While a three-way fight shapes up for the Democratic nomination in Iowa, the nation's first primary state, New Hampshire, leans heavily towards Senator Hillary Clinton, a new poll confirms. The Reuters report:
In a poll by Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, 41 percent of likely Democratic voters support Clinton followed by 20 percent for Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois. Former Sen. John Edwards was third with 11 percent.
Read the whole story at the link above. In fact, Clinton has registered a lead of 20% or more in three of the six polls prior to this one, so it is hardly a fluke. The Real Clear Politics average of recent polls shows her with an average margin of 19.8% - and this is before the Marist result is added in.
Clinton enjoys an even greater lead in polls of Florida, and a double-digit advantage in South Carolina, too. It seems clear the only chance Obama or Edwards have of derailing her juggernaut is to beat her in Iowa, where all three "top tier" candidates are in contention.
The conventional political wisdom - or wishful thinking - goes, "If Hillary loses Iowa, her lukewarm support in other early states will peel off like Britney's clothes. Her candidacy relies upon an aura of invincibility which doesn't allow for losses."
Maybe; maybe not. One thing is apparent, though: if someone doesn't beat her in Iowa, all the rest of the field will see of her from then on is . . . taillights - gradually vanishing into the horizon.
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Comments (13)
Who's wide what is she enjo... (Below threshold)1. Posted by kim | October 14, 2007 6:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who's wide what is she enjoying?
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1. Posted by kim | October 14, 2007 6:10 AM |
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Posted on October 14, 2007 06:10
2. Posted by kim | October 14, 2007 1:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Woof, go watch Peter Paul on YouTube.
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2. Posted by kim | October 14, 2007 1:22 PM |
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Posted on October 14, 2007 13:22
3. Posted by bryanD | October 14, 2007 10:01 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Hillary...joy...wide stance....check.
Now THIS is cool!
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22492511-5005375,00.html?from=mostpop
I and my Right Brain approve this post!
3. Posted by bryanD | October 14, 2007 10:01 PM |
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Posted on October 14, 2007 22:01
4. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 6:57 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
You can't make her twirl at will? Plectice, my boy, plectice.
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4. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 6:57 AM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 06:57
5. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 8:03 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
bD, since when have the Vikings been playing Jim Brown in Uniform #28?
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5. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 8:03 AM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 08:03
6. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This polity is bigger than the Clintons' ability to criminalize it. Someone, or something, is going to be courageous enough to slay the dragon.
er, at least chase it back to its lair in the Middle Kingdom.
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6. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:03 AM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 10:03
7. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:38 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Google 'Peter Paul' and Hillary.
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7. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:38 AM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 10:38
8. Posted by bryanD | October 15, 2007 11:22 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
kim= quit bouncing off the walls and watch Ron Paul on C-SPAN2. He's addressing the RH Taft Club.
8. Posted by bryanD | October 15, 2007 11:22 AM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 11:22
9. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 4:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
See what Jay Cost has to say about Ron Paul.
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9. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 4:05 PM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 16:05
10. Posted by bryanD | October 15, 2007 4:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"See what Jay Cost has to say about Ron Paul.=kim"
___ALL YOUR BASES ARE BELONG TO US.____
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/016115.html
10. Posted by bryanD | October 15, 2007 4:29 PM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 16:29
11. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I know it is easy to quip and link, but is that the best Lew Rockwell can do? I'd rather read Jay Cost.
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11. Posted by kim | October 15, 2007 10:33 PM |
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Posted on October 15, 2007 22:33
12. Posted by bryanD | October 16, 2007 5:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Getting called on quipping by the quipper! OY!
...and about links: try it! you'll like it!...
Re: Cost. See RCP and Politico. They are 100% MSM. Politico is a TimeInc product. And Time SUX!!! And speaking of "sux", look at Mike Allen's mouth parts! A slavonic wench with that ingress would provide wergeld enough for the Manson Family!
RCP is better than Politico, but my considered lumping of them together should be cautionary!
Now, lewrockwell.com kicks ass. And the "blog" entries (to the right) are constantly scrolling hour by hour (OR 3), and are anything BUT MSM!
In other words, efficacious for political IQ points and being an insufferable Know-it-all. Sloe-eyed nymphs are attracted to such. Darwin or Destiny...who cares. WOO-HOO!
12. Posted by bryanD | October 16, 2007 5:07 PM |
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Posted on October 16, 2007 17:07
13. Posted by bryanD | October 16, 2007 6:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Josephine Hearn of Politico on Tucker (MSNBC) now.
Very cute.
And an airhead.
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13. Posted by bryanD | October 16, 2007 6:31 PM |
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Posted on October 16, 2007 18:31