Posted on 01/06/2008 4:47:34 PM PST by rightsidenow
Obama up by 13 points, McCain up by 4 in Gallup Poll in N.H. Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a 13 percentage point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for votes in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to a Gallup Poll conducted in the state from Friday through this afternoon. The results were just released.
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain is 4 percentage points ahead of Mitt Romney.
The surveys of 776 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Republican primary and 778 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Democratic primary were all completed after the news from Thursday's Iowa caucuses had been reported.
The rundowns:
Democrats.
• Obama: 41%; up from 32% in the last USA TODAY/Gallup New Hampshire poll, taken in mid-December. • Clinton: 28%; down from 32%. • John Edwards: 19%; up from 18%. • Gov. Bill Richardson: 6%; down from 8%. • No one else above 3%.
“On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain is 4 percentage points ahead of Mitt Romney.”
I’m not for Mitt, but howinthehell is this possible? McCain is nuts! Are the local voters even nuttier?
Thanks Doug.
That would be the best of all possible worlds. A long campaign with lots of negative soundbites. Charges of madrassa, cocaine, rape enabling, chinese money, and FBI files. A major league caged deathmatch at the convention. Super delegates stealing it from Obama for Hillary. I suppose that rioting is probably too much for which to hope.
Then SC. After SC there will be calls for Hillary to “join America in supporting Barack,” etc.
If she doesn’t quit, Super Tuesday becomes a nightmare for Dems. If Hillary wins big, then she is seen as VERY damaged goods. If he wins big, all her supporters are in disarray. Dems become the laughing stock.
Plus, Barack will be relatively easy pickings in the General. We are not ready to elect the Magic Negro.
Hillary is fighting this all the way to the convention.
Lost in all the hype about Obama is his disturbing history. He has said the Palestinians are “the most oppressed people in the world”. He took a trip with Louis Farrakhan to visit Mohammar Qaddafi in 1984. He only “converted” to Christianity in 1996. There are many very disturbing facts about this man which clearly demonstrate he is not the person portrayed by a drooling media and who has mesmerized gullible primary voters. He seems to me a very, very dangerous man.
IF true, these numbers show the democrats were never excited about having Hillary anointed as their candidate - just as many conservatives were never wild with enthusiasm over McCain’s ‘Republican Frontrunner’ title (ordained by the holy MSM). The majority of democrats are just as excited about being done with the Clintons as we are.
Originally I thought Obama would be easier to beat. Seeing Hillary drop like this makes me wonder if I were wrong. Anybody else?
>>>>Hillary is fighting this all the way to the convention.
Oh, I hope so!
Obama is the classic Dem in the Hubert Humphrey mold. Very attractive in the primaries, duck soup in the General.
Imagine the op research the Swifties have on him.
“Lost in all the hype about Obama is his disturbing history. He has said the Palestinians are “the most oppressed people in the world”. He took a trip with Louis Farrakhan to visit Mohammar Qaddafi in 1984. He only “converted” to Christianity in 1996. There are many very disturbing facts about this man which clearly demonstrate he is not the person portrayed by a drooling media and who has mesmerized gullible primary voters. He seems to me a very, very dangerous man.”
If any of this is true (and I’m not saying it’s not) then we should pray for an Obama victory in NH on Tuesday and hope he gets the nomination.
I agree, but yet it is sooooo much fun to see him beating Hillary. Let's just enjoy it and worry about Osama Obama later.
“A win that big starts to crush even the wildest comeback theories for Clinton.”
NO, It does NOT...
She ALREADY has the Delegate Lead, and will be handed easy “Victories” in Michigan and Nevada.
The Super-Delegate Sysyem was SPECIFICLY set up by the Democrats to stop an insurgency like Obama’s, and give the Party more control over the process.
MILLIONS have been spent by the DNC and 527’s already to rig the game for Hillary, and if you think the DC Democrat Establishment is going to give up “THE GREAT PAYDAY” from Hillary’s campaign easily, you are sadly mistaken..
LOTS of DC mansion payments are depending on Hillary’s candidacy, WIN OR LOSE...
ok...speculation time...If Obama or even Edwards win the dim nomination but lose the general could HR Clinton do another run in 2012?
Imagine the op research the Swifties have on him.
The Swift Vets have zero research on Obama, for the excellent reason that they stood down as an organization in early 2005. The leftists claim every time a former donor to the group hiccups, that it's a "Swift boat" operation, but that simply isn't true. The Swift Vets were formed for a single purpose, which they accomplished with great effectiveness and courage.
She’ll “win” Michigan, but that’s a totally irrelevant event. She’s the only name on the ballot, and dismissing whatever she does there doesn’t even require a press release.
Nevada...we don’t know what will happen then. But even if she wins, it won’t mean much.
Now, if she’s able to swing California and maybe one or two other states ( I think New York is in doubt for her now), maybe she can stay alive. But she won’t win.
This compressed Primary schedule makes the MAchine even MORE powerful, AND IT WAS PLANNED THAT WAY
(although without a hillary collapse, to be sure)
Obama simply cannot build an Infrastructure big enough to compete with the establishment Machine in 29 days, in 24 states.
PROCESS POLITICS is going to win again, and the Dems have spent MILLIONS to make sure...
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