Time Poll: Hillary's Negatives Are Lower Than Either Gore's Or Kerry's

[ruggerson]

This is what a lot of us here have been saying for a while. If we wish to win in '08, Kerry or Gore is not the way to do it. They are both terrific men, but the political reality is that they are not our strongest candidates. Hillary is by no means my first choice, but running someone who has been on the top of the ticket and has already lost is a recipe for disaster.

That's reality folks. And no, 2008 isn't a lifetime away. It's just around the corner.

Hopefully, a strong dark horse will emerge and take our party and the country by storm.



http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1229054,00.html

"And there is plenty of encouraging news for her in the latest Time poll. More than half of those surveyed—53% —said they had a favorable impression of her; she registered higher than the other most familiar names in the potential Democratic field, Al Gore (49% ), John Edwards (46% ) and John Kerry (45% ). Her negative ratings (44% ) were lower than either Kerry's or Gore's. Edwards generated fewer negative reviews (31% ), but 23% of those polled said they didn't know enough about him to have an opinion one way or the other. In hypothetical matchups with the preseason g.o.p. favorite, John McCain, Hillary is the only big-name Democrat to make a real race of it, with McCain edging her by just 2 points among registered voters. By comparison, McCain would trounce Kerry by 10 points and Gore by 9."