Supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton began to fret as the New York Democrat stayed out of the public eye for most of the past month.
They feared book-touring Illinois Sen. Barack Obama - a people magnet at his public appearances - was stealing Clinton's thunder and possibly her presumed front-runner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
But a poll released yesterday by Rasmussen Reports shows Hillary's absence apparently made the voters' heart grow stronger.
In the latest poll, Clinton leads Obama 34% to 17% amonG Democratic-leaning voters. No other Dem scored in double figures. In a Nov. 8 poll, Clinton lead Obama by only 7 points, so she gained 10 points during her "quiet period." A month ago Al Gore checked in at 13% and John Edwards at 10%.
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GIULIANI HAS SMALL GAIN OVER McCAIN
On the Republican side, the Rasmussen poll puts Giulini at 31%, up 9 points from McCain's 22%. A month ago Giuliani led the Arizona senator by 7 points. In the December poll, Newt Gingrich polled at 14% and Condoleezza Rice was excluded. A month ago Rice polled at 18% and Gingrich was in single digits.
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GIULIANI, McCAIN BOTH TOP CLINTON
In the latest poll of all voters by Rasmussen, McCain led Clinton by 48% to 44%. McCain led Clinton by 5 points last month.
Giuliani had a 48% to 43% lead over Clinton in the latest poll, while the two New Yorkers were tied at 46% a month ago.
'DON'T KNOW' LEADS LATEST GALLUP POLL
Hey Abbott!!!
Guess What! "Don't know's in first"
"What?"
"No, not What?, "Don't Know"
Gallup took a recent presidential preference poll which allowed respondents to choose the answer "don't know," and darned if "don't know" didn't come out the winner.
When asked to name their favorite for the 2008 presidential race off the top of their head (without being given a list a names) 38% of those polled said they didn't know, followed by Hillary Clinton with 15% and John McCain at 11%. Barack Obama came in third (fourth) at 6%.
When you think about it, doesn't this poll produce the result you should expect, and hope for, more than a year from the first primary and nearly two years prior to the general election?
NJ's CORZINE SAYS TWO TOP DEMS MAY NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
New Jersey Gov. John Corzine, a Democrat and former Senator from the Garden State, says Hillary Clinton 'would have a hard time getting elected" and said Barack Obama "is a class guy" who may be too inexperienced for the job.
On the Don Imus show yesterday, as quoted by the Newark Star Ledger in today's editions, Corzine said it's going to take a very special person to be able to do the job when George Bush and his crew pack up and go in January 2009.
"This next president is going to have one of the most difficult periods in American history to straighten out the God-awful mess," Corzine said. "Whoever it is, is going to have to be strong, going to have to be smart, going to have to be able to listen to a lot more people than what the folks down there (currently do)." - Sen. John Corzine
MARIO CUOMO OFFERS ADVICE TO '08 CANDIDATES
In a post on Politics on the Hudson today, former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said the winner of the next presidential race will be someone with a "big idea." So far, he says, the Democrat's agenda is too modest and will fall short of the "big idea" mark.
Apparently Cuomo felt he never had that "big idea" either. Asked why he never chose to run for president though he was often pressured to do so Cuomo told PoHud:
"Even before I was elected, I thought I could be a pretty good governor. But president? No. I can't believe I'm living in a country where the best president they could find is Mario Cuomo." --Mario Cuomo
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