From Poltical Wire:
The latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby tracking poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton edging Sen. Barack Obama, 31% to 30%, with John Edwards at 20%. With a 3.4% margin of error, the race is a statisitical tie.Before Iowa's caucuses, Clinton led Obama by six points. Said pollster John Zogby: "We are seeing clear movement in Obama's direction and away from Hillary Clinton. There isn't much time for her to regroup here."
Other Polls show a dead heat as well. A CNN/WMUR poll shows Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama both tied at 33% with John Edwards in third place with 20%. A Concord Monitor poll shows Sen. Barack Obama edging Sen. Hillary Clinton among likely Democratic primary voters, 34% to 33%, with John Edwards third at 23%.
Two other polls are showing Obama surging ahead of the field. Also Bill Bradley had decided to back Barack Obama. Bradley leaned toward Edwards, but now seems ready to back Obama after his clear win in Iowa. But, let's wait for New Hampshire first. And if anything is clear from the debate last night Obama and Edwards would make one hell of a team. That would give me goosebumps if it ever happened.
Watch this clip. It is actually an ad from Hillary folks as they make the argument that she can deliver change. But, I think it shows stark differences between the candidates and we can choose for ourselves:
2 comments:
Wow. i missed that part last night. Hot damn I like our candidates. How incredibly well and effectively they presented their cases as "change agents" there. HRC started out sounding petty, but closed that clip very well. Obama effectively defends his position and makes his argument as the one who can get the other side on board. Edwards sounds passionate as ever.
Things are shakin' in the Democratic Party.
In another note, how interesting is Edwards' strategy in NH? He's trying to come in 2nd, and declare HRC dead. It's quite a gambit, but it might be his last chance at this point.
I thought she was a tad petty too, but came back (unlike the pundits) I thought her "anger" was good. Though, when Edwards and Obama talked about personal issues such as Edwards father and Obama's mother - Hillary retorts "can we have a reality check" - I thought that was particularly harsh and showed some of her "divine right to the nomination" anger.
Her "don't give the voters false hopes" comment also did not go particularly well. She is out of touch with the emotion of the party, but I will say she is certainly capable and would be a welcome change from what we have. But, I think it may be moot at this point.
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