Whoa. This is telling: 50% of NY Dems want Hillary to drop out.

[cali]

Hey, Sen. Clinton, 50% of NY Democrats want you to drop out
by John Campanelli
Fri May 30, 2008 at 03:54:14 AM PDT
Dear Senator Clinton,

I realize you want a job beyond the one you currently hold. But if the job interview you've been going through lately doesn't work out, you still have a job you can go back to. Of course, the decision is yours to make as to whether or not to end this present job interview, but you may want to consider the fact that it seems like you are making yourself less popular among important groups of your present employers.

According to Rasmussen, 50% of New York Democrats (you know, the people responsible for the first round of interviews to renew your present contract in 2012) want you to stop interviewing for that other job. Only 16% of New York Democrats want Senator Obama to drop out.

John Campanelli's diary :: ::
I should let you know 43% of New York Democrats want you to stay in. To be fair and balanced, you should know there is a group among the second round of interviewers responsible for your 2012 contract renewal of your present job who want you to stay in the race. Since you seem to like to use Karl Rove (you know, that geeky guy who is part of the clique from around the water cooler with a history of stuffing the office suggestion box with false and scurrilous complaints about you) as one of your references for the new job you won't stop interviewing for, I should let you know that among those in Karl's clique, New York Republicans, 52% of them want you to continue to interview for your new job. But Senator Clinton, you may want to consider that their support for you to continue interviewing may be based on office politics. They're gunning for your job. (And I think they also weren't too crazy about those store bought cookies you brought to the Christmas party this year.)

Furthermore, among all New Yorkers, 47% think Senator Obama would be the stronger candidate for that new job while 43% think you would be the stronger candidate for the new job.

Finally, the time you've spent away interviewing for this new job seems to have made you less popular around the office:

Sixty-two percent (62%) of New York voters have a favorable opinion of Barack Obama while 55% give Hillary Clinton such positive reviews. For Obama, those ratings are up four points from a month ago while Clinton’s are down three points.
Now, I realize you and your husband are baffled by whispers from some people to stop interviewing (and please, PLEASE don't bring up that guy from the 1960s who used to hold your position as reason for you to continue to interview. You didn't win brownie points with that justification.) But this is just a gentle reminder that, if these final rounds of interviews in the coming days don't seem to give you a realistic shot at that new job, you may want to consider going home and mending some bridges before your 2012 contract renewal.





http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/30/53342/4388/452/525339

[yourguide]

1. I am one of those NYers

and if she doesnt settle down she'll lose her senate seat in 2012

[dems_rightnow]

4. Most telling......

.... is that 52% of NY Republicans want her to stay in. They can see the damage she's doing.

[shadowknows69]

8. Hear hear, me too.

[union_maid]

9. I'm a NYer too

I voted for her twice, but the way things are going, if there's a credible primary opponent, I'm going to give her/him a look. I also have a little question in my mind as to whether she'll still want this job if it doesn't lead to the big promotion she's been angling for. That's not a question I was asking before this.

[speedoo]

13. Same here.

Except I will never vote her again. Under any circumstances. And I hope a good primary ooponent comes along, although right now I have no idea who that would be.

[billyoc]

2. The '12 New York primaries will not be kind to the Goddess Of Peace.

:hi:

[cali]

5. I imagine she'll find some way to redeem herself with NY dems

hard to see her losing her Senate seat.

But who knows?

:hi:

[quantass]

3. After what she's done throughout? That is not a surprise!

[customerserviceguy]

6. I think even the most idealistic of New Yorkers knows

that she used this state purely as a steppingstone. At least Sen. Obama lived and worked in Illinois for many years before seeking to represent its people in the US Senate.

[casus belli]

7. It's like standing in the lobby at the job you just applied for

And saying you'll stay until you get a second opinion.

[BeyondGeography]

10. And they didn't even survey me

[Douglas Carpenter]

11. I find it genuinely sad how the Clinton's have damaged themselves with their antics

I spent many, may years defending both Bill and Hillary Clinton; so much so that I almost had myself convinced.

[cali]

12. My sympathy is curtailed by their actions.

And although I voted for Clinton twice, I've never been an avid supporter.

[KittyWampus]

14. I'm one of them, but they didn't poll me.

[Tatiana]

15. I don't care what anyone says, the seat is RFK Jr.'s if he wants it.

He would defeat her in a primary challenge. No doubt.

Hillary better slow her roll...