Behind Kucinich: Will MSM Cover Hillary's Fifth-Place Finish in Dean Org Poll?

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

At the end of his 2004 campaign, Howard Dean started Democracy for America, billed as a grassroots Democratic political action committee "dedicated to supporting fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates at all levels of government."

Last week, DFA staged an online Dem presidential candidate preference poll. As a proud DFA member [meaning that I joined the email list], I just received the results of the poll. Hillary's advisers might want to dust off Hirohito's famous statement at the end of WWII to the effect that the situation "has not progressed entirely as we would have wished." Because Hillary finished in fifth place with 8.7%, behind Dennis Kucinich and barely one point ahead of Bill Richardson. Obama finished first with 28%, John Edwards a close second at 25%.

Now it's true that this is an unscientific poll, and that DFA surely attracts people from the liberal wing of the Dem party. But then again, isn't the conventional wisdom that Dem primary voters come from that same liberal wing?

Was DFA Executive Director Tom Hughes mortified by the results? He buried the mention of Hillary's embarrassingly bad performance in the eighth paragraph of his email! Then again, Hillary can take some comfort from the results: she's beating the pants off Joe Biden, Chris Dodd and someone named Mike Gravel!

So now the question is, will the MSM cover or bury Hillary's poll flop?

Poll results:

Barack Obama 28.1%
John Edwards 24.6%
Other 12.4%
Dennis Kucinich 10.3%
Hillary Clinton 8.7%
Bill Richardson 7.6%
Undecided 4.9%
Joseph Biden 1.9%
Christopher Dodd 0.5%
Mike Gravel 0.3%

Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net

[AU72]

Can't be fun being a staffer for her today.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Hillary-poll-flop ping to Today show list.

[edcoil]

"So now the question is, will the MSM cover or bury Hillary's poll flop?"

No. I figure it was a rhetorical question but had to jump in.

[stockpirate]

Response will be "what poll, there's a poll, well we aren't aware of any poll"?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I suppose they will write it off as a meaningless online poll, but imagine next time Hillary sees Howard!!

[AU72]

My crystal ball sees Hillary MoveingOn in 2009 to Wellesley College as Chancellor.

[crescen7]

I believe this kind of non-appeal of Mrs. Bill Clinton was part of the motivation for the sacking of the Fox News Televised Debate. The possibility that Hillary could get upstaged by someone like Kucinich who would hammer her on her Iraq statements is doomsday for the Dems. The kook left could actual nominate an nut like Kucinich if he gets enough exposure. Otherwise it will be all based on available campaign money - that is, it's Barack vs. MBC

[PGalt]

Good observation. BUMP!

[NoBullZone]

What do you have against Wellesley?

[Paul_B]

This is big. Well deserving of a flying ashtray alert.

p.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

LOL.

"TELL WOLFSON TO GET HIS BUTT IN HERE! NOW!"

[delacoert]

Does Hillary's 5th place finish in this poll deserve any more media attention than Giuliani's 5th place finish in GOP Nation's poll?

[Mia T]

Actually, Wellesley deserves her....

WOMAN WHO HID HILLARY'S MAGICALLY APPEARING THESIS GETTING ORDERS FROM CLINTON-MACHINE LAWYERS?


WHY HILLARY'S MAGICALLY APPEARING THESIS IS LIKE CLINTON'S FOLEY HIT JOB (and not like her Rose Law Firm billing records)

[StarFan]

The internal polls are beginning to take a toll. Now we have the impeached one coming out swinging. He's blamed the NY Slimes and now the media for adorning Obama's record saying it parallels his wife's. Don't you just love it!