Quote Originally Posted by Harlan Huckleby
That is an ASTOUNDING statistic. Could you please provide a link to that survey?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...arys_nega.html

http://www.gallup.com/poll/28639/Gal...ermometer.aspx

The first one is more dated...but there is clear evidence that 45% or more of Americans feel strongly NEGATIVE toward Hillary Clinton. She is a very polarizing figure, and I think she would find it difficult to improve her favorable numbers much higher than 50% even if things really fell her way. Her spats with Obama aren't helping her image right now either.

So claiming the Democrats practically have the White House in the bag is a real stretch at this point. They couldn't beat one of the weakest (if not THE weakest) incumbent presidents in 2004, so why anyone would think they have it wrapped up in 2008 is beyond me.