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In OCTOBER of ‘91 Bill Clinton only was 2% in the polls.

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Clinton didn’t enter the race until Oct. 4, 1999. I’d not compare his national rankings to some of today’s contenders that don’t have near the national exposure that Clinton had at the point he entered. He did however have much higher favorability ratings than 2%.

We are only about 30 days away from the Ames Iowa event. Now some of the major players aren’t going to participate but for those that do participate it may well be the defining moment in their future campaign plans.

[Sun]

“Clinton didn’t enter the race until Oct. 4, 1999.”

You mean Clinton was president since ‘93 and didn’t even enter the race until ‘99?? How did that happen? :)

And here are some other examples as to why you shouldn’t act as if polls are a “done deal.”

CBS News Poll, December 14-16, 2003
Dean - 23%
Clark - 10%
Lieberman - 10%
Gephardt - 6%
Sharpton - 5%
Kerry - 4%
Edwards - 2%

Al Sharpton was beating John Kerry in the national polls. Al Sharpton. The day before the Iowa caucuses, CBS released another national primary poll where John Kerry managed to climb into 4th place nationally with a whopping 7% of the vote.

excerpt http://race42008.com/2007/07/05/why-national-primary-polls-dont-matter