WSJ/NBC Poll: President Clinton Gets Top Popularity Rating

[onehandle]

One of the most popular politicians in the country right now isn’t even running in this election year. Former President Bill Clinton had by far the highest positive rating when Americans were asked in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll to rate their feelings on political figures.

Fully 55% of respondents had positive feelings about Clinton, compared with 23% with negative feelings. That’s up from a low in March 2001, just after he left office, of 34% positive and 52% negative.

Clinton’s Democratic Party hopes that popularity rubs off on its candidates this year. He has been hitting the campaign trail, with stops in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine last weekend and events next month in New Mexico and California.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/09/28/wsjnbc-poll-president-clinton-gets-top-rating

[msanthrope]

1. Big Dog, we love ya'. n/t

[rurallib]

2. off subject, but why does NBC combine with Murdoch to poll?

[Clio the Leo]

3. B Clinton and Obama are more popular than all the GOP'ers listed...

... suck on that Fox News!

[Politics_Guy25]

5. The March 2001 ranking

is stunning. It truly does show that Al had trouble in the 2000 race exclusively due to the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He probably could have dealt with his own shortcomings as a candidate but that was just too much.

[tishaLA]

10. I think the March 2001 is artificially low because republicons

tried to paint Pres Clinton as a thief who also sold Presidential pardons in exchange for contributions to his Presidential Library

[geek tragedy]

4. Amazing how being out of office improves one's standing. nt

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Trying to divide Obama and Clintons again. Why would they boast this poll in this climate?

I hate the freakin' media!

Dividing Democrats. Don't fall for it, folks!

[Tatiana]

7. They need to send Bubba to Kentucky to help out Conway. n/t

[Wednesdays]

8. He could run for House or Senate...and he'd probably win in a walk

That would be cool. After all, didn't John Quincy Adams have a great career as a House rep., after he was president?

[Drunken Irishman]

9. This is why people should expect Dubya's ratings to improve greatly over the years...

The further he's out of the national spotlight, the higher his ratings will rise. I don't think he'll ever be considered a good president, but his personal ratings will skyrocket over the next few years.

Keep that in mind, because the media is going to try to use it as proof more people want Bush as president than Obama (I'm thinking this will happen in 2012ish).

[Uzybone]

11. in the fall of 2012 expect to see many shots of Boosh in baseball parks

or replays of him with the bullhorn (especially if there is another hint of terror).

[ibegurpard]

12. Why?

People like NAFTA? Deregulation?
They sure have a short fucking memory.

[GSLevel9]

13. love me some big dog...best ever!