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It's important we don't forget this or we could be in for an ugly surprise later on. The fact is loads of people in the center and on the left admire Hillary and Bill. It is all well and good for us to joke about it here and act as if everyone on the planet has similar views but it's getting to be crunch time again- elections.

If Hillary gets on the democratic ticket somehow, we can defeat her but not by ignoring the fact that lots of people do in fact admire her. I say this poll is good intel and we should use it wisely.

Dean is a sure fire loser if he gets the nomination. But a Clark/Clinton ticket is not such a sure fire loser. I would like to have more faith in the American people but this same American public elected X42 twice. Something to think about, they would probably have elected him again if he had run a third time. Imagine that- right now Slick still in office.

I think the Clintons have rightly sussed that the American people largely vote emotionally and based upon appearances rather than substance. If, as many dems have concluded, a dem candidate must be strong on defense issues and foreign policy, Clark, if handled effectively, could be molded into the proper form in a way the other dem candidates have no hope of achieving. Now, before anybody gets all puffed up and starts pointing out the particulars of Clark's career, I'm telling you those things won't matter. When he's talking about defense, he'll put on his General cap and people will see those stars and that will be substance enough for them. His managers will spin his military career as if he were the reincarnation of Sun Tzu. Count on it.

With Hillary on the ticket, he would get a huge emotional boost.

We would do well not to ignore this danger.

After the Clintons have come to realize that the good Doc Dean can't be stopped (unless The Doc goes down in an unfortunate, mysterious, and unexpected campaign plane crash), I look for the possibility of Bill and 'The Beast' ENDORSING Clark.

You are right about the (reincarnation of Sun Tzu) thing.

If the endorsement doesn't look like enough against Bush in the polls, Hillary jumps in as Presidential candidate or poor/puppet Clark's VP.

We'll see.

...this poll is good intel and we should use it wisely.

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You are SO right! What many people on FR constantly forget is that a large portion of the American electorate is not well-informed. They choose to get all of their political information from TV "news" and do not subject what they are fed to any sort of analytical filter. Many see Hitlery as a woman to be admired because ABCCNNCBSNBC says she is admirable.

Add to this ignorance factor the Rats' superior skills at voter fraud and you have a recipe for a Hitlery victory in '04.

As you said, we would do well not to ignore this danger.