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In reply to the discussion: In case you missed it in his speech: O'Malley took the gloves off and hit Hillary where it hurts [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Clinton's polling numbers are, in large part because of an eight-year media campaign without any competition. She's been on the campaign trail - whether she wanted to be or not - since she was appointed Secretary of State. Her high numbers are a product of her spending the greater part of a decade as the "presumptive nominee."
But now there's campaigning to do, and at least two challengers to that presumption. And it's just begun, with the first primary election being over six months away, and the convention more than a year.
Hillary's poll numbers are going to drop, and they're going to drop significantly. Why? Because that's what competition does. I can't say where they'll drop to, or if someone will pull ahead of her, but if you think Clinton is going to rocket past the finish line with 70% or something, you're crazier than people who write-in Perot.
And you can't have it both ways. You can't call DU'ers "irrelevant" and then argue that we're going to "cost the election." I know you're just warming up your engines for some left-bashing for if Clinton fails the General, but at least have internally-consistent logic going.