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Obama’s Hillary Problem
PoliPundit.com —
Obama’s Hillary Problem Those recent McCain ads featuring Hillary have a purpose : In the two and a half months since Barack Obama won the nomination, he’s been trying to convince Hillary’s supporters—but his standing with them has gotten only worse. Roughly 30 percent of Clinton voters say they won’t vote for him, and this is not a one-poll anomaly. The number is the same in the Pew, ABC, and CNN polls. That’s as bad as it was during the heat of the Democratic primary. Polls will go up and down, Obama aides will tell you—and they’re right. But Obama’s poll numbers have been ...
Can Hillary Convince Supporters to Back Obama?
Outside The Beltway | OTB —
... in the Republican primaries, perhaps excepting the Ron Paul crowd, will seriously consider Obama. Matt argues that the transformation happened “by shifting attention off the internally controversial of their nominee and his relationship to other party figures and on to the internally uncontroversial subject of how awful the other political party is.” I would argue that this happened without much help from Team McCain but is the natural state of affairs for partisans. Slate’s John Dickerson , likewise, has thought the talk about a lasting riff between Obama and Clinton ...
What Hillary Clinton's Convention Speech Needs To Accomplish
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... he just might lose. Look at the numbers. Right now only 70 percent of Hillary Clinton voters say they support Obama. Dig a little deeper, and you see that even that number is soft. Fewer than half of those voters -- 43 percent -- say they'll definitely support Obama. They still might stay home, throw their vote to Nader or Barr, or go for McCain. That's on top of the 30 percent of Hillary voters who say they won't vote for Obama.
John Dickerson: Obama Aides Hope Clinton Can Bring Her Voters On Board
Obama aides say that ...
Research 2000 Polling Internals
Daily Kos —
... changed after Black Monday (9/15). All the other age demos are solidly Obama MCCAIN OBAMA BARR NADER OTHER UND 18-29 28 64 0 1 2 5 30-44 41 49 4 2 2 2 45-59 43 51 1 2 2 1 60+ 45 43 1 2 1 8 I was reminded of this gem reported by John Dickerson at Slate on August 25. The McCain campaign was working hard to ...
