CNN Poll internals...some interesting numbers

[SaveElmer]

Who has the right experience to be president?
Clinton 60
Edwards 15
Obama 9

Who is most likely to bring needed change to the U.S.?
Clinton 42
Obama 30
Edwards 10

Seems like Hillary's theme of change and experience are working for her so far....

Clinton's favorables/unfavorables are quite good, have turned decidedly in her favor at 53% to 39%.

[Colobo]

1. How misguided people are, then!

[wyldwolf]

2. don't worry, Katz... people have 10, uh.. 8... 6.... 5 months to change their minds

[Colobo]

4. Let's pray they do, dear wyld!

[wyldwolf]

29. nah, I have confidence in the majority of my fellow Democrats. They pick Hillary

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Unless The Dynamic Of The Race Changes It's Over

Trends continue until they are stopped...

What will stop Senator Clinton?

That's an emperical observation not a normative one...

[theoldman]

3. I suppose that the American people were not misguided when

they elected Bush?

[Colobo]

5. Oh, yes we were!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Say "They" Not "We" Please

eom

[Colobo]

10. Gotta say "We". I voted for the guy.

[wyldwolf]

30. you voted for Bush? Well, that explains things

[Colobo]

32. I've been very open about my past, and you're invited to read post 25

which explains a bit of my past.

[SaveElmer]

9. I wasn't...you didn't vote for the man did you?

;-)

[Colobo]

11. Yes. I've been open about my dark past.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Did You Vote For Him In 00 And 04?

And did you vote for Jeb too, pray tell?

Even against Lawton Chiles?

[Colobo]

18. My first presidential vote was in 04, and I voted for Bush.

I voted for Jeb in 02 and for Davis in 06. I was a registered Republican until Jan. 06.

[SaveElmer]

20. Well I'm glad you saw the light!!!

:woohoo:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. I Would Have Been Happier If He Never Missed It

eom

[Colobo]

25. From an old thread

1) I didn't see anything particularly positive about Bush. I worked on 2 of his campaign rallies, so I saw him live, and he came across as a very calculating man who had created this "I'm a folksy dude" persona to get votes. To be honest, I never trusted him completely.

However, the Republican Party has strong ties with the pro-statehood movement in Puerto Rico, and Democrats have been more vocal supporters of the current colonial status. When I moved to the US in 2001, I quickly registered as a Republican in order to support the party that, supposedly, was more "Puerto Rican friendly".

I never truly believed in conservatism, to be frank. Also, I felt it was going to be easier to be accepted and liked by Americans in general if I joined the party of "patriotism" and "American values". I wanted to be seen as a good American, to show that Puerto Ricans could be good Americans too, especially after 9/11. I moved from Puerto Rico only a month before 9/11, so it had a huge impact on me then. I was 17 and wanting to be accepted in my new home.

2) I knew all the time I was in the wrong place, but I felt I had to be a Republican for the reasons I gave you above. I remember that a good friend of mine, a hardcore Republican (she's Puerto Rican) introduced me to Sean Hannity in late 2003. When I started listening to him, I felt sick. I got headaches (no joke) while driving because I wanted to scream that all he was saying was bullshit but I repressed myself. For years I tried to indocrinate myself so that I could be a good American, not some black Puerto Rican guy in America. It's complex and sad, but it was like that.

3) I learned about DU in the Hannity forums. People used to trash DU all the time (they probably still do), and I came here to read what people posted. Eventually, however, I started realizing I could not pretend anymore, and started challenging conservatism/Republicanism with everyone I could, including myself. By late 05 I realized I couldn't stay in the wrong side anymore, and changed parties in early 06. Keep posting over there for some more months, but now as a left leaning centrist (to avoid getting banned). Eventually I stopped posting there, and at the beginning of this year I decided to join DU.

I don't regret it one bit. This is my home. It always was.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

28. TY

My buddy is Puerto Rican and a gung ho Republican... He is also light skinned... I thought he was Cuban before he told me was Puerto Rican...

Most of the Puerto Ricans I know are Democrats except my mom's doctor but I suspect his being a Republican has more to do with him being a doctor than it has to do with him being a Puerto Rican ...

[Colobo]

31. I'm a black Puerto Rican, though, which made it more bizarre

You had to see how people in Republican rallies struggled to understand what the heck I was and what was I doing there...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

33. That Is Interesting

When I was growing up my best friend's mother was from Ponce... He was also light skinned...His mom was Puerto Rican and his dad was Irish/Cuban... His last name was Kennedy...

Talk about many nationalities...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. That Was A Freudian Slip By Our Friend

eom

[Colobo]

14. No, intentional. I admit I voted for him.

[xchrom]

8. bush wasn't elected.

[SaveElmer]

13. Seems to me Democrats are displaying an unusual level of insight

And intelligence so far! :-)

[Colobo]

15. Those who are for Obama are.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Were You Right Now And Wrong Then Or Wrong Now And Right Then?

And why should we trust your judgment?

[Colobo]

22. I was wrong then, because I knew voting for Bush was wrong.

However, I did it for the wrong reasons (reasons that I have explained in the past). Now I'm supporting someone I truly believe in. Someone I feel can repair the damage done to this country and the world by 8 years of Republicanism.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Please Give Me The Crib Notes Version....

"However, I did it for the wrong reasons (reasons that I have explained in the past)"

[Colobo]

26. Post 25.

[Armstead]

17. The culture of marketing

repeat the words "change" and "experience" often enough and people will believe it -- despite the fact that she is less experienced than many of her rivals, and only cares about superficial partisan change.

[Alamom]

21. Thanks for posting......nm

[Vanje]

27. More reason to

Draft Al Gore

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3514459