If Clinton partisans think they have the stronger candidate, they need to lay off the kool-aid.

[calteacherguy]

TIME Poll: Clinton More Beatable than Obama
Thursday, Feb. 07, 2008 By MICHAEL DUFFY/WASHINGTON

Though the real election is nine months away, Sen. Barack Obama would fare slightly better than Sen. Hillary Clinton in a head to head match-up with Sen. John McCain if the general election were held today, a new TIME poll reveals.

Obama captured 48% of the vote in the theoretical match-up against McCain's 41%, the TIME poll reported, while Clinton and McCain would deadlock at 46% of the vote each. Put another way, McCain looks at the moment to have a narrowly better chance of beating the New York Senator than he does the relative newcomer from Illinois.

The difference, says Mark Schulman, CEO of Abt SRBI, which conducted the poll for TIME, is that "independents tilt toward McCain when he is matched up against Clinton But they tilt toward Obama when he is matched up against the Illinois Senator." Independents, added Schulman, "are a key battleground."

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1711123,00.html

I don't want another nail-biter election. This may sound harsh, but it's necessary to say: Democrats voting for Clinton are undermining our chances at winning back the White House. It has to be said, and it's a reality needs to be faced.

If Clinton partisans think they have the stronger candidate, they need to lay off the kool-aid.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. This is about the 20th posting of this news

I know you guys are happy, and you like to gloat, but this is getting spam-like.

Write something new. Tell us how Hillary designed the Edsel or something.

--p!

[calteacherguy]

2. I was not aware of that. nt

[goldcanyonaz]

3. self delete

[faithfulcitizen]

4. "Spam-like" kinda like the cult crap huh? This place is nuts.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. Indeed

There have been close to 25 "I'm proud I'm an Obama cult member" sarcasm threads today.

The poll, and the cult criticism, are worth discussing. Just not fifty times.

--p!

[billbuckhead]

5. Will someone tell me if it's one those superaccurate precision Zogby polls

Then i'll believe :eyes:

[still_one]

12. Zogby had nothing to do with this poll. All polls are accurate only in that moment in time

and only if it is done correctly

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Ha

I remember the seventeen point lead President Dukakis had coming out of the 1988 Democratic Convention in Atlanta and how he went on to defeat George Herbert Walker Bush by one of the most lopsided margins in electoral history...

[still_one]

11. You have a point, but the Clinton supporters do a similar thing with their polls

As long as each side don't resort to personal attacks on each other, there is no harm in it

Like Edwards said, the Democrats will make history no matter who the nominee is

[rodeodance]

20. at least!!!

[Liberals Rule]

6. Obama May Be the Stronger Candidate But..

That doesn't mean Hillary will automatically lost to McCain. Not with so many hating him in his own party. Like i said before..NEVER, EVER count out a Clinton!

[BenDavid]

7. Oh hell then this clinton better just drop out...bullshit....if you know

politics and I hope you do polls this far out mean nothing and if you believe this poll then please stay home on election day......bill clinton was losing to bush and perot early on and how did that election come out?

Bill was losing to Dole in early 96 by double digits and how did that come out?

gore or kerry could never seal the damn deal and never was ahead.....so believe this time poll here in feb. 08 and I tell ya what....when hrc gets the nomination she will be ahead of mccain by 4 and it might be june when she is ahead in the count but she will go intot eh convention the leader and leave the convention as the nominee......and will beat mccain....

[calteacherguy]

10. And when Obama gets the nomination

how many points do you reckon he will be ahead of McCain?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Pres. Dukakis Was Ahead Of George Herbert Walker Bush By Seventeen Points After The 88 Convention

~

[still_one]

14. Agreed, but Hillary's supporters were acting like they were, when the polls favored them

nationally

Each side is pumping. Right now Barrack supporters are doing it

In an hour Hillary's supporters will do there thing

and it will go back and forth like this until the primaries are over

It won't change anyone's mind either

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. If Either Had A Seven Point Lead In October I'd Be Pushing It Hard

A two to six point lead now doesn't indicate anything...

I saw Mike Dukakis turn a seventeen point lead into a eight point defecit and I saw Jimmy Carter turn a thirty three point lead against Gerald Ford into a two point one...

[still_one]

16. Of course you would, but even polls conducted a few days before a primary

have been proven wrong, and I am not just referring to zogby polls

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Primary Polls Are A Different Animal

The final round of pre-election presidential polls are usually well within the margin of error...

I just don't see the predictive value of a poll in February for an election in November...

[still_one]

19. Agreed /nt

[HughMoran]

17. This is the 4th time this has been posted in 2 hours

Amazing - and it's taken seriously, even though the numbers are already leaning toward the Dems more since the last one of these supposed matchup total bullshit polls that have zero, none, no meaning. Zilch.