Poll: Why Hillary Clinton Will Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008

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2007 national presidential polling by Gallup has all signs pointing towards Hillary Clinton winning the 2008 Democratic nomination. Earlier this year, Barack Obama came within two points of Clinton's lead, but
Poll: Why Hillary Clinton Will Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008
 in recent months he has lost significant momentum and is currently in the worst position to win the nomination that he has been in this year. In addition to not being particularly threatened by any current or possible Democratic candidate, there are many key indicators Clinton will receive the Democratic nomination in 2008.

Clinton has led the Democratic candidates in every Gallup Poll conducted between November of 2006 and October of 2007. During this same time period, Clinton has led Obama by a double-digit margin, and her lead in Gallup's latest poll, conducted October 12-14, is at 50 percent versus Obama's 21 percent. History shows a lead of even 20 points is large for a Democratic nomination race, and the previous two candidates who had such a lead at this time before their election years (Al Gore in 1999 and Walter Mondale in 1983) eventually, each became the Democratic nominee.

Another plus for Clinton is that two-thirds of Democrats who currently prefer her for the party nomination say they will certainly vote for her in the primaries, a higher percentage than any other Democratic candidate is receiving from their supporters. Also, Clinton holds leads with many and varied subgroups of Democratic voters, including women, nonwhites, those in lower-income households, those with less formal education, and Southerners.

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Hillary is a Lesbian or at least bisexual. The Clinton marriage is a sham and a show for the American public. Bill Clinton is infected with veneral diseases and has raped women. Hillary is aware of all of this and she stands by Bill because maintaining the appearance of a nuclear family is critical for Hillary's image. Chelsea is the daughter of Webster Hubbell. Google: Clinton Mena Arkansas Cocaine Bush Clinton
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Posted on 12/17/2007 at 11:12:43 PM

I don't understand how you can make these insinuations about Mrs. Clinton. Rumors are spread maliciously about her everyday. The biggest one being that she is a "lesbian", never mind the fact that she's married, and has publicly stated that she is not a lesbian. If you google the speech she gave back in the 60's, to her graduating class at college, you will find that she has always been concerned with social issues. She hasn't wavered at all.
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Posted on 11/17/2007 at 10:11:00 AM

"What a joke this election has been. Hillary is getting nothing but favorable press everyday for a year and has not been held to any standard." I don't understand how you can make these insinuations about Mrs. Clinton. Rumors are spread maliciously about her everyday. The biggest one being that she is a "lesbian", never mind the fact that she's married, and has publicly stated that she is not a lesbian. If you google the speech she gave back in the 60's, to her graduating class at college, you will find that she has always been concerned with social issues. She hasn't wavered at all.
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Posted on 11/17/2007 at 10:11:00 AM

Well I'll be voting for her :) Nice article.
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Posted on 10/27/2007 at 6:10:00 PM

Let's face it, the media has a larger impact on the voters' decision than anything else. If voters know nothing about a candidate, they won't vote for him or her. If a candidate's particular mistake or gaffe is focused on extensively, people will be less likely to vote for that candidate. Though Bush has made a fool of himself on countless occasions, the media never pays as much attention to it as they did to the "Dean scream." If the media didn't like Mitt Romney, they could just show over and over again him dropping that piece of chicken on the ground, picking it up, and putting it in the container for someone else to eat. Basically, the media controls the voters' perceptions, and it has its own financial interests.
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Posted on 10/25/2007 at 9:10:00 AM

I don't think it's quote so simple, "hillary supporter". The media has been obsessed with making Hillary the "front-runner" and focusing all the coverage on her since the beginning. In the debates and interviews, lackies like George Stephanopoulos (or however you spell his name) acted as if the other candidates had already lost and kept asking them questions about Hillary. They made much of John Edwards' "$400 haircut", as if most of the other candidates aren't extremely rich, and never gave any serious attention to Richardson or Kucinich, as if one weren't a Governor and the other a Congressman.
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Posted on 10/25/2007 at 9:10:00 AM

to dlake - your opinion does not count, its the opinion of the majority that counts. if the voters support her, there IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
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Posted on 10/25/2007 at 9:10:00 AM

What a joke this election has been. Hillary is getting nothing but favorable press everyday for a year and has not been held to any standard. She has a poor record in the Senate, has a history of failures and poor judgment but, because of nepotism is the darling of the media and has had nothing but a daily cheerleading about her. Barack Obama has gotten where he is by hard work and talent yet has faced the press dumping on him everyday for the whole campaign. And if they can;t find something to trash him over, they simply make up some controversy and shout about it for days. Hillary did not do anything to deserve the presidency and like Bush, is being marketed by the press, though she is an inferior candidate to the others running but, will become another disaster this country can ill afford because of her 'connections' and not because she deserves the job.
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Posted on 10/24/2007 at 10:10:00 PM

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