Bill Clinton was utterly and totally unelectable nationally in May of 1992

[theboss]

For the record, if the national polls in May really matter, we should have wrapped Bill Clinton in a carpet and thrown him off a bridge in May of 1992.

From the May 7 1992 New York Times:

If the general election were held today, Mr. Perot would win 35 percent of Colorado votes, as against Mr. Bush's 30 percent and Mr. Clinton's 16 percent, according to a poll of 503 registered voters taken for The Denver Post and KCNC-TV on April 24-May 3. If Mr. Perot were not on the ballot, Mr. Bush would beat Mr. Clinton 47 percent to 31 percent.

In a three-way matchup in California, Mr. Perot would take 38 percent, Mr. Bush 32 percent and Mr. Clinton 20 percent. The poll of 808 registered voters was taken by Mason-Dixon Political-Media Research between April 30 and May 4. It was published in The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DD133FF934A35756C0A964958260&scp=2&sq=Clinton%20Perot%20Bush%20polls&st=cse

20 PERCENT!!!! IN CALIFORINIA!!!! MY GOD!!!

FROM JUNE 23, 1992 NEW YORK TIMES:

In a three-way race, 32 percent of the registered voters said they would prefer Mr. Bush, 30 percent Mr. Perot and 24 percent Mr. Clinton. Since the last Times/CBS Poll, conducted in early May, both Mr. Bush and Mr. Clinton have slipped and Mr. Perot has gained.

In a head-to-head race, Mr. Bush and Mr. Perot would be essentially tied, 42 percent to 43 percent. And in a head-to-head contest with Mr. Clinton, Mr. Bush is ahead, but not significantly, given the survey's margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points: Mr. Bush is at 45 percent, while Mr. Clinton is at 40 percent. Two Downward Trends

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D9123EF930A15755C0A964958260&scp=1&sq=Clinton%20Perot%20Bush%20polls&st=cse

He was trailing Bush - who was possibly the most unpopular incumbent ever at this point - by 5 points nationally.

[AllentownJake]

1. No Democrat

that I can think of except for Dukakis was ahead by a large amount before the election.

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. Amazing how high Perot was polling.

I do wish we had a Perot-type candidate in this race right now. Hopefully the Libertarians will get some Barr-mentum going in the next few months.

[blm]

4. Thanks to IranContra, Iraqgate and BCCI, Clinton could win because GHWBush wanted to lose

as he expected to be impeached after the release of the Dec 1992 BCCI report.

So Bush's buddy Jackson Stephens taps his boy in Arkansas to run as Poppy Bush runs the worst campaign in history - and wouldn't you know it, Clinton takes office and deep-sixes all the outstanding matters of those illegal operations throughout the 90s as he protected all involved with Poppy and his illegal operations.

And all Democrats got in return was the strengthening of BushInc, Bush2, 9-11, and this war in Iraq.

[CTLawGuy]

5. wow, what a clearly unelectable guy

good thing the superdelegates put an end to his nomination :sarcasm:

[hisownpetard]

6. Since this is an OP referring to Bill Clinton, should it not be in the Discussion Forum?

[theboss]

8. It's referring to primaries and early polling numbers

And it really proves that Hillary is talking out of her ass, because her husband should have been deep-sixed by the Super Delegates in '92.

[Phx_Dem]

7. There is no such thing

as "unelectable." For the most part, the only people who run for President are people who have "been elected."

Jesse Ventura was said to be "unelectable" until he got elected.

Barack Obama has been elected several times. Therefore, he is electable. But he's still black; and that's what they really mean by "unelectable." Black people are electable in this country for any office they choose (because racists are a small minorty) and Obama will prove that when he's elected President.

[cloudythescribbler]

9. This is bogus -- Bush was TOTALLY unpopular and running for re-election ...

[theboss]

10. And comfortably leading Clinton in May of 1992

Perot was the threat.