Kos '08 poll: Feingold handily ahead at this time

[WI_DEM]

This is not the fantasy poll, but a poll of those who are actively looking at a run in '08, and yes, it is way too early, but at this point Feingold is in a strong position with party progressives/activists:

Feingold: 2919 46%
Clark 1000 15%
Warner 657 10%

Everybody else is in single digits. Hillary, who leads most polls of Democratic hopefuls, gets 2% on this poll.

www.dailykos.com

[SteppingRazor]

1. Interesting, but is it significant?

After all, polls in places like Kos or (ahem) DU will skew leftward. Given the actual makeup of Democratic primary voters, can anyone honestly say that Feingold is a frontrunner? I don't think so.

Mind you, I really like Feingold, and I think he'd make an admirable president. But I don't see him getting the nod.

[WI_DEM]

3. that's why I pointed out that among activist/progressive dems

Feingold is doing well but among rank and file most polls have Hillary ahead.

[FSogol]

2. Telling poll. I imagine it'll be

Warner/Clark
or
Clark/Warner
or
Warner/Feingold

The country is sick of scandals, lies, corruption, and senseless wars. They will look for a change and Warner and Clark will be relativity new faces.

[ourbluenation]

4. the fantasy poll has Gore way ahead of the pack. n/t

Gore/Clark 08!

[IndyOp]

5. Gore has nearly 70% when he is included in the field

Here are the top vote-getters in the fantasy poll (as of 1:42)
Al Gore 3509 votes - 69%
Russ Feingold 799 votes - 15%
Wesley Clark 269 votes - 5%
Mark Warner 168 votes - 3%
John Edwards 103 votes - 1%
John Kerry 35 votes - 0%
Hillary Clinton 27 votes - 0%
Joe Biden 19 votes - 0%

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1265368>

[blm]

6. And I would bet that every one of those supporters would say it's because

Feingold's the only one who stands up, and is the best fighter and the most honest, and battles the Bush thugs more than any other lawmaker.

[wisteria]

8. Why, I thought that was Kerry who did all those things! n/t

[blm]

9. Yes. But most of kos' voters don't know much about ACTUAL history and

US government.

Test them. Ask them to go through the Senate records and list all the battles Feingold chose to lead, stuck his neck out for, or stood with other Democratic senators. Not quiet votes, but really battled for. It would make an interesting experiment.

[BR_Parkway]

10. And doesn't try to straddle the fence - he said gays not getting

married was discrimination and un American - plain and simple. No 'let the states decide', No "well, we should have a debate about it", none of the horseshit coming out of the mouths of the rest of the pols

[blm]

11. Yeah - on EVERY ISSUE he stands up clearly - no cherry-picking what issues

are important to him. You can always depend on him to stand up in front of a camera and lead the fight for the American people. Just look at Feingold's record in the senate - look at the many battles he has led on - no one comes even close.

[Nickster]

12. Yup, that's my story. If Al jumps into the fight, then I pick Al first.

But who really knows anyways, by the time we really need to start worrying about this...I'm guessing our pick will be someone out of left field that we haven't even heard of yet.

[wisteria]

7. So, none of this means anything! Kos polls are so scientific-not. n/t