42% of Dems Say Hillary Strongest Candidate for 2008

Rasmussen Reports ^ | November 22, 2004

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Forty-two percent (42%) of Democrats say New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the party's strongest Presidential candidate in 2008. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 16% think 2004 nominee John Kerry would be the best bet for Democrats in the next Presidential contest. Thirteen percent (13%) named Kerry's running mate, John Edwards.

Among unaffiliated voters, 27% named Senator Clinton as the Democrats' strongest candidate. Sixteen percent (16%) named Senator Edwards and 10% Senator Kerry.

No other candidate reached double digits among Democrats or unaffiliated voters in the Rasmussen Reports survey. None of the three "Red State" candidates reached 5%. Those potential candidates were Evan Bayh from Indiana, Bill Richardson from New Mexico, and Mark Warner from Virgina.

Senator Clinton is seen most positively by liberal voters. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of liberals believe she is the Democrats' best bet.

The support for Senator Clinton may create a conflict with another perception of Democratic voters--51% of the nation's Democrats say it would be best for their party to nominate a more centrist candidate in 2008.

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ping

[Trippin]

If they mean "physically" stronger then I agree. The other Dem candidates are such a binch of pussies!

[mlbford2]

EGGGGGGCCCEEEEELLLLLEEEEENNNTTT!!!!

[Puppage]

VOTE CANCKLES IN '08

[ReeseKev27]

Who cares what they say, they're never correct.

P.S. What the heck is this whole "Ping" thing I keep seeing? Someone held a simpleton please.

[sarasotarepublican]

One scary thought today was a post discussing a Clinton Clinton ticket.

[NeoCaveman]

Bring IT on!

[keithtoo]

Nominating Hillary is like a suicidal person actually stepping out onto the ledge in front of a crowd. They've given up and they want people to pay attention to their suicide and recognize their trauma.

I say 'jump'.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Alternate Title: "100% of Reps Say Hillary Strongest Candidate for 2008"

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Cattle Future Traders for Truth," anyone?

[NRA1995]

Go ahead....make my day

[E. Pluribus Unum]

One scary thought today was a post discussing a Clinton Clinton ticket.

That was from a fake news blog.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Ping is a way of alerting someone to a thread.

[woodb01]

That has got to be some of the best news I've ever heard!! Hitlary is nearly universally hated by married women and even many single women with children don't trust her! If Hitary's the best they've got, the DemonRats may cease to exist as a party!

That is an ALMOST GUARANTEED REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL WIN!!!

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[Prime Choice]

Excellent. The Democrats lost big when they ran a Northeastern Liberal in 2004. I say let 'em repeat the same mistake for 2008!

[Josh in PA]

Impossible.

[mylife]

Hey Dims, "Just keep hanging on to that dream"!

[woodb01]

Bill Richardson from New Mexico would make me a little nervous...

[schaketo]

Senator Clinton is seen most positively by liberal voters.

Perfect! Please, please, please let this be true and let ole' stinky run for the nomination.

[clintonh8r]

Senator Clinton is seen most positively by liberal voters.

Go ahead, you stupid RATs...re-live 2004.

[nina0113]

Oh please, oh please...run, Hillary, run!

[TheBigB]

"Well, the Massachusetts liberal didn't work...hey, let's nominate a NEW YORK liberal! Yes, there's no comparison at all! That'll work!"

[bushisdamanin04]

I would love to see sKerry run again in '08, and it appears that he is laying the groundwork for it by preparing to introduce a bill to guarantee health care for all children. It should be fun to see sKerry and Piano Legs jockeying over that one.

[Antoninus]

A better headline for this article:

58% of Democrats say Hillary NOT the strongest candidate.

That would be the "man bites dog" headline.

[trebb]

Kool Aid!!! And when she "convinces" all us Christians that she's got a direct pipeline to God, her base will dump her. Looks like the Dims still don't get it.

[Cicero]

She can hurl a lamp or an ashtray with the best of them.

[cvq3842]

From another neophite: people are sending messages to others they believe will be interested. There are many "ping" lists. I always think of Sean Connery: "one ping."

