Posted on 05/09/2008 2:37:58 PM PDT by The_Republican
National polling firm Rasmussen Reports announced on Friday that it will stop polling people about the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton because her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, will win the Democratic nomination.
The company's vice president of finance and operations, Michael Boniello, distributed an e-mail stating that after 19 months of tracking the Democratic race, it is now clear that Clinton will remain a close second.
The following is an excerpt from Boniello's e-mail:
"The most remarkable feature of the race has been its consistency and stability. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both running historic campaigns and both have captured the votes and hearts of distinct and important constituencies within the Democratic Party. Obama has won Primaries in states where the demographics favor his campaign and Clinton has won in the states that favor her campaign.
However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
At the moment, Senator Clinton’s team is busily trying to convince Superdelegates and pundits that she is more electable than Barack Obama …Even if every single Superdelegate was convinced that the former First Lady is somewhat more electable than Obama, that is not enough of a reason to deny him the nomination.
With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama."
The e-mail also stated that the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday showed Barack Obama attracting 47 percent of the vote, while John McCain earned 44 percent.
Rasmussen Reports conducts daily tracking results via nightly telephone surveys.
Poll the Special Delegates! They have not spoken! Recreate 68! Chaos! Chaos!
So Obama managed to do what millions of republicans tried to for 20 years....get rid of the Clinton’s. That can’t be all bad.
I would not bet the farm on Obama just yet.
I just can’t let myself believe this yet.
I feel like Charlie Brown when Lucy promises not to take the football away THIS time...
With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama."
Unbelievable arrogance on the part of a pollster(!) who thinks it is up to him to declare election winners.
Nobody knows what happens to the Florida and Michigan delegations?
So the superdelegates who truned their coats for Obama, can't turn them right back if, say, Obama is indicted in the Tony Rezko case?
Hypothetically speaking. Based on the rate that skeletons were getting tossed out of closets in the last couple of months, I wouldn't write her off, yet. If "something" happens between now and the convention that causes McCain to open up a big lead, I wouldn't bet on Obama getting the nomination. I haven't a clue as to what "something" might be, though.
Wow. Have they ever done this before?
It is all turning bad on Clinton. I wonder if she cracks and loses it. I wanna watch!
The race isn’t over until the Commanding Officer of Operation Chaos says it’s over.
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