Clinton's White House years become a boon

[William769]

Democratic voters are looking favorably on her experience as first lady, even on her failed healthcare effort, a poll finds.



WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has neutralized the political fallout from some of the most difficult moments of her eight years as first lady, with Democratic voters looking favorably on her failed effort to revamp healthcare and either supporting or having no opinion of her decision to remain loyal to an unfaithful husband, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll shows.

The positive impression of Clinton's White House years -- which is shared, though more faintly, among the broader public -- is helping propel her to a formidable lead over her rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton leads the No. 2 contender, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, 48% to 17%.

Her support has risen 15 percentage points since the last nationwide Times/Bloomberg poll in June, while Obama's support has fallen 5 percentage points.

As a leading actor in her husband's presidency, Clinton entered the race for the White House linked tightly to his legacy of personal scandal and political polarization. But today, the Times/Bloomberg poll found, nearly two-thirds of Democrats and nearly half of all voters say Hillary Clinton's famously unsuccessful effort in the 1990s to provide health coverage for all Americans makes her better able now to deal with healthcare as president.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-poll24oct24,0,2039684.story?coll=la-home-center

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Oh twottle ...

The LA Times? Well, uh you know. Come now.

:sarcasm:

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. Yes, come on now

It doesn't matter if you love her or hate her, but you have to be blind or stupid to not recognize that many people wanting someone who is experienced to be President is not simply main stream media spin. The main stream media is capable of spinning with that, sure, but they don't create it out of thin air.

Personally, I have known that progressives were in for a hard time getting someone other than Hillary nominated as soon as the race shaped up to be her against Edwards and Obama as the top tier candidates. I am not just saying this now, I have been blogging it for a year now so I sort of am on record about this. It depresses me to be correct. I never supported Clinton. I wanted Clark, but I would have been very pleased with Gore. I gladly would have backed Feingold, and I had good things to say about Dodd.

I had disputes on DU before with folks who thought that the relatively thin resumes that Edwards and Obama brought to the race would not be a significant issue. I long thought they would be. And yes I think Clinton being first lady for 8 years gave her a hell of a lot more experience than Laura Bush has gotten. Not all first ladies are created equal. I am not trying to compare their politics directly but no one would dare say that Eleanor Roosevelt was window dressing for FDR's administration. Hillary does have relevent experience, whether or not you like her politics. And I don't doubt for a second that that is helping her in this race against Edwards and Obama.

[loudsue]

2. NAFTA, Media deregulation.....

Happy corporate America.

[desi]

3. Lots of regular hard working people were also happy...

I wonder what it would have been like with another four years of GHW BUSH and then eight years of Bob DOLE :shrug:

http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/issues.html

http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/natacc99.html

edited to add additional link.

[MethuenProgressive]

5. "Clinton leads the No. 2 contender, Sen. Obama, 48% to 17%."

"Clinton leads the No. 2 contender, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, 48% to 17%."
"Her support has risen 15 percentage points since the last nationwide Times/Bloomberg poll in June, while Obama's support has fallen 5 percentage points."
The more people know and learn about these two, the higher her support goes.
Says something, that does, about the intentional ignorance so many DUers are happy to wallow in.