[TheBigB]

"And today, in what many believe is a cynical attempt to whitewash her background for her upcoming Presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton denied ever having served in the United States Senate and said that as far as she knows, there is no actual place called 'New York.'" "I am so confused by all this," she said, "I've been at home baking cookies and watching Father Knows Best reruns for the past few years."

[bill1952]

How does it do that?
I mean, you are already reading the thread. I don't understand the ping thing either.

[AuntB]

"51% of the nation's Democrats say it would be best for their party to nominate a more centrist candidate in 2008. "

And that's exactly where Ms. Clinton is moving.

[GeekDejure]

Oh please, oh please...run, Hillary, run!
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Yeah... Hitlery v. Condi !!!

[cvq3842]

neophyte

[Apercu]

You forgot "corrupt,dishonest,self adoring" NEW YORK liberal.

[cvq3842]

alerts everyone you want to see it, whether they are reading it or not.

[bill1952]

Yes, but they aren't going to play it that way.

Actually Hilda is from the mid west, and moved to Ark.

That's how they will spin her, and the NYorkers would vote for Chirac or Osama if they could run on the Democratic ticket.

And she will have the Clinton machine. And that is formidable

[Disambiguator]

Bill Richardson from New Mexico would make me a little nervous...

He makes a lot of New Mexicans nervous right now.

[xusafflyer]

The word is "TRYING" to move.

Its too bad Hillary has a LONG, LONG list of speeches where she is obviously the anti-everything good and decent in the world.

The picture of Hildabeast with Arafat's wife will make a great poster for a campaign.

Hillary still has to survive '06 if Rudy or another popular Rep runs against her. If she loses or doesn't run, her chances in '08 are none.

[Prime Choice]

Actually Hilda is from the mid west, and moved to Ark.

She's the Senator from New York. Her Arkansas past is now ancient history as far as the rest of America is concerned.

[puppetz]

[cvq3842]

It seems like Clinton is trying to get her arms around the immigration issue also.

I do think either a Kery or Clinton run would be another loser. But I'd rather see a Democrat nominated who would have some reasonable ability to govern and some halfway decent programs. It just scares me that WHOEVER they nominate will get a large percentage of the vote. (I can't fathom that Kerry got any more than 20%, really, but that's the reality.) The worse a candidate they nominate, the easier a Republican win will be, but the "anything can happen" factor scares me.

then again, any Democrat who was "in the ballpark" on the issues I care about would never be nominated . . . and has probably crossed over to the Republicans already.

[investigateworld]

Don't sell the beast short, she's undergoing a remake, will come out hard on illegal immigration, Bush will have left a Supreme Court packed with young healthy conservatives.
The "Guest Worker" program will be exposed as the nonsense that it is, voters split the ticket. Republicans will end up in control of Congress. Just payback for Slick Willie's sending in Armed Agents to drag out a little boy, and enraging the Holocaust refugee voters in Flora-duh.

[mak5]

Now she is moving to the center, claiming to be an evangelical Christian, a conservative Christian and a southerner at heart. She has chosen to make illegal immigration "her" issue. We need to keep letting people know about the evil queen and everything she has done before she succeeds in remaking her image to meet the '04 exit polls, because we all know the MSM will help her do it.

[Nick Danger]

42% of Dems, eh? What's that, about 16% of the country? Bring her on.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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HILLARY was on the side of our Terrorist Enemy, Comunist Dictator HO CHI MINH, and against US and Freedom during the Vietnam War.


In a new time of war...
with an enemy that's now...
just around the corner and...
up your street...


.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Senate Armed Services Committee..

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[Califelephant]

Hillary has more baggage than Samsonite, but the right set of circumstances (a weak Republican candidate, bad ecomonic conditions leading up to the election, foreign policy disasters, etc.) could make it harder to beat her. There are so damn many variables in presidential elections that no one can make accurate predictions at this point.

[Gay State Conservative]

Somehow,during her campaign,I see the Former Twelfth Lady
discovering that she's the descendant of African slaves.

[TChris]

Oh, please let it be true! We couldn't ask for a better present than a Hillary candidacy!

[anniegetyourgun]

We will continue to be treated to these polls for the foreseeable years. It's all part of ginning up the fervor among the D base. This is just evidence of what I've been saying all along - she's all they've got.....

[Brilliant]

Very true. What's even more scary is that the GOP has no answer, yet.