Obama within 5% of Hillary; Edwards a distant third.

[Clarkie1]

2008 Democratic Presidential Primary
Clinton 28% Obama 23% Edwards 13%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Political%20Tracking/Democratic%20Primaries/DemocraticPresidentialPrimary.htm

Of course it's all a poor predictor at this point, but it's still fun to watch. I do believe it is unlikely Edwards will ever poll above Obama, however.

[PresidentObama]

1. These thing change so much, and we're too far out.

Edwards could make a comeback, Obama could surge, or Hillary could pull away from the pack. Hell, one of these second tier candidates could make a name for themselves and in a year lead the pack. We just don't know. It's a good indicator of things right now, but things will and should change!!

[David Dunham]

2. Gallup/USA Today poll out today has Hillary pulling 19 points ahead

The fat lady is beginning to sing before the race even starts.

[Clarkie1]

3. That's a huge dicrepancy. Somebody must be fudging the numbers. nt

[KoKo]

4. The "PTB" went after Edwards this week...they are lying in wait for Obama

and that's the way it works. I wonder why Obama get's better press than Edwards, though...

Maybe just to pump him WAY UP...so he can FALL...WAY DOWN? That's the way the MS Corporate Media do things. :-(

[pnwmom]

6. Obama got great press this week

because he gave a great announcement speech.

Edwards didn't do anything this week that could compete with that.

[PresidentObama]

7. self delete. just for you pnwmom ;)

[pnwmom]

8. omigod.

oops.

[PresidentObama]

12. Understandable mistake, Obama and Osama one letter apart.

CNN does it too!!

:rofl:

[pnwmom]

17. Yeah, and Fox, too. Thanks a whole lot for reminding me.

[pnwmom]

11. Quick, change your post, too.

No need to repeat that horrible name!

[pnwmom]

18. Umm. . . but you're still kind of giving me away there.

Oh well. Thanks for spotting my error in time for me to fix it.

:hi:

[KoKo]

9. Wha? Did you do a typo? n/t

[pnwmom]

10. And the spell-checker fails me once again.

[rinsd]

31. Yup, this bump should have been expected. (nt)

[DaveinMD]

5. and Edwards

leads or is tied in Iowa.

[Clarkie1]

14. Is it true he's spent more time there than any other candidate?

If so, even numbers there are not terribly impressive.

[DaveinMD]

16. its true

that he kept his organization in place. Hardly any media attention and yet he's ahead of the other frontrunners. If he solved world hunger himself, you wouldn't find it impressive.

[Clarkie1]

21. LOL. I think there are millions of people in America who are more ready to be president

and would make a better one than Edwards.

I believe my judgment is based on a sound and reasonable evaluation of his merits. He's a trial lawyer and a good one, but that's it.

[DaveinMD]

27. he'd be a great president

as would several of our Democratic candidates.

I think you are one of those people who see the trial lawyer thing as a negative. It isn't.

[Clarkie1]

29. A few reasons why Obama is more prepared for the job.

He's done community organizing...real in the trenches community organizing.

He has a degree in constitutional law from Harvard....that constitution is important!

He's a better writer

He's a better orator

He's not in it so much for himself...Edwards whole life seems dedicated to being a Presidential wannabe

He has more integrity (yes, I hold Edwards accountable for IWR)

He understands the world better...he's lived outside the U.S.

He doesn't strike me a a slick-speaking political wannabe, he strikes me as a leader.


There are millions of people in the U.S.A., in my opinion, who would be a greater President than Edwards. There are far fewer who would be better than Obama or Richardson. I doubt there are any who would be better than Clark. Obama's biggest negative is a lack of experience, but intelligence, vision, and integrity can make up for some of that.

[DaveinMD]

32. the first part of this post is nice

it talks about why you like Obama. No need to knock Edwards. Promote your candidate. No need for negative this early.

[Moloch]

19. Actually they're very unimpressive considering Edwards

has basically lived in Iowa since 2002.

[Alhena]

13. I wish it were true, but Rasmussen is a FAR outlier

from the other polls on the Democratic primaries. Always showing Obama doing much better than the other polls.

[Clarkie1]

15. Historically Rasmussen has been the most accurate polling organization. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

20. Edwards is in third? But I heard that Lieberman was in a three-way tie for third place

:evilgrin:

[last_texas_dem]

22. Doesn't say much

Wasn't LIEberman leading by a healthy margin in February 2003?

[Doondoo]

23. long, long way to go

[AtomicKitten]

24. watch this space

the numbers will vacillate -
and then all bets are off when Gore and/or Clark throw their hat(s) in the ring

[bklyncowgirl]

25. Obama had a terrific week--Edwards a lousy one--too early to read anything into this

Obama gave a great announcement speech and then to top it off had the great good fortune to be attacked by Australian Prime Minister, John Howard. He shot back immediately and scored a hit. It doesn't get any better than that.

Edwards was mired in this controversy over those two bloggers which, whatever the facts of the case, did not look good.

Clinton of course got tied up in knots trying to explain why her IWR vote was a mistake without actually calling it a mistake.

Great week for Obama--not great for Edwards and Clinton.

We'll see lots of ups and downs from all concerned before this is over.

[beaconess]

26. Don't sell Edwards short - he's like the tortoise to the hare

Even when he's not getting a lot of national buzz, he's usually on the ground plowing away voter by voter by voter. He did that in Iowa last time around - while Dean was getting all of the national attention, Edwards was quietly wooing voters at the grassroots level and ended up getting the major newspaper endorsement the week before the primary and beating Dean through sheer hard work and good organization.

Don't write him off. Just because we're not seeing him every night on cable doesn't mean he's not gaining traction. He's very good at biding his time and flying under the radar until it's time to strike.

[SaveElmer]

28. Will be interesting to see if a trend develops...

This is probably a bump from his announcement...Gallup has it at 19...

[Clarkie1]

30. Seems Hillary's lead is slowly deteriorating...interesting trend.

Hope it continues.

The fact that it would be historically unprecedented for the candidate in the "lead" this far out to ultimately win the nomination gives me hope.

[SaveElmer]

34. One poll is not a trend my friend...

I guess the Gallup poll showing her up 19 slipped under your radar eh?

[Colobo]

33. O-ba-ma

O-ba-ma, O-ba-ma... little by little, the chant will take over the nation... :)