Frontrunner angst: Bush lead evaporates, Clinton favorability hits 7-year low

Washington Post ^ | 6/2/15 | Dan Balz and Peyton M. Craighill

[jimbo123]

After five months of forums, fundraising appearances and trips to the early states, the 2016 Republican nomination contest is as unsettled as ever, with no candidate receiving more than 11 percent support and seven candidates all within three points of one another, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

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Clinton’s favorability ratings are the lowest in a Post-ABC poll since April 2008, when she was running for president the first time. Today, 41 percent of Americans say she is honest and trustworthy, compared with 52 percent who say she is not — a 22-point swing in the past year.

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The current poll looks different than the last Post-ABC survey of the Republican field, in late March. Bush stood at 21 percent then and held a lead of eight points over his nearest rival, Walker. In the intervening time, as more candidates have formally launched campaigns, Bush’s support has been cut in half.

[dennisw]

I can easily see a final of Scott Walker vs Martin O’Malley. Do not under estimate Martin O’Malley. He is a first class commie liar with a very good looking wife and family. Four children

[DPMD]

Best that bush and the She Monster get this stuff out of the way before 2016. Next on the list is a concerted effort by all the left-wing rags to start touting bush as way more conservative than most people think so that he gets on the ballot.

Then have the other beast in democrat clothing answer a few softball questions so that, by 2016, the media can declare that she’s dealt with “all that old news stuff,” and go on to the coronation.

[Artemis Webb]

Speaking as a political junkie rather than a partisan. This is the damnedest election cycle I’ve ever seen.