Just a reminder of how far Obama came in PA

[jenmito]

Poll: Hillary Way Ahead In Pennsylvania
By Eric Kleefeld - August 23, 2007, 10:17AM

A new Quinnipiac poll finds Hillary Clinton with a huge lead in Pennsylvania. Hillary has 42% of the Democratic primary vote, with non-candidate Al Gore and Barack Obama statistically tied for distant second at 13% and 12%, respectively. John Edwards has 8% support.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2007/08/poll_hillary_way_ahead_in_pennsylvania.php

[LakeSamish706]

1. Good post and if I were the Hillary supporters, that would give cause to be...

deeply concerned about the remaining contests.

[jenmito]

5. Thanks. I'm SURE I could do the same with almost every other state, too!

:hi:

[papau]

21. Clinton has taken the all state popular vote lead after PA - leads Obama by 122,728

After PA Popular Vote (w/FL & MI) 14,993,348 47.4% 15,116,076 47.8% lead held by Clinton +122,728 +0.4%

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html

[LakeSamish706]

22. Another crock of shit... If you count both Michigan and Florida that might be true...n/t

[jenmito]

26. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl: FL and MI DON'T COUNT! GET OVER IT!

[knixphan]

2. wow.

[GarbagemanLB]

3. WOW. Obama cut a lead by 32+ points? The SDs definitely will take notice of that.

[jenmito]

6. Yup. And that's PA-the state "tailor-made" for Hillary!

:hi:

[book_worm]

4. Even six weeks ago several polls had her with a 20-point plus lead

yes, he closed the gap. She was well known, had visited often as First Lady. Has, apparently, some family ties in Scranton? so she was always expected to win. Obama made a great effort and closed the gap and kept her under 10-points.

[jenmito]

7. Yup. And she "was raised" in Scranton, her father (or grandfather?) taught her how to

shoot :eyes: in back of their cottage, they have decades of political connections in PA, etc.

[Muttocracy]

8. on the national polls her support as a % has not been going up

I know national polls aren't that meaningful, but it looks to me like she had a certain % name recognition and support, and it pretty much stayed there. Doesn't look like she picked up from the other candidates dropping out.

graphic in the middle of:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/democratic_presidential_nomination-191.html

[jenmito]

11. Wow! That's a dramatic visual! Especially Obama's line in comparison! Thanks!

[Muttocracy]

14. yep, raw #s went up for both, but more dramatically for him. nt

[jenmito]

19. MUCH more dramatically for him. n/t

[tekisui]

9. Hillary has not built on her support.

The SD's should take notice of that. Where she is now is her high water mark. It just doesn't get better with a well-known Clinton. She has a LOT of the voting public motivated against her because her name is Clinton.

[jenmito]

24. True...

and I think the SDs HAVE noticed.

[johnnydrama]

10. and look at this

If you take those numbers from then, 42-13-12-8. That's 75.

If you give them the same %'s, but make them add up to 100, that's hillary at 56.

So she lost 1.5% of her suuport since then.

[Condem]

12. jenmito

keep kicking ass!

[jenmito]

15. Thanks, Condem!

:hi:

[Condem]

18. jenmito

It's almost done.

[jenmito]

20. I know!

Thanks for the compliment above. :hi:

[eleny]

13. I knew that I heard something about a 42% lead for her

Thanks for posting. K&R.

He cut an amazing lead in another of her family's states. And remember, she was born in Illinois and she lost that state to its junior Senator. Hrmph!

[jenmito]

25. Yeah-and nationally she was probably ahead by just as much!

She's nothing more than an old, familiar name!

[Diane R]

16. So, Obama gained 34%, and Hillary only gained 12%? Wow. She's not that great a candidate, is she?

[jenmito]

27. Yup. Thanks for showing the numbers!

It's there for all to see. :hi:

[stillcool]

17. A funny thing happened...

on they way to the nomination...

[jenmito]

28. I LOVE that pic!

It says it all. :hi:

[gauguin57]

23. The young lady who just sold me my newspaper at a convenience store (here in PA) was sad about Obama

and his loss in PA (she was excited about voting for him) ... and I reminded her that Barack cut Hillary's lead in half in the last, what, couple of months? That's pretty significant, I reminded her.

[jenmito]

29. I'm glad you reminded her of that.

And he cut it by MORE than half, really.

[Missouri Girl]

30. I want to bring something up that I think has been overlooked.

Am I not correct in remembering that Hillary Clinton is from Illinois? That is, before she was from Arkansas and before she was from New York, and oh, by the way, before she was "from" Pennsylvania.

Didn't Obama win Illinois with a freakin' huge edge - no consideration at all for the truly hometown girl who was born and raised in Illinois? Obama lives in Illinois, represents Illinois in the Senate, but he is not a homestate boy.

Any candidate that cannot seal the deal in their own homestate surely is not strong enough to win in the general election.

[jenmito]

31. Yes! Obama never justifies his losses, but Hillary spins every loss and

the media never points out the things you just did.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

32. I think CNN are mean to Obama, he really did gain ground

[jenmito]

33. They ALL are like that. Hillary needed 65% to be competitive. She failed BIG time.

[jenmito]

34. kick for Hillary supporters

[jenmito]

35. kick for a Hillary supporter who said Hillary was NEVER ahead by 30 in PA

[Scurrilous]

36. K & R

:thumbsup:

[jenmito]

37. Thanks, Scurrilous!

:hi: