Clearly, no room for any poor performances in tonight's televised debates.
Speaking of which, who's the genius that scheduled them opposite the NFL playoffs??
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Interesting. I dunno who Rasmussen is, but a 10% difference doesn't seem reasonable. But whadda I know? The one I referred to is the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll.
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan
Jeez, a lot of people are interested in it .... the Rasmussen web server is all jammed up at the moment.
I don't know much about polling statistics, so I'm wondering why the disparity between the two polls. It just doesn't seem like a 10% lead for either candidate is realistic.
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan
Depends on where in the country you are, I guess. I'm still getting the 'check back later' error message.
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Here you go... Election 2008: New Hampshire Democratic Primary New Hampshire: Obama 37% Clinton 27% Saturday, January 05, 2008 Advertisment Barack Obama, fresh from his victory in Iowa, now holds a ten point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race found Obama with 37% of the vote while Clinton earns 27%. John Edwards is the only other candidate in double digits, with 19% support. Bill Richardson is the choice for 8%.
In a pre-Christmas poll, Clinton led Obama by three. In the poll before that, Obama led Clinton by three.
Clinton still leads nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll but Rasmussen Markets data suggests the race for the nomination is essentially even.
In New Hampshire, Obama leads Clinton by five points among Democrats and by sixteen points among Independents. The survey indicates that 40% of the voters will be Independents.
Eighty percent (80%) of Obama voters say they are certain they will vote for him. Seventy-three percent (73%) of Clinton voters say the same along with 64% of Edwards supporters.
Eighty-five percent (85%) of Likely Primary Voters have a favorable opinion of Obama. Seventy-eight percent (78%) say the same about Edwards and 69% offer a positive assessment of Clinton.
Just 48% of Obama supporters have a favorable opinion of Clinton. Fifty-one percent (51%) have the opposite opinion including 22% with a Very Unfavorable opinion of the former First Lady. At the same time, 75% of Clinton supporters have a favorable opinion of Obama.
Among Edwards voters, 79% have a favorable opinion of Obama and 73% say the same about Clinton.
Obama is seen as the most electable Democratic candidate. Eighty-seven percent (87%) believe he would be at least somewhat likely to win if nominated. Seventy-six percent (76%) say the same about Clinton and 75% think Edwards would have a chance. Fifty-one percent (51%) of the Likely Democratic Primary Voters believe Obama would be Very Likely to win. Just 38% have such confidence in Clinton.
Seventy-six percent (76%) of Likely Democratic Primary Voters in New Hampshire say that Health Care is a Very Important voting issue. Seventy-three percent (73%) say the same about the economy, 70% attach the same importance to Government Ethics and Corruptions, and 69% say Iraq is a Very Important voting issue.
Rasmussen Markets data at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning suggest that Barack Obama has a 65% chance of winning in New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton is given a 37% chance of winning (current numbers: Obama 75.0 %, Clinton 27.7 %. At that same time, Clinton and Obama were each given a 50% chance of ultimately winning the nomination (current numbers: Obama 52.0 %, Clinton 47.0 %.
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan
I thought that Obama, Edwards, and Romney did well. Hillary seemed to be off her game. Did anyone else notice that "Uh" was every other word when she first started?
Any one get the feeling that we are going to see an Obama / Edwards dem ticket?
Sure am glad to see huckabee lose some steam.. My current feelings for 08 are "Anyone but huckabee!!".
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Originally posted by Doodface: I thought that Obama, Edwards, and Romney did well. Hillary seemed to be off her game. Did anyone else notice that "Uh" was every other word when she first started?
Any one get the feeling that we are going to see an Obama / Edwards dem ticket?
Sure am glad to see huckabee lose some steam.. My current feelings for 08 are "Anyone but huckabee!!".
If Obama takes Edwards he is screwed. Edwards did absolutely nothing for Kerry in 04.
My current feelings for 08 are "Anyone but Hillary!!"
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McCain 33% Romney 27% ----------------------------- American Research Group: Obama 38% Clinton 26%
McCain 36% Romney 29%
Meanwhile, here's an interesting column urging caution when reading these polls.
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I never lend credibility to CNN, they are on the Clinton bandwagon. On the IOWA caucus night they tried to bury all news about Hillary's loss by concentrating on Huckabee and how the religious right came out in droves for him. Rarely did they mention the dems.
However you are right, caution must be exercised when viewing these polls. I'm cautiously optomistic that Obama may now have too much momentum for Hillary to recover. As much as I hate the thought of a dem president, and I do, I could stomach Obama much more than Hillary because he does not seem to have such an agenda.
BTW-am I the only one sick of hearing her talk about experience? She has NONE...she is using her husbands experience. If she is going to run on experience then Obama needs to play it smart and keep bringing up the National Archives that have not been released of the Clinton presidency, let's see her experience...She won't do that though, though she does have the power too, or at least her husband would.
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." Ronald Reagan
I never lend credibility to CNN, they are on the Clinton bandwagon.
I dunno ... they've been beating the drum for Obama pretty loudly on air lately. Besides, all these guys hire outside polling companies -- though I suppose they could ask for the results to be 'skewed', it'd be hard to keep that secret, it seems to me. Their credibility is too important to them in the long run.
Meanwhile, it's fun to watch the Republican party apparatchiks, who are absolutely livid over Huckabee's rise. Limbaugh, Novak and the WSJ are beside themselves in denouncing him, and the gloom on Fox News was actually palpable when they had to announce he'd won Iowa.
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Jack, what are you thoughts on McCain?
Well, he's clearly a patriot and a man of deep principle, though a bit crusty in his old age. It's likely he'd keep his own counsel and not bend to special interests. But he wants to reverse Roe v. Wade and he's a warhawk -- two factors which play against my personal political worldview -- and his age is a bit of a concern.
Still, he's a great American and we need more like him in political life.
I suppose if someone held a gun to my head and made me vote Republican, I'd prefer it be Giuliani. Anyone -- anyone -- but Mitt.
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Personally I cannot see Edwards taking the #2 spot again.
George Will commented on This Week that maybe no one saw the debate because it was opposite football!
I think the Clinton Campaign will go ditry (sneaky) if Sen Obama wins in New Hampshire and start talking about "electability" as a code word for race. Don't think James Carbille does not already have people ready to start whispering.
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CNNUSATODAYGALLUP: Obama 41% Clinton: 28%... RASMUSSEN: Obama 39% Clinton 27%... CNNWMUR: Obama 39% Clinton 29%... MORE...
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Originally posted by Pangea: Winning the democratic primary is like winning the 100 yard dash at the Special Olympics. You're still retarded. Who cares if Hussien or Mrs. Clinton win in the primary. Neither will become president.
You've got your parties mixed up, son.
The GOP is so fu|<|<ed right now, a democrat will end up in the white house, undoubtedly.
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