Newsweek poll has Clark leading all democrats against *

[MIMStigator]

Bush vs Clark - 49% to 43%
Bush vs Dean - 49% to 42%
Bush vs Lieberman - 51% to 42%

http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3703722&p1=0

[tsipple]

1. By One (Statistically Insignificant) Point

Clark also lost ground against George W. Bush in the Newsweek poll. Governor Howard Dean of Vermont gained.

General Clark has decided not to opt out of the federal matching funds system, so his campaign will be limited during the crucial spring months as George W. Bush's tens of millions go toward an unanswered ad blitz.

[catherineD]

3. But he won't have to spend millions explaining he's not wimpy on Defense

Dean's ads would be tied up with him countering ads from the Repubs that say he's soft on defense. They'd also probably make hay with Dean's suddenly switching from an apparent liberal candidate in the primaries to a moderate one in the general election. And then there will no doubt be some kind of Willie Horton redux that comes out of opening his Vt. records after the primaries.

[tsipple]

4. Sweet CatherineD...

Don't you remember what the Republicans did to Max Cleland?

This is politics. Fair is for college debating societies. (Maybe.) Wesley Clark will be the wife beater who drinks too much and nearly started World War III with the Russians. Or some such nonsense. If that's all anyone hears, that's all anyone will believe.

[VolcanoJen]

10. Max Cleland does not equal Wes Clark.

It's a good analogy, but it's just not the same thing. And given the wisdom gained after witnessing what happened to Max Cleland, the Clark campaign can plan a better, pre-emptive strategy.

It's not over for Wes Clark. Let's see what happens after votes are cast.

[tsipple]

13. Strategy, Yes

the Clark campaign can plan a better, pre-emptive strategy

But what about the ability to execute that strategy?

[LuminousX]

22. With what money?

[bowens43]

8. No, he'll have to spend millions

proving that he's not the Manchurian Candidate ......

[Mattforclark]

17. It is not quite so statistically insignificant

when there are multiple polls all showing Clark doing a few points better against Bush, despite having lower name recognition. Not that Dean even has great name recognition yet; many people are not paying attention (yet).

[_Jumper_]

30. Name ID

Dean is much more well-known than Clark, yet Clark outpolls him among the general electorate.

[ozone_man]

33. Depends if they used General Clark,

In which case people are responding to the Geaneral and not the Clark. They should poll Wes Clark not General Wes Clark or General Clark.

[mjv135]

32. hhmmmmmmm

So because General Claark didn't LIE about campaign financing, he should lose?

[citizen snips]

2. Dean is close.

Dean is very close to Clark

[Spazito]

5. I notice that Clark has the lowest unfavorables, that's good news!

Among the Democratic hopefuls, Lieberman rates best with registered voters: 43 percent say they have a favorable opinion of him (36 percent unfavorable). Thirty-nine percent say they have a favorable opinion of Clark (27 percent unfavorable); 38 percent say they have a favorable opinion of Dean (31 percent unfavorable); 35 percent say they have a favorable opinion of Gephardt (37 percent unfavorable); 33 percent have a favorable opinion of Kerry (34 percent unfavorable) and 27 percent have a favorable opinion of Edwards (25 percent unfavorable).

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031213/nysa010_1.html

[Pastiche423]

6. Meet Up numbers

Dean 156,500

clark 49,900

Dean has more than three times the committed supporters, writing letters, going door to door, setting up offices in states, contributing to his campaign fund, manning phone banks and soon to be voting.

[deminflorida]

11. Statistically insignificant numbers in comparison to the total...

electorate...

[DancingBear]

12. And androids, too.

Don't forget the androids.

Geez, whatever you do, don't forget the androids.

Did I mentions androids yet?

[cally]

35. I'm signed up for Dean meetups

but I don't support him. I signed up when I was interested in him as my choice. I'm sure there are many others like me.

[CMT]

7. Good news for all of our dems

Clark and Dean are 6,7 points down respectively. Lieberman is under 10-points.

The thing which should be pointed out is Dean has been gaining favor with voters as time has gone by. The title of the article is "Dean Rising" and it should be pointed out that Clark shortly after he joined the race was ahead of Bush by 3-points.

[elfin]

9. And this without all the media exposure

Dean has gotten. Clark is the strongest IMO - keeping to campaign limits can work both ways. "Big Money Bush" could be a liability with all the corp. payoffs going on - as long as they are covered, that is.

[TexasSissy]

14. Remarkable, considering no media exposure to...

speak of.

[WindRavenX]

15. I'm very suspicious of polls

Although the one thing that seems to be showing in recent polls is that both Lieberman ( :puke: ) and Clark have the most name recognition of all the Democratic canidates. That may be benificial- to Clark. Lieberman should drop out, IMHO, as he is just a distraction at this point...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

16. This just shows that we have many strong candidates

I hope that whoever wins the nomination will hold out a hand of friendship to his/her colleagues so that all Democrats can work together to defeat Bush and save our country.

[Jerseycoa]

18. This poll is all good for Dean (eom)

:dem:

[Tom Rinaldo]

19. Clark has campaigned for 3 months, Dean for 2 years.

Dean has spent over 10 million more than Clark, Dean has gotten much more media coverage and has had the aura of frontrunner. Dean has elements of organized labor working on his campaign. The fact that Clark is running as well or better than Dean against Bush is amazing under the circumstances. Given a little more time and exposure, Clark is the best man to take out Bush, period.

[Robb]

20. Interesting

From a dollars standpoint, you're right. It shouldn't be that close. :shrug:

[w4rma]

34. Maybe Clark is riding Dean's coattails. (n/t)

[HFishbine]

21. The trends: Dean and Lieberman up, Clark down

Dean at 24, up from 16 one month ago.

Lieberman at 12, up from 8 one month ago.

Claqrk at 12, down from 15 one month ago.

[Myra]

23. Hm, too bad I don't trust media polls.

I'd like to believe this one but I'm so tired of propaganda.

[Padraig18]

24. Dupe. Try reading beyond page 1 before you post .

:eyes:

[Ksec]

25. Im very happy Clark isnt leading yet

Just look at all the attacks on Dean we'd be getting if we were frontrunning right now. Dean is doing our scouting for us. When we get closer to voting day , thats when we take over, the attackers will be burnt out.

[pruner]

26. leading in national polls isn't all that makes Dean the frontrunner…

he holds double-digit leads in the first two primary states and leads in the majority of other states that have been polled

he was endorsed by 2 of the largest & most politically active unions in the country

he has more supporters than any other candidate

he has more contributors than any other candidate

he has raised considerably more money than any other candidate

he was endorsed by the rightful heir to the presidency

etc.

[littlejoe]

27. Isn't Newsweek owned by Fox News? Ha Ha.

We know Newsweek has a definite agenda.

[billbuckhead]

28. Newsweek is not owned by Fox

It's owned by the Washington Post

[HuskerDem]

29. statistically small but still good news

the poo pooers would sind a different song if the numbers ran for their guy.

[Tinoire]

31. I'm surprised they didn't use CNN's poll

http://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/6110.html

Now why do you think that is? Are the media's polls not reliable :shrug: