Clinton, Romney are leading Presidential favorites among Dem and GOP National Committees

[DeepModem Mom]

LAT: THE TIMES POLL
Clinton, Romney lead among insiders
Party leaders' opinions about presidential candidates often shape the race. Deep partisan divisions remain.
By Mark Z. Barabak, Times Staff Writer

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney have emerged as the leading presidential favorites among party insiders, according to a new Los Angeles Times Poll, which found deep partisan divisions over the country's direction and top issues in the 2008 campaign.

The survey showed former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina in second place among Democratic Party leaders, ahead of Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. It pointed up danger signs for Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who trailed former Massachusetts Gov. Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the leader among Republicans in national voter surveys.

It also signaled GOP concerns about holding the White House for another four years — 42% of party leaders said it would be tougher to elect a Republican after eight years under President Bush, and just over half said the GOP nominee should campaign on moving the country in a new direction....

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THE POLL SURVEYED MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEES, the governing bodies of the two major political parties. Though relatively few, these insiders could have an important role in deciding which of their candidates face each other in November 2008, thanks to the influence many wield in their states....

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Regardless of whom the insiders supported, Giuliani and Clinton were each rated their party's strongest prospective nominee with the best shot at winning the White House....

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-adna-timespoll4mar04,0,1270897.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[lligrd]

1. I Think Party Insiders Got Us Into The Mess We Are In

so we ignore them from now on.

[snowbear]

2. No shit. WTF cares what Joe-Blow Media says...

ENOUGH!!!!

[FrenchieCat]

3. Who are these folks anyways....these "insiders"?

[snowbear]

4. The only two party insiders they questioned were...

Ben Ginsberg


and Terry McAuliffe


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[FrenchieCat]

5. Oh......

Ookey and dookey?

[DeepModem Mom]

6. If you're a Democrat, they're our party representatives.

"The poll surveyed members of the Democratic and Republican national committees, the governing bodies of the two major political parties." I edited the subject line to reflect this.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. It's not the media talking -- it's members of the Democratic and Republican...

National Committees, the governing bodies of the two major parties, who were polled. I edited the subject line to reflect this.