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Monday, September 14, 2015

Hillary Leads Bernie 42-24 Nationally; Washington Post Sees This as Bad News

Man, she's in trouble now. What will she ever do? Maybe she should end her campaign and ask Joe to take over.

The top of this Washington Post piece on the new ABC polls read: Clinton leads Dems, but Support Drops.

Only in the Betlway media is a 42-24 lead cause for bedwetting and panic.

"The new poll found Trump to be the favorite of 33 percent of registered Republicans and ­Republican-leaning independents. That is a jump of nine percentage points since mid-July and a 29-point increase since late May, just before Trump announced his candidacy. He does well with most groups of GOP voters, but his strongest support comes from those who do not have a college degree and those with incomes below $50,000."

"Carson runs second at 20 percent, 14 points higher than in July. His surge is consistent with several other national polls that show him moving up the ranks since the first Republican debate in Cleveland last month. Carson’s base is more strongly rooted in the conservative wing of the party."

"After Trump and Carson, there is a significant falloff in support for the other candidates. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, who began the year as the nominal GOP front-runner, stands at 8 percent, his lowest ever in Post-ABC surveys of the 2016 field. Next, at 7 percent each, are Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida. No one else registered above 5 percent."

"Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie either tied or registered their lowest levels of support in Post-ABC polls of the 2016 race dating to the beginning of 2014."

"Walker suffered the steepest decline since the July survey, falling from 13 percent to 2 percent. Recent polls in Iowa, where Walker had been leading, also have shown a loss of support."

"Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, Clinton is the choice of 42 percent of registered voters. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is second with 24 percent and Vice President Biden, who is deciding whether to run, is third with 21 percent. Sanders’s support has risen by 10 points since July, while Biden has gained nine points."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-trump-carson-top-gop-race-clinton-leads-dems-but-support-drops/2015/09/13/7961a820-58c2-11e5-8bb1-b488d231bba2_story.html

Nice contrast huh? Between Hillary's terrible problems and Jeb losing with by 25 points to Trump with a whopping 8% or Scott Walker now down to 2%.

Hillary's campaign may not have gone perfectly-as if anythig in politics ever could-but compared to the troubles of Jeb and Walker, it kind of has gone perfectly when you think about it.

Jeb would kill to be leading Trump by 18 points right now rather than trailing by 25 to say nothing of what Walker would do to switch places with her.

The poll also shows this regarding Biden.

"Biden advisers have said he is likely to make a decision this month. The vice president has said recently that he is still dealing with the death of his son Beau a few months ago and cannot yet say he has the emotional commitment needed to seek the presidency. But his advisers are preparing for a possible campaign as Biden and his family weigh the personal costs of running.

"The survey indicates that if Biden decides not to run, Clinton would benefit far more than Sanders, at least initially. Without Biden on the list, Clinton jumps 14 points, to 56 percent, among Democratic-leaning voters, while Sanders rises four points, to 28 percent."

I understand and empathize with what Sanders has gone through-no parent should have to bury a child.

But I also know he's a good man and a good Democrat and being a good Democrat now means pulling the plug on this.

http://lastmenandovermen.blogspot.com/2015/09/killing-hillary-with-biden-i-love-vp.html

Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post actually made a very good point tonight on Chris Matthews.

Republican voters want outsiders which is why Trump and Ben Carson now have a literal majority of the party with 51% between them. But Democrats unlike GOPers don't hate the government and actually believe it works.

For this reason we want people who have actually been in government and have a clue how things work.

I mean if you were on a plane and the pilot announced that he was an outsider and not from the profession what would your reaction be? Get me off this bleepity bleep plane right?

Yet Trump and Cars-on have no experience between them. This is what you get for damning the role of government for 50 years. Your base believes you and sees you as part of the government-because that's what you are.

UPDATE: So if Biden were to drop out of consideration the alleged fall in her support would largely vanish.

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