for Clinton and 25% for Obama, giving Clinton a 23-point lead.

Gallup shows John Edwards, “in third place with 13%,” without much change since May. But the support for the “bottom tier of candidates appears to be dropping off compared with June and July. ”

At 2%, support for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is not lower by a statistically significant margin than the 4% he received in early August, but it is lower than his readings of 5% in June and July. Similarly, Deleware Senator Joe Biden’s current 1% is his weakest showing of the year, and below his high of 4% in July. Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd remain mired in the 1%-2% range.

The usual anything can change between now and the primaries should be noted here, but, I’m a little dubious about that line at this point. With no horse in the race at this point, I’m not vested like I was 4 years ago at this time when I was solidly in the Kerry camp. I see Hillary steam rolling and unstoppable and my advice to readers, is pick your favorite and get involved if you want have some say in the results of the primaries.

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=6435

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