Gallup:
If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012, she would currently have the support of 37% of Democrats nationally, while 52% would support Obama.
In related news, Hillary Clinton found that all of the locks had been changed during her lunch hour at the State Department today. Odd.
Fascinating result. I wonder what the numbers will look like if this poll is repeated on say November 3rd or 4th once the results of the elections are known and the 2012 cycle kicks off.
For comparison though - I found an item on Wikipedia that indicates that a poll in the summer of 1978 showed Kennedy with a lead over Carter in a hypothetical matchup. Polls in mid-1979 still showed Kennedy with a lead right around when he was announcing his run. We all know how that turned out when the primary voters went to the polls.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusekeep in mind, this is despite Hillary being a good team Obama player and not doing anything at all to indicate any attempt at upstaging her boss. if she resigned in disgust after an election rout and immediately announced her intention of running to restore sanity to her party, she might leap ahead immediately.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNewsflash, latest Rasmussen:
Johnson 54 - Feingold 42......wow.
What is going on?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe joke is that She is no better than Obama. She might even be worse. But the real joke, I use a euphemism, is why are there still over 40% of Americans who would trust either of them to be right for this country?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat is this about the locks being changed?
Perhaps a different perspective is "Obama only has the support of 52% of his own party for the 2012 primaries."
Clinton still has significant support among the Dem party faithful, and another 11% of Dems either choose some "third" candidate, or else at least are unwilling to say they would support Obama in their party's primary . . .
I am hoping for two political miracles these days:
1) The absolute discrediting and collapse of the "new left" McGovern wing of the Dem party. I'd much rather deal with the "new old left" Clinton wing. (Go Hillary! Someone has to lead the inter-party fight against Obama.)
2) A transformative Reagan-like figure to rise on the Republican side. Someone who proudly trumpets American exceptionalism, freedom and liberty -- in political and economic terms. (And has the horse-sense to govern well.) So far I don't see one -- Palin and Gingrich have some good aspects, but not the whole package. I don't trust Huckabee or Romney. Fred Thompson doesn't seem to have the fire in his belly. Unfortunately I have a "none of the above" feeling about the 2008 crop of candidates. (Draft Chris Christie for 2012?!)
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