Pew Poll: Obama Up 10 Points Over Clinton
Here are the horse-race numbers from today's Pew Poll, as compared to the last poll from a month ago:
Obama 49% (+0)
Clinton 39% (-1)
The top-line results are something of an outlier compared to other polls that are out there — they mostly have the race essentially tied — but it's interesting to see that Pew has no significant movement since Hillary Clinton's March 4 comeback, not after the hits Obama took from the Jeremiah Wright controversy.
Also bear in mind, this poll was conducted after Obama's speech on race relations, which was intended to repair much of the Wright damage — but before Hillary's recent Bosnia controversies.
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Comments (22)
Lost perspective? Need a refresher?
"How Hillary Clinton Got Blindsided"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5270973
March 28, 2008 12:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yipee!!!! Just what many of us predicted would happen after the speech.....
March 28, 2008 12:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gee, drove up her negatives. New, Bright, Shiny Politics, just like Rove advised!
March 28, 2008 12:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
See, there is this interesting thing about comebacks.
If you do not, in fact, manage to come back, it is not a comeback.
March 28, 2008 1:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Eric is it true that Obama won TX? Also given as how Hillary made that big stink about debates why has there not been anything on how she is declining a debate in NC?
March 28, 2008 1:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
It looks like more EXCELLENT! NEWS! for the Clinton campaign.
March 28, 2008 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
If you see the schedule for Friday,appearing in Mark Halperin's "The Page",Bill Clinton is slated to attend 7 events to Hillary's 4 and Obama's 2.
Apart from being a tribute to Bill Clinton's stamina, could it be a deliberate strategy on part of the Clinton campaign to send Bill out more often than Hillary-apart from being a far more exciting speaker than Hillary, he is a living testimonial to the economic progress of the Nineties.Therefore, he can send out subtle messages about bringing back the good times.
March 28, 2008 1:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
Bill is a true politician. He *loves* to campaign.
Hillary doesn't really like campaigning, it shows as well.
Disclaimer: not intended to be a slight. We've had other people get elected president who didn't like campaigning (Nixon).
March 28, 2008 5:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!!! FOR HILLARY!!!! HILLMENTUM!!!!
(in tribute)
-Not Idiotic
March 28, 2008 1:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sounds like Hillary's going to have to dodge some more sniper fire on her way to bringing peace to Northern Ireland before her kitchen sink strategy manages to change enough rules to win.
March 28, 2008 2:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
This hasn't been getting enough attention
Hillary wants Alan Greenspan on the commission to "fix" the mortgage crisis, even though she doesn't "Understand" what he says - at least he has a "calming" effect.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/all-stars/
WOW
March 28, 2008 2:12 AM | Reply | Permalink
yes.. well my theory about Hillary's win in NH was Bill trash talking Obama heavily to women the weekend before and no one had an eye on him...
Now apparently he is out in full force running around and trying to get away with whatever he can.... but it is making me wonder just who is attached to getting back into the white house.
I believe their attachment to achieving the power of being in the white house again is also related to the right wing religious order they now belong to called "The Family' they meet in secret and in cells... segregated. they are a politically powerful organization and seek to amass power... so they must have a lot of friends on the right.... in addition to the democratic establishment loyals...
I am very relieved to see her numbers down so I won't worry about this religion thing so much...
Hillyay took Chelsea to Bosnia into 'sniper fire'.... the media didn't seem to think anything was strange about that... and they didn't challenger her ridiculous statement that whenever a place was too small or 'tto dangerous' for the president they would send the first lady.... what a crazy comment... she's sinking her own boat it seems...
March 28, 2008 2:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
*** Senator Bob Casey to Endorse Obama (PA)
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20080328_Bob_Casey_to_endorse_Obama__join_bus_tour.html
"Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president today in Pittsburgh, sending a message both to the state's primary voters and to undecided superdelegates who might decide the close race for the Democratic presidential nomination."
March 28, 2008 4:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
Good catch, thanks.
March 28, 2008 7:11 AM | Reply | Permalink
Krugman is about as unbiased as James Carville.
March 28, 2008 4:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Even after giving the greatest speech since Lincoln's Second Inaugural Obama can't stop refining his position on Rev. Wright. Today on The View he says he would have left the church, but--gosh darn it, the wily old rascal up and retired on him! I wonder what was the last straw. Possibly the good reverend's December commentary on Italians looking down their "garlic noses". Oh, well, what's done is done. Time to get back to hope and change. It's a good thing the Republicans aren't going to touch this stuff.
March 28, 2008 5:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
well they tried to smear him with it for over a week straight and it did... about nothing. I guess people care more about what Obama is going to do about the war and the economy then what his pastor said. I just cant wait until the debates between McCain and Obama.
March 28, 2008 7:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ditto. Obama will crush mccain. It will be fascinating to watch. Notwithstanding all this nonsense from the clintons, I don't think mccain has a chance. All this garbage will be forgotten by november, I hope.
March 28, 2008 7:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
You're right. And its also a good thing the Republicans wouldn't have anything to bring up about Hillary Clinton. Not a thing. Nothing. Nada. Zip.
March 28, 2008 7:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
But, but, but...
REZKO!!!
March 28, 2008 8:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Tonya Harding's, err, I mean, Hillary's negatives are going through the roof, which I guess is proof that if you start throwing shit, you wind up stinking to high heaven.
March 28, 2008 9:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
Transcript
PBS Interview with Andrew Kohut
In other words, poor white trash Republican voters
March 28, 2008 11:37 AM | Reply | Permalink