May 2, 2008...2:26 pm
What Hillary’s Got Going On
I love it when Hillary talks policy, which is almost always. That’s her strategy. Tell people what you are going to DO. 95% of the time I like her policies, and I am always impressed by the way she delivers them. No down at the mouth pouts when she was behind in the polls. She is always ready and prepared, traits I want in a president.
Her interview on Fox News with Bill O’Reilly gave the conservative pundit a run for his money. The thing that surprised me was that he actually seemed to be enjoying himself, debating her one-on-one and she also seemed to enjoy it. She holds her own in these fora and never shows weakness. With Olbermann, whose hatred could not be more obvious, she also held her own and was smiling the entire time.
Fifty percent (50%) of Clinton voters have a favorable opinion of Obama. Fifty-one percent (51%) of Obama voters have a favorable opinion of Clinton. This is something you rarely see reported, and the impression among many is that the polarization is greater than that. (rasmussenreports.com)
Polls showed voters drifting toward Hillary Clinton before crucial Democratic primary votes next week. Clinton has a 20-superdelegate lead, 268-248; Clinton gained four new superdelegates, while also picking up four add-on delegates from her home state of New York.
The Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. survey for two television stations in the state of Noth Carolina showed Clinton had closed Obama’s double-digit lead to just seven points, 49-42. Reports that she “isn’t trying to win the state” are belied by the number of events she is holding there, which exceed Obama’s. He’s relying on advertising, while she is relying on face-to-face contact.
Senator Hillary Clinton leads Senator Barack Obama by five percentage points in the Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the state finds Clinton attracting 46% of the vote while Obama earns 41%. With just a week to go before Election Day, 13% remain undecided.
Eighty-two percent (82%) of Clinton voters say they are “certain” they will vote for her while 77% of Obama supporters say the same about their decision. Among supporters of each candidate, just 4% say there’s a good chance they will change their mind.
Nationwide, the Pew poll showed, Democratic voters now are about evenly divided, with Obama holding a statistically insignificant 47-45 margin. In late March he was up 10 points, 49-39.
The latest Gallup tracking survey had Clinton leading 49-45, after a week of showing them nearly even. Obama held a 10-percentage point margin going into Pennsylvania.
Clinton adviser Harold Ickes also sent a memo to superdelegates Thursday arguing that the polls prove she is the strongest candidate to beat McCain. Among the polls they cited was an Associated Press-Ipsos survey out this week that showed Clinton leading McCain by 9 percentage points, while Obama is virtually tied with the likely Republican nominee.
A poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press showed Clinton’s lead over Obama nationally among whites who did not attend college had increased from 10 points in March to 40 points at the end of April. The fact that her messages regarding health care, No Child Left Behind, and the economy resonate with people who do the bulk of America’s industrial and service work shows that her plans make sense to a greater number of Americans.
A number of my colleagues, other college professors, have sneered at this “group” as if not having a college education makes one stupid. My brother does not have a college education, but he is plenty smart and so are the many others who lack college degrees. There are many reasons one doesn’t go to college, including opportunity and a desire to do something else. The vast majority of Americans do not go to college. I would like to see that change; Clinton is telling them it can change and will change.
For those who wish to comment, please feel free. I have not included Obama stats in here for the most part, because this is about Clinton. It’s hard to find a positive Clinton headline in the news, but if you read the articles, what you find out is very different. I have sifted through several newspapers to get these data, reported by the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times, and others. In almost every case, the headline presented Obama in a more favorable light, while the information in the article about Clinton was actually showing positive results for her.
If you want to read about her policies, which she is always happy to talk about, and which were not thrown together by academics at the last minute, visit her campaign website: http://www.hillaryclinton.com./ She’s been thinking about these issues a long time.
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