Hillary more popular than Obama, Quinnipiac Poll says

[Playinghardball]

Hillary Clinton would have loved to get this news in 2008, when she was battling Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.

Clinton, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state, is now more popular with American voters than the president, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Friday. She has a favorability rating of 61 percent positive/34 percent negative (+27), while Obama sits at 51 percent/46 percent (+5).

Ouch.

The independent poll also finds that Obama’s job approval rating has also plummeted as the glow of his solid reelection victory fades. His approval stands at break-even, with 46 percent approving to 45 percent disapproving of how he is handling the presidency. That’s down from a 53-40 percent approval ratio in Quinnipiac’s December survey.

“Hillary Clinton ends her term as Secretary of State and the bruising inquiry into the Benghazi murders as easily the most popular actor on the American political stage today,” said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“After an initial burst of reelection enthusiasm for President Barack Obama, we may be seeing a return to the age of the polarized electorate,” Brown said.

The poll found that Clinton outstrips Vice President Biden, a potential rival in the 2016 Democratic presidential race, as well as a series of leading national GOP figures. Full results are available here.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/big_tent/Hillary-more-popular-than-Obama-Quinnipiac-Poll-says.html

[loyalsister]

1. Obviously

There is not a very wide range of issues to be upset with her about. The comparison is silly.

[marmar]

2. The Quinnipiac poll people must be very bored.

nt

[Bigmack]

3. Put the final nail in the Repub (self-built) coffin. Hillary 2016! nt

[DonCoquixote]

4. psychobabble

"“After an initial burst of reelection enthusiasm for President Barack Obama, we may be seeing a return to the age of the polarized electorate,” Brown said. "

Well Duh, people wound up being polarized after the GOP proved that neither fact, nor truth, nor the welfare of the nations would stand in the way of their agenda, and that Obama still tried to be polite. There is always disenchantment when someone is in an ELECTED office; like Hillary WAS back in New York.

Of course, this is another "DRAFT HILLARY" setup; Clinton is not going to make the same mistake she made in 2008 and allow any thought to challenge her inevitability this time.

[blm]

5. Which is why Hillary made the Keystone deals long ago, but, left the signing to her replacement.

Just as I predicted she would over the last 4 years. She wanted the deal to go down early on, but, many Dems were set against it. Obviously the deal didn't go away, she furthered the 'studies' meant to cover the final decision, and, basically waited out the last 4 years so she would not be seen SIGNING the deal. No headlines or pictures of Keystone deal to use against her.