New Quinnaquic poll shows Hillary strongest against Bush

[ringmastery]

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x9400.xml

Looking at possible 2004 presidential matchups, Bush leads Dean 51 - 40 percent, compared to 48 -- 42 percent October 29. Bush's lead over other Democratic contenders has grown:

51 - 40 percent over Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, compared to 48 -- 43;
51 -- 39 percent over Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, compared to 49 -- 43 percent;
53 -- 38 percent over Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt, compared to 49 -- 43;
50 -- 41 percent over former Gen. Wesley Clark, compared to 47 -- 43.
Bush leads New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 50 -- 44 percent, compared to 50 -- 42.

If Clinton goes after the nomination, she gets 43 percent of the Democratic vote, the same as the October 29 Quinnipiac University poll, followed by 14 percent for Dean, 9 percent for Clark, 7 percent for Lieberman and 5 percent each for Kerry and Gephardt.

[ButterflyBlood]

1. name recognition, nothing more

A Hillary candidacy would be an utter disaster. All the freepers would empty their bank account against her, everyone would turn out no matter how pissed at Bush they are, and rather than be about Bush's dismal record, it would be all about Clinton's penis, why she stayed, why she lied about her promise to New York, why she backtracked on not running, ect. These polls are meaningless. Hillary needs to stay far far away from running.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

2. I personally have to wonder if a lot of this simply has to do with..

Name recognition? I still don't think a lot of people are in "election mode" yet if you know what I mean. Just a thought.

[anti-bush]

3. I agree

If you would have asked me 9 months ago who Carol Moseley-Braun, Wesley Clark, Dean, or Kucinich were, I wouldn't have known any of them. I'd have known Kerry, Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, and Sharpton.

I think the everyday people who get called for the polls probably know only one or two of the candidates names, and couldn't tell you their positions.

[oasis]

4. A "Hillary proof" ticket would be Kerry/Edwards or Clark/Edwards.

Edwards would pull in a couple of dixie states to assure a victory.

Hillary haters would see Edwards as the successor to Kerry or Clark in 2012.

Hillary problem solved.

[aquart]

5. This is a name recognition poll. That's all it is.

Then again, that's what made Arnold governor.