Clinton 46% vs. Brownback 41% , Obama 49% vs. Brownback 34%

[skipos]

March 9, 2007

The first Rasmussen Reports telephone survey gauging general-election support for Republican Senator Sam Brownback shows him trailing Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton among likely voters by the narrow margin of just five percentage points. It’s Clinton 46% Brownback 41%.

However, Democratic Senator Barack Obama leads Senator Brownback by the much wider margin of 49% to 34%.

http://rasmussenreports.com/Political%20Tracking/Presidential%20Match-Ups/March%202007/Brownbackvs.ClintonObama20070309.htm

Maybe Falwell actually is right about his nutty constituency...
"I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate," Falwell said at a breakfast session Friday in Washington. "I hope she's the candidate, because nothing will energize my (constituency) like Hillary Clinton," he said.

[Buzz Clik]

1. 41% for Brownback?

Holy crapoli!

Let's hope this trend continues. Brown for GOP nominee!!

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. 41% is way too much, if you ask me

n/t

[mconvente]

3. Bull. Shit.

No way. Does Brownback even have a 41% "aware of" rating??

[Buzz Clik]

4. No kidding. I'd be interested in the Brownback-vs-Jesus poll

Please, please GOP! Nominate Brownback. The dude is certifiable.

[emulatorloo]

5. They must have only called DERANGED WACKO FUNDIES

Thats the only group I can think of who would be so "Brownback Aware"

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Doesn't he have to run against his fellow Republicks first?

Or is he running for the Democratic nomination?

[GreenZoneLT]

7. Who the heck is Brownback, anyway?

I'd never heard of the gent until his name popped up in these polls.

[skipos]

8. He is a bible thumping neocon senator from Kansas

He is pretty popular with the bible thumping neocon voters.

[Czolgosz]

9. Interesting: Hillary 43% vs. Giuliani 52%; Edwards 44% vs. Giuliani 46%; Obama 40% vs. Giuliani 46%

Link: http://rasmussenreports.com/Political%20Tracking/Favorables/Favorables.htm Summary:

JOE BIDEN - His negatives are 2% higher than his positives. He loses by more than 10% against Repub nominees.

WESLEY CLARK - His positives are 11% higher than his negatives. He loses by more than 15% against Repub nominee.
39% / 28%

HILLARY CLINTON - Her positives are 2% higher than her negatives. She beats Repub nominees except McCain or Guiliani:

Clinton (46%) Brownback (41%)
Clinton (50%) Gingrich (43%)
Clinton (43%) Giuliani (52%)
Clinton (48%) Hagel (40%)
Clinton (44%) McCain (45%)
Clinton (51%) Romney (41%)

CHRIS DODD - His negatives are 6% higher than his positives.

JOHN EDWARDS - His positives are 6% higher than his negatives. He beats Repub nominees except Guiliani (and does better against Giuliani than any other Democratic nominee):

Edwards (44%) Giuliani (46%)
Edwards (50%) Huckabee (41%)
Edwards (45%) McCain (44%)
Edwards (52%) Romney (34%)

DENNIS KUCINICH - His negatives are 10% higher than his positives.

BARACK OBAMA - His positives are 8% higher than his negatives. He beats Repub nominees except Guiliani, who he loses to, and McCain, who he ties:

Obama (49%) Brownback (34%)
Obama (48%) Gingrich (38%)
Obama (40%) Giuliani (46%)
Obama (50%) Hagel (34%)
Obama (50%) Huckabee (31%)
Obama (44%) McCain (44% )
Obama (50%) Romney (36%)

BILL RICHARDSON - His positives are 5% higher than his negatives. He loses by 17% against Giuliani and by 9% to McCain.

[saltpoint]

10. Those are strikingly high numbers for Brownback this early, but

Rasmussen is not usually more than 4-5% points off, skewing Republican most of the time, at least that's how it seems to me.

Brownback stands to benefit some when Giuliani's marriage difficulties, Romney's flip-flops, and McCain's weary-ass nonsense become more a part of the public dialogue.

But numbers as high as this poll has him really seems surprising.

[skipos]

11. Rasmussen was the most accurate pollster in 2006

from what I saw.

Is it so hard to believe that HRC is a weak candidate?

[saltpoint]

12. skipos, Jesus. My take on this was Brownback's standing. He's

barely registering in some of the GOP's own polls.

[skipos]

13. Sure but

keep in mind that a lot of people are just voting for the R or D in these polls. Richardson vs. Giuliani is about 35% to 50%, but I highly doubt that 35% even KNOW who Richardson is.

HRC, for all her $$$ name recognition and fans, doesn't appear to be very strong in the general election polls. Sure, she whips unknowns like Romney, but they won't be unknown in a general election.

I'm not picking a fight, I am just sayin'...

[LeftishBrit]

14. Argh - you mean ANYONE would vote for Brownback?

[Darkhawk32]

15. Republicans have a built-in 33%-35%.........

They could nominate Jeffrey Dahmer, but as long as there is an "R" next to their name, they'll get that 33%-35% automatically.

[Rydz777]

16. Forget Ambien

Just try to listen to Brownback for 5 minutes and you are in a deep, restful sleep.

[Colobo]

17. It's good to see Obama doing well