While Edwards get's no credit for gaining 6 points vs the collective loss of 4 by the leaders. Did he close the gap? By no means, but upward movement early is a nice thing to have should he come out of Iowa and maybe even New Hampshire a winner.

"The reason your girl is losing is because she represents a tired status quo that has been exposed as ineffective and corrupt."

First off, she's not losing. That's a joke. She's actually pulling away in Iowa and her national lead is commanding and growing. And secondly, we've been complaing about the nasty comments like yours. Hillary is status quo? Obama is the one who voted present 130 times (see link below), what a Profile in Courage! His health care plan is meek & weak. He's a biography candidate with very little substance, able to arouse the Nader/Dean croud by talking about 'corruption' and Washington and the status quo, but there's very little courage or conviction in his policies. No wonder Krugman went after him. Hillary is going to be the Democratic nominee and the first woman president. Be careful how much blood you draw lest we hand the election to the Repbulicans.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Oh yeah she is not losing? Look at trends Puppy she is losing big. And by the way, using racism is ok for Hillary and Bill but not ok for GOP. As an Iraq veteran, I will never vote for Hillary either primary or general election. I pray and hope, work to make sure she does not get the nomination. Wake up people, this woman will make democrats majority in Congress disappear if she gets the nomination (good thing she won't). Polls are one indicator in many on how people might vote, they don't explain the whole picture. And for us with statistical analysis knowledge we know that polling methedology are not perfect and depending on the pollster they can be manipulated. Democrats, wake up, stop Hillary and her smear campaign. Anyone watched Clinton on Charlie Rose, who the f...ck Clinton think he is? A God? I trust American people they will do the right thing as they did in 2006, they won't buy Clinton lies. Let's move forward, Clinton you are the past, Barack, Edwards, Biden, Dodd you are the future.

I'd rather be Hillary's place than Obama’s.

Sure, I dare say Obama would as well. Everyone running for office prefers to be ahead, especially as the election draws near.

No outlier will change the fact she leads in 32 out of 34 states. She has a 20 to 30 point lead in all the national polls.

Well, on that we will have to disagree. It is very much an open question whether that lead in later states will hold up if Obama or Edwards start racking up leads in early states. All of Dean's momentum vanished in a flash when Kerry won a few early races. I am not saying that I know she will lose, but I cannot see how anyone could claim with a straight face to know that Sen Clinton will win.

BluePuppy,

If it makes you feel good to think that Hillary is winning great, but for me and for many people she is not. Again polls, trends can be interpreted either way depending on one's bias, yours assume that Hillary is winning fine, good for you if it makes your day, but really you are dreaming.
In my army division, at least 9 out of 10 soldiers democrats I have spoken to, them and their families have vowed not to vote for Hillary if she wins the nomination. And let me address the issue of racism, the "drug dealer" meme by Shaheen what did you thing it meant? At least to black men? Last Bill Clinton might be a god for you but not for me and for many democrats. Go Edwards, Barack, Dodd or Biden, Denis but not Hillary. American people will speak soon and you (Hillary supporters) will find that you were in the tiny minority.

Hair, think Hair

Do you really want to watch someone prissing with his hair for four years

We need an adult in the white house

The next time Blue Puppy or any of the other Hillbots who frequent this site makes a case *on the merits* for Our Lady of Perpetual Triangulation, will be the first. The same could be said of the next time she shows any political courage or leadership on anything.

And your calling Obama a "biography candidate" is rather rich; tell me, were Hillary Clinton named "Hillary Smith," would she even be holding office? Polls show that the most common reason people who support her do so is because she's the wife of former President Clinton. And the reason he remains popular is because he has, or had, the political skills she so evidently lacks.

This isn't to say Hillary is unintelligent, or that she'd be as bad as Bush. She's not, and she wouldn't. But she is, essentially, a moderate Republican--who's perceived as the most liberal of Democrats by half the country. She's the least likely Democrat to win, and if she does win, the least likely to govern successfully--because to do that, you need to have some ability to move opinion and votes beyond your universe of confirmed supporters. (See Bush, George W.)

Also, if you've enjoyed the zero-sum, gridlocked, scat-throwing politics of the last 20 years of BushClintonBush, you'll surely love the next four of Clinton. Just don't get too attached to that Democratic congressional majority, because she'll lose that as fast as Billy did in '94--only probably moreso.

If politics were to poetry.......

Not much to worry about

wouldn't want to touch it