22% of voters think Obama should drop out

[OzarkDem]

same percentage thinks Clinton should drop out...

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/22_of_democrats_want_clinton_to_drop_out_22_say_obama_should_withdraw

22% of Democrats Want Clinton to Drop Out; 22% Say Obama Should Withdraw


Twenty-two percent (22%) of Democratic voters nationwide say that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that an identical number—22%--say that Barack Obama should drop out.

[NJSecularist]

1. So basically we have an equal amount of hard feelings from both sides?

Hopefully it's nothing our nominee can't fix over 4 months after he/she recieves the nomination.

[OzarkDem]

9. Looks that way, not surprising

The meme of "everyone wants Clinton to drop out" is false, as is most of what we hear from Obama's camp.

[marmar]

2. Interesting which one you chose to use as your subject line....

.... Clinton's 22 percent includes Dodd and Pat Leahy, n'est-ce pas?

[TheWraith]

46. Also Richardson and by implication Dean and Pelosi...

Since the latter two are on the record against superdelegates overturning the election results.

No, just another spin job trying to make things seem like they're somehow equal.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Sounds good. Bring back Edwards!

:woohoo:

[PetraPooh]

39. Yep, he dropped out too early, he would really have benefited from this.

[baldguy]

4. And 22% of Hillary's "support" comes from Repulicans who want McCain to win.

Hmmmm...

[JeanGrey]

5. The leader drops out for the loser. Uh huh. I can see that!

[JimGinPA]

6. The 22% That Think HRC Should Drop Out Are The Smart Ones...

:evilgrin:

[JoFerret]

30. according to themselves

or?

is that like the brightest and the best who brought us Vietnam?

[OzarkDem]

31. Got a link?

:rofl:

[JimGinPA]

42. Yes - Here

[gasperc]

7. and 11% of Democrats voted for Bush in '04

is there a point?

[bowens43]

8. the differnce is

that hillary can't win the nomination. It's mathematically impossible. Her only possible motivation for remaining in the race is to try to ensure a McCain victory in the GE so that she has another shot at the nomination in 2012. Unfortunately, 22% of her supporters join her in valuing hillary's ambitions above country, party and the people.

[OzarkDem]

11. Obama can't win the nomination

for many reasons, not the least of which is his primary losses in big states needed to win the electoral vote.

[anonymous171]

12. CA will go red! Same with NY!

I'll have what you're smoking.

[OzarkDem]

16. Need to win Ohio, PA, Florida

Doesn't look like he can carry any of those.

[40ozDonkey]

18. When Republicans come out in droves to vote against Hillary...

She'll envy Geraldine Ferraro's one state victory.

[aquarius dawning]

44. right, because they're gonna get all warm and fuzzy over Obama.

I'll bet they'll stop being Republicans just for him.

[CreekDog]

35. do you understand the word "can't"

and how it applies to delegate math?

Obama has challenges ahead of him, to be sure, but they are far less than Hillary faces in likely having to get 80% of remaining superdelegates.

[Whisp]

51. YES HE CAN. simply because he's not a lieing weasel. nt

[anonymous171]

10. Since they are both even, let's just go with the winner of the most delegates.

[stellanoir]

13. Isn't that very close to the same amount of Dems who are so ill informed that they

still think Obama is a Muslim. Even though his Christian minister's inflammatory cherry picked remarks have been on a constant tape loop on cable for two weeks?

Unbelievable how some people base their vitriol on absolute vacuity really.

[loveangelc]

14. Rasmussen sucks

[navarth]

40. what a cute picture

who are they?

[loveangelc]

48. what do u mean? lol its me and my familys dog

[navarth]

49. didn't mean anything

just a cute picture. compliments to you and your puppy. no offense meant. animal lovers rule.

[loveangelc]

50. Thank you!!! :-)

[cureautismnow]

15. 100% in this house think Rasmussen employees should get real jobs.

In this Caller ID Age, who would even want to talk to these rabble-rousers? :shrug:

[Barack_America]

17. Before "snipergate".

I'd love to see those numbers now!

Barack has shown the ability to bounce back. Can Hillary?

[NewHampshireDem]

19. How ever will we work this out?!?!

IF only there was some kind of system, with rules agreed to by *both* parties before it began, that could help us pick our nominee!

OH NOES!!!!1!!1

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[cali]

21. Clue for the terminally clueless:

By every metric, Obama is ahead, and hilly dear is falling further behind in polling. She has virtually no way to catch up with Obama. There's some justification for thinking hilly should drop out. The hillbots who think Obama should are simply delusional.

[joshcryer]

37. It will be within a 10% or less margin until the convention. Neither should drop out.

[OzarkDem]

22. Obama's favorable rating drops to 38%

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=81b5fdd3-fbda-4580-8169-3a89e9f40a05

[NewHampshireDem]

26. Oh, you posted it again ... learn a new trick

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5296812#5296892

[OzarkDem]

28. Reality based political discourse

its a good thing.

Sometimes reminders are needed to snap Obama worshippers into the real world.

[NewHampshireDem]

32. I agree ... but you seem to think that looking through one squinted eye

is reality. In my book, 1/2 of a truth (or, I guess in this case, 1/3 of the truth) is not reality.

[leftofcool]

33. Oopsie! Is the Lord losing favor?

[Carrieyazel]

23. How about they both drop out this summer and we draft Al Gore? Looks like our only hope

to beat McCain. McCain has opened big leads over both, and while his margin will go down by Novemeber, he's right where he wants to be. Gore can change the whole dynamic.

[OzarkDem]

29. McCain lead is troublesome

it shows this primary race is now hurting Dems. Not a good thing.

[adoraz]

24. doesn't mean anything

If Obama was 1000 delegates ahead, 22% of Clinton suppoers would still want him to drop out.

[anonymous171]

25. Since 10% of those are probaby repugs, I don't doubt that.

[OzarkDem]

34. No, self identified Dem voters

[cliffordu]

27. And 75% of those can't find thier asses with both hands

[knight_of_the_star]

36. Thanks to both sides on this mess

To the hardcore Obama and Hillary people in this mess who are perpetuating this division:

[wowimthere]

38. Obama is going up in the polls... Clinton is going down in the polls

If the polls are what you are going by then take a look at the Gallup snapshot and see if that 22 percent for Obama rings true or hollow.

[aquarius dawning]

43. actually, it depends on which poll you look at and which day you look at it.

If one looks at the momentum Obama had developed after super Tuesday and then lost in the last primary battles, I would say the trend is obvious however regardless of what the polls say.

[superkia]

41. Neither should drop out, just run cleaner campaigns on the issues.

They should also immediately stop any and all praises of the republican candidate, no need to promote the opposition, McCain can promote himself.

[Mike03]

45. Now Patrick Leahy has said the same thing about Senator Clinton

That she can't win and should drop out.

Those are strong words from an influential Democrat. It surprised the hell out of me that he said that.

[OzarkDem]

47. Gore says let it play out

Its a tie; the party (new and old) is split. As Gore says, we have to let it play itself out

[VolcanoJen]

52. OP posted a thread earlier about Obama's negatives rising...

... without mentioning that Clinton's had risen higher, surpassing his.

OP is fond of morphing polls and making hay out of seed.