Posted on 04/02/2015 7:28:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush now leads the field of Republican candidates for the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, but former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton enjoys a decided advantage over Bush and other potential GOP rivals in hypothetical general election matchups, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
At this early stage in the 2016 competition, the prospective candidates suffer from image weaknesses, but the Republicans have a more acute problem. Most Republicans are not well known, but at this point, not a single one of six Republicans included in the survey has a favorability rating that is net positive.
Bush — by far the best known among those running for the GOP nomination — is viewed favorably by just 33 percent of the public, while 53 percent say they view him unfavorably. Only Clinton among all those included in the poll has a net positive rating, but by the slender margin of three percentage points (49-46 percent). Her favorability rating has dropped nine points in the past year and 18 points since she left the State Department in 2013.
Clinton stands now as the leading contender in either party for the White House, with no serious opposition at this point in the race for the Democratic nomination
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Candy applied for a job in my old news department back in about 1979. Her husband was the regional marketing executive for the Associated Press.
I was about to leave the industry so her inquiry went nowhere...
RE: Hillary, Hillary, she’s the man.
You mean Bill really married a man? :)
Nightmare produced by the left in the Washington Post.
“If this country elects Hillary Clinton as president, then we deserve whatever happens to us.”
This whole thought is moot. The US elected Bath-house Barry twice, and we deserve whatever happens. It’s a bit too late to worry about der Hildebeeste.
Why my bumper sticker says “I Don’t Believe the Liberal Media”
Clump, where were you on March 4 and November 4, 2014? TX people gave GPB 70 percent plus in both elections. And GPB is the son of Jebbie.
Yes, WA Post wants a Jebbie nomination so he can be the designated loser. That’s just fine with the Bushes who like HRC and many may even vote for her.
A lot of the American people think HRC will mean a “good economy” based on their ill-informed memory of “their bill”.
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