Politico Straw Poll: Progressives favor Obama to Clinton 72% - 16%

[BumRushDaShow]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9125.html

Barack Obama is the overwhelming favorite for president among progressive activists, according to a Politico.com straw poll conducted at the Take Back America conference held in Washington this week.

Seventy-two percent of those polled preferred to see Obama nominated as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, with rival Hillary Rodham Clinton claiming a scant 16 percent of support and 12 percent of respondents saying either would be fine in the general election against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain. The poll, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, surveyed 413 respondents from March 17 to 19.

Obama is also viewed as the Democrat most likely to defeat McCain, with 69 percent of respondents believing he has the best chance of beating the Arizona Republican, compared to just 15 percent who believe Clinton can defeat McCain.

See? When it comes to "straw polls", it goes both ways folks. :eyes:

Although in this case, this is interesting to see regarding some of the progressives and their thoughts.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

1. I was part of the 10 percent club after 9/11.

Being in the minority is nothing new.

[GarbagemanLB]

2. Too bad Hillary wasn't in that club when she authorized the war.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

4. Oh you got me!

:eyes:

[rocktivity]

3. Progressive activists?

Are there such things as NON-progressive activists? Progressive non-activists? Moderate activists or non-activists? RADICAL activists or non-activists?

But consider the source: Politico, politics' answer to TMZ...

:eyes:
rocknation

[BumRushDaShow]

5. This was in response to the AOL "straw poll"...

Meaning that there will be polls and polls and they will go up and down and every which way.