DNC Tells Gore: Get Lost, We Love Clinton

NewsMax.com ^ | 11/17/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

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A shocking new poll of Democratic National Committee members shows that almost half want Al Gore to get lost in 2004, with nearly all DNC respondents saying they retain "great affection" for ex-President Clinton.

Gore received just 35 percent support from party insiders in the Los Angeles Times survey, with 48 percent telling the paper that he should sit out the 2004 presidential race.

The survey mirrors an October Gallup poll of Democrats at large, which found just 38 percent support for another Gore run - with 54 percent saying he should take a pass.

Asked who should be the party's standard bearer in 2004, a whopping 46 percent of DNC respondents said they had no preference. However Gore still topped the list of named candidates at 19 percent. The candidate with the next highest backing was Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, with 18 percent support.

Results of the Times poll were seriously skewed by the omission of Gore's main rival for the 2004 nomination, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who remains the number two pick behind Gore in every survey of Democrats that includes her name.

While Mrs. Clinton insists she won't be a candidate in 2004, her husband told reporters earlier this year that her candidacy is a matter of "when, not if." At the same point in his own campaign for the White House, Bill Clinton also insisted that was not a candidate, promising Arkansans in Nov. 1990 that he would serve out his full four year term as governor.

Unlike Gore, Mrs. Clinton received some good news in the Sunday survey, with 96 percent of Democratic insiders telling the Times they have a favorable impression of her husband, whose presidency she co-managed. Only three percent gave Clinton an unfavorable rating.

The poll also found that Democrats do not blame her husband for the defeats suffered by the numerous candidates for which the former first couple campaigned in this year's election.

Asked if they thought Mr. Clinton should reprise his role in the 2004 race, an overwhelming 88 percent of party insiders said yes.

36 percent said he should campaign in all 50 states for the party's nominee. 52 percent said he should play a more limited role, campaigning in just "selected states."

Only 5 percent said Clinton should sit out the 2004 race.

A Quinnipiac College survey released last week showed Mrs. Clinton running against President Bush almost as well as Gore. In theoretical match-ups Bush beat Clinton 55 to 38 percent. He defeated Gore 54 to 41 percent.

The Los Angeles Times surveyed 312 Democratic National Committee members from Nov. 7-14. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percent.

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[anniegetyourgun]

Excellent news.

[Always Right]

I have news, Gore is running and Gore is gonna be the nominee.

[Diogenesis]

The 2004 Democratic ticket will be Kerry and Clinton,
with Al Sharpton as Attorney General holding the stolen FBI files.

The networks will beam with approval.

Old terrorists will reappear with the Clintons, as before.

[Elkiejg]

You know what's so scarey..........all the RAT moves have been so stupid it makes one wonder. After being B*TCH slapped on Nov. 5 you would think they would have heard the message and modified their position - but no, they just keep on digging themselves in their LIEberal hole. We all know the Clintons are pulling the strings - do we trust them - H*LL NO!! Are they manipulating the RATS to look so bad so Hildabeast can come riding in on her white horse at the last minute to "save" the DNC and the country?

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Why don't they run a poll asking DNC members what they believe and what platform(s) their party should run?

[RockDoc]

"While Mrs. Clinton insists she won't be a candidate in 2004, her husband told reporters earlier this year that her candidacy is a matter of "when, not if." "

The end of the Democrat Party, Yes!!

[scouse]

Old terrorists will reappear with the Clintons, as before.

And the three states where she will garner most of her votes will be: New York, Calif. and Mass.

[IronJack]

If this is true, then conservatives should encourage AL Gore to run. Between him, Sharpton, and Nader, we can assure that no Lefty gets more than 10 percent of the vote.

Not that we need to engage in such skullduggery. If Bush prosecutes this war successfully and the Democrats don't manage to strangle the economy, 2004 will be another in a long string of Republican presidential landslides. And Bush's second term WILL be the mandate he's been seeking.

[Dutch Boy]

Politics is an odd sport. Why in the world wouldn't the GOP crush these people BEFORE they build a power structure? They need to crush Hillary at every turn. They need to make her look foolish in the eyes of the general public not just those that are watching. They need to completely destroy her political future and then move on to the next. It's the future of the nation that is at stake. We can not afford to be snuggling up to the enemy.

[scouse]

I agree with you, but remember that the democrabs have spent over 60 years building their base.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Only three percent gave Clinton an unfavorable rating.

This shows how out of touch Demos, in general, are. Until they REJECT and APOLOGIZE for Clinton and everything he stands for, the DemocRATs as a Party will not be seen as credible and trustworthy for leading this country.

[frnewsjunkie]

ONE mistake by President Bush, and with the media's help.... the dems will be back in control.

If that means the clintons,.. then New York, California, and Mass are left enough to put her/them back in.

The Republicans haven't gone after them before...and I can't see any way they will in the future. If they wouldn't remove clinton after the impeachment, nor tell the world all the things he did, nor clean up his mess, ... and he still roams about, free to continue... what's to stop them?

[madrastex]

We can not afford to be snuggling up to the enemy.

if the GOP does this, it will reinforce the min-set that we are all heartless bas...ds. However, if we allow them to self-destruct and publicise their foibles a la the Wellstone follies, we will win.

[Monty22]

Hitlery is one of the least charasmatic persons I've ever had the misfortune to see on TV. She seems like a mean, tired old hag.. Rosie O'Donnel is the only other person that comes close.

[b4its2late]

Great news for us, but the demorats are sicker than I ever imagined...........

[TomGuy]

If that means the clintons,.. then New York, California, and Mass are left enough to put her/them back in.

Add MD, NJ--both typically liberal. And IL, Hillary's home state. Add a smattering of the rest--VT, Michigan, WA state, OR, MN. Her road isn't so uphill.

Why she will run in 2004. She can't take the chance that another female darling of the Democrats, like Pelosi, might emerge during the next six years. And, she hasn't been keeping the Clinton machine working just for fun and games. All she is waiting for right now is for the Dems to dump Al and "beg" her to save them.

[bandleader]

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[bandleader]

HildeBeast Won't Get Mine!!

[notdownwidems]

Dutch Boy I couldn't agree more, and have posted so elsewhere. They will have the political capital to discredit Hillary now, whether they do or not remains to be seen. We've been much too nice up to now. I think it's time to take the gloves off. At least remove her from any committee chairsmanships and so forth. But more than that, we have to bring up her sordid past in the White House in a way that will be acceptable to more of the center, i.e. without seeming 'mean-spirited', etc. Tough job, but I agree with you that it is vital for the future of the republic.