for perspective on who's ahead in polls, here's October 1991 story:

[yurbud]

Judging from this, it looks like polls don't mean a hell of a lot until much closer to the actual election.

Poll: Tsongas tops present N.H. field But Cuomo favored if he were running
Boston Herald
October 30, 1991

The poll was taken Oct. 20-24 by Maguire Associates of Concord, Mass., and made available to the Herald.

Tsongas of Massachusetts led with 24 percent; with Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska second at 19 percent; Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa third at 12 percent; three rivals - Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton and ex-California Gov. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown - were in single digits; and 26 percent were undecided.

But when the names of Cuomo and Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey were added to the field, Cuomo led with 40 percent, Bradley pulled 15 percent and the current candidates all fell back to single digits - Tsongas to 9 percent, Kerrey to 8 percent.

[againes654]

1. Shhhhhh "they don't want you to know that!!

[Schema Thing]

2. Certainly no comparison between that and the current situation

except that they both are primary seasons.

Please reject bad comparison monkey-ism.


But dang, what happened with Cuomo?

[yurbud]

3. a Bush president, an open Democratic field, nope, no basis for comparison

the big difference is Bush can't run and is far more unpopular than his dad, both of which only indirectly affect the dynamic among the Democrats.

[NewJeffCT]

4. With Cuomo

there were always rumors of "skeletons" in his closet that prevented him from running.

Who knows if they were true, or just rumors?

[Schema Thing]

5. t/y