You know Greg, it seems inevitable that by posting this someone will come out and say you're a "Hillary-bot Obama hater" or some similar such trash.
Please ignore them and continue posting lots of great news about the upcoming election and all the candidates and news, regardless of whose hobby horse gets rocked.

And please save us Clinton supporters from the trolling lynch mobs here. :)

I'm guessing that there aren't going to be so many claims of hackery with this post.

Why would we liberals have anything against a Republican Lite like Greg posting evil news? :-)

We are used to the baddies winning.

Best, Terry

Worst of all will be when I start getting zeroes from Greg. :-)

Best, Terry

Three polls by three firms in two days showing Clinton increasing her lead and essentially doubling Obama has to be good news for Clinton. It seems the more Obama challenges Clinton, the better she does. Perhaps he should rethink his strategy.

I keep saying that Clinton is running stronger than she is getting credit for (to a series of boos and troll ratings). I keep on saying that underestimating her is to the peril of other candidates. If people aren't careful, then Clinton really will become inevitable.

Obama has a ton of money and still seems to have momentum in that area. If these polling trends continue what effect will that have on his fundraising and the race as a whole? How is Obama going to spin these numbers? How is Edwards going to spin these numbers? (He appears to be sliding in Iowa and nationally.)

"Fewer than one-in-three citizens (30%) have given a lot of thought to the candidates running for president. That percentage has not changed markedly in recent months even though a large share of the public says they been paying at least some attention to campaign news generally1 and to the televised debates, specifically."

Same Pew Report.

I find polls generally disturbing myself. It's very disheartening to see a considerable majority of this country think or want something and then watch it dramatically not happen.

I am also growing more and more concerned with our election process as a whole. I fear that our closed (effectively only two party) political system tends to generate cookie-cutter candidates which adds to polarization and leaves more and more people feeling powerless in the entire process. And it's from this position that we hear that catchy phrase -"voting for the lesser of two evils". I predict that during the upcoming '08 elections that we will hear that phrase being muttered quite often on all sides. And without real access to viable alternative candidates who offer people even the slightest chance of winning then I just don't see things improving. (BTW I think getting rid of the Electoral College would be a wonderful step in the right direction).

With maybe an exception or two, when I'm asked to choose amongst the vast field of candidates (while I reflect on what we have in Washington now) I too can sometimes feel a little despondent. At times I feel like I'm being asked what type of terminal disease would I most like to be afflicted with.