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Interesting Numbers From New Poll: Lookin' Good for Dems

There's a new NBC/WSJ poll out today that has lots of interesting numbers. A stunning 76% of respondents say they want a president who brings a different approach than Bush. Democrats lead by double digits in a generic presidential contests. Confusingly, McCain only trails Obama by 3 points and Clinton by two, but that's likely because, according to the poll, many independents and Democrats have bought the spoon-fed Maverick myth. A little reeducating by the Democrats in the fall should drive McCain closer to the results of a "generic Republican."

Half of respondents think leadership style and trustworthiness are the most important attributes in a candidate, while just one-third prioritize ideas and policies. That's good news for Obama, because on almost every issue polled, Clinton is seen as the better candidate.

Bill Clinton's favorability/unfavorability ratings have plummeted to a net negative: 42%/45%. It's pretty undeniable that this election has tarnished his legacy.

And finally, there is evidence Obama is not making progress in his fight to clear up confusion about his faith. Here's MSNBC:

The percentage of respondents who correctly identified Obama as a Christian increased from 18% to 37%. But those identifying him as a Muslim also increased five points (from 8% to 13%).





Comments

The complaints circulating about cetain candidates qualifications is maybe a little discerning particular too much based on experience.
Most important, is there a Lincoln, Eisenhower, FDR, a Truman on the candidate rosters? No....then why do we pick the ones that were picked. Because of who is backed by the most corporate dollars? Likely so.
Keep in mind, how does a leader choose what action to take when the red phone rings at 3 a.m. Simple, he/she meets with the full cabinet before any decision is made. So why the argument? Main question, who is the most potential leader? The most potential picks the best cabinet. Should the leaders cabinet be picked up front before the election? Answer, YES, but seldom made public until after election. WHY???? So, you take your chance on best prospective leader. My determination is Obama.
And I am caucasian.
GB

Posted by: glen on 03/13/08 at 2:38 PM  Respond

Jonathan:

Don't listen to all the RIGHT Wing propaganda.

The REPUBLICAN RIGHT Wing and the RIGHT Wing of the Democratic Party in the U.S. Government Has Fallen From Grace.

How much has the government in the United States fallen from grace? Considerably, let's see, we've had a Clinton that's a [deleted], or at least a meretricious character and Spitzer that's also a meretricious character that even pimped prostitutes, plus all the assorted RIGHT Wing REPUBLICAN crimes, incompetence and corruption. It is time for the United States to rise above the criminal and animal kingdom in government and the WHITE HOUSE and restore HOPE to the people of the greater majority common population. With the demagogery of the greedy and corrupt DLC Republicans-Lite and the REPUBLICAN Bush administration, HOPE has been lost.

When race is a deciding factor, God is not leading. Hope IS Jesus. When one checks out all the references for HOPE in the Holy Bible, HOPE ends up to be Jesus. Therefore; Obama's is placing his HOPE for our nation in his wisdom and knowledge relying on God through Jesus. What more can one ask of a leader? When our leaders truly have their HOPE firmly planted on Jesus and His WORD, they can truly give the nation HOPE, as apparently Obama has done. Bush, perhaps thought he gave the nation hope, but Bush has been a puppet used by the RIGHT EXTREME to take away hope.

A note to the SUPER DELEGATES, Obama is the better of the two --- please do not allow the indiscretions of Bill Clinton's character back into the WHITE HOUSE. Also, NAFTA wasn't to help the people that put Clinton in the WHITE HOUSE, but was to help the super rich the Clintons pant after. Eight years of Clinton's DLC cooperation and going along to get along was too much.

DLC Hillary Clinton has requested the SUPER DELEGATES decide the primary election instead of the peoples' vote, which in and of itself is already against the people of the MAJORITY common population.

Let's not do the same thing all over, because the REPUBLICANS really enjoy wasting the country's money on sexual indiscretions. REPUBLICANS didn't have any problem with impeaching a president in the media and all over the world, and taking the time to work Clinton's indiscretion into whatever would be useful to them politically, even though it wasn't high crimes and misdemeanors against the country, like what the Bush administration has done, impeachment still got REPUBLICANS back into office.

There are way too many DLC Republicans-Lite in the LEFT; if not, the United States would have immediately impeached George W. Bush as president, at least real Democrats would give impeachment of President Bush as much of a chance as the REPUBLICANS did Clinton's sexual indiscretions.

Because the DLC Republican-Lite Democrats pretense to be unable to impeach a severely corrupt REPUBLICAN president, doesn't mean the REPUBLICANS won't gleefully impeach a Democrat; again, for whatever reason, REPUBLICANS will just do it, only this time the impeachment will be of Hillary Clinton, even though Hillary gets placed as President of the United States through some sort of quid pro quo agreements between the corporate DLC Republicans-Lite and the REPUBLICANS to give whatever's left of the 70% MAJORITY'S common populations rights away to further satisfy the REPUBLICAN EXTREME.

This kind of placement is not a fair election in any form of the word, but if Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination by the DLC's preordained SUPER DELEGATES ---- as Obama is doing way better with voters; Hillary Clinton will probably be placed as president after the General Election, because McCain won't have any quid pro quo 70% MAJORITY Common Population give aways, like the DLC Republicans-Lite do.

Posted by: MarthaA on 03/13/08 at 4:59 PM  Respond

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