Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in Perry, Iowa November 25, 2007. Things are not looking good for Hillary Clinton on the latest Zogby tracker. However, I learned a long time ago not to underestimate Bill or Hillary Clinton.
Things are not looking good for the Hillary Clinton's camp as per the latest Zogby tracker - inserting a legal disclaimer here - I participate on the Zogby polls on the internet and by phone; so, I take the Zogby trackers seriously. The Democratic front-runner is now trailing all five top Republican contenders in the general election match-ups - a big change from this summer when she was leading on every poll.
Now, can you believe this? Barack Obama and John Edwards are still leading the Republicans in hypothetical match-ups of the 2008 presidential election.
Hillary Clinton has been leading the Democratic candidates in national polls in the 2008 primaries. But now she is trailing Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, John McCain and - are you sitting tight? - Mike Huckabee. Not only that - she is trailing by 3 to 5 points in a mano-a-mano against the above mentioned Republicans.
During the summer Hillary Clinton was leading John McCain by a couple of points, leading Rudy Giuliani by 5 points, Fred Thompson by 6 points, and Mitt Romney by 10 points. She was not matched against Mike Huckabee back in July because the man was supposed to be out of competition; but he is back and he is now leading Hillary Clinton in a mano-a-mano.
But Hillary Clinton is facing other problems. She is supposed to be invincible, but she is in danger of losing in Iowa - the Caucuses are around the corner, only 5 weeks away - and if she loses in Iowa all bets are off. But, I learned a long time ago - the hard way - not to underestimate a Clinton.
Some of the Democratic Party voters are expressing concerns about Hillary Clinton's electability against the Republican Candidates - in my opinion she will be destroyed by the Republican Attack Machine (RAM) - in the way I see it, the 2008 presidential election is for the Republicans to lose. If the Democratic Party is defeated in the 2008 election it will be their 8th defeat on the last 11 elections, not a record to be proud of.
But let's get back to Hillary Clinton. Some believe Hillary Clinton is running out of gas - not so - she remains a very good candidate. She is surrounded by a bunch of hard-ball players, and I expect to see a lot of dirty tricks coming out of their pockets. Her team is not going to roll over and let her opponents beat her without a dirty fight. I expect to see her shifting to battle mode in the next couple of weeks. It is not going to be pretty.
Oh by the way, my play money remains with The Final Four.
See, I told you so, the primaries and the general election are going to be FUN!
Thanks for reading.
Updated 11/27/2007 at 1130 Pacific - Good cartoon! Click it and expand it.
6 comments:
Not only will they be fun, but they're just around the corner! January is nearly here. This morning on the radio they were talking what strategies Rudy needs to use to beat Mitt! Yay! Go Mitt!
Still up in the air....We'll see how the debate goes......stay well....
Revolucionario
In five weeks we will see what happens in Iowa, and then a few days later in NH. It is going to be fun! Have a fun day!
cfs
TL
Yes, there is no solid front runner on the Republicans side but on the Democratic side the front runner is Hillary and the rest must do whatever they can to take her down. It is going to be fun! Have a fun Maine day!
cfs
If Rudy wins the nomination ... while initially writing off Iowa and New Hampshire, in four years maybe no Republican will campaign hard in those states. This is bad news for those two states as the candidates spend mucho dinero there every four years.
Rudy's strategy is to win CA, NY, TX, FL, OH and NJ. Those 6 states have enough delegates to win him the nomination. It seems there is something wrong with a system that makes it possible for a candidate to win while leaving out 44 of the 50 states. I think it may be time to re-think the electoral college.
Paul
You are totally correct. Electors is a thing of the past, we need to go back to the drawing board and fix the election process. Plus, we need a National Primary; pick one day in which every state votes on the primary and caucuses, and that will stop all the nonsense. Have a fine Texas evening.
cfs
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