LA Times poll of DNC members: Dean more than doubles his nearest rival

[pruner]

Dean 32
Gephardt 15
Kerry 14
Clark 7
Edwards 5
Kucinich 1
Sharpton 1
Braun 1

The Times Poll, under the direction of Susan Pinkus, interviewed 327 of 386 selected DNC members. Those who traditionally stay neutral until the nomination fight is settled — such as national Chairman Terry McAuliffe — were not included, nor were committee members living abroad.

The survey began Dec. 4 and ended Thursday; on Monday, word surfaced that former Vice President Al Gore would endorse Dean the next day. The nod from Gore appears to have benefited Dean among these party insiders.

Twenty-nine percent of DNC members surveyed before the endorsement said they backed Dean. Of the members surveyed after Gore's announcement, 44% favored Dean.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-dnc13dec13,1,7994078.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[hedda_foil]

1. Superdelegates, baby!

And note that both the WaPo and NYT came out swinging hard against these ads, naming names and throwing a punch at Rove while they were at it.

Call me naive (not!) but I think the DNC heavyweights ... possibly including Clinton ... may just have thrown their weight behind Dean behind the scenes. It's pretty obvious that Dean, his heavy-duty oppo team (remember Ace?) and Trippi have been working hard behind the scenes since they got wind of this ad. And we may just have nailed down the nom because of it.

Time will tell.

[pruner]

2. I didn't see where the NY Times came out against the ads

can you post a link?

[audibledevil]

3. The whole Democratic insiders thing against Dean is a myth...

Perpetuated by people who are allied with or actually working for opposing campaigns. DC Dems are pretty representative of the whole Dem population. Some are gonna be for Dean, some are not going to be for him. They just have bigger microphones...

[mikehiggins]

4. Gee, maybe that whole "Clinton's backing Clark" thing is a fraud?

What do you think?

Pity. It was such fun to smack Clark around with that one.

Ah, well. Back to the drawing board.