History’s a Positive for Clinton; Not So for Bush or Romney

[riversedge]

Source: ABC




History’s a Positive for Clinton; Not So for Bush or Romney


By Gary Langer
Jan 22, 2015 6:58am

Hillary Clinton’s potential place in history and her husband’s tenure in the White House boost her presidential prospects, while Jeb Bush’s political legacy and Mitt Romney’s 2012 run for the office are negatives, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds.

Clinton leads both in hypothetical head-to-head matchups at this early stage – as well as Rand Paul, Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee alike.

See PDF with full results and charts here.

The national survey finds 53 to 56 percent support for Clinton among registered voters against each of these potential Republican candidates, while they get 39 to 41 percent. One reason is that Clinton is stronger in her political base, given the far more fragmented nature of the current GOP field.

Further, registered voters by a 13-point margin say the fact that Clinton would be the first female president makes them more likely rather than less likely to support her. Her husband having served as president is another net positive, by an 8-point margin.....





Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2015/01/historys-a-positive-for-clinton-not-so-for-bush-or-romney/

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[Kingofalldems]

1. Excellent news.

Can't wait to vote for the Democratic nominee.

[abakan]

2. we will see is a couple of years...

celebrating now is a definition of premature exaltation.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They have been bereft of finding any meaningful "news"

ever since they combined the news and entertainment divisions... and thus need to fill up the time with something else that is irrelevant.

[davidpdx]

4. Overblown crap

The national survey finds 53 to 56 percent support for Clinton among registered voters against each of these potential Republican candidates, while they get 39 to 41 percent. One reason is that Clinton is stronger in her political base, given the far more fragmented nature of the current GOP field.

1) No Democrats have formally announced. The only candidate that has set up a "committee" is Jim Webb and that doesn't necessarily mean he will run. So once again the meme of Clinton being the Democratic nominee is being pushed.

2) Clinton may have a stronger base, but not having a viable alternative for a primary probably is the reason why her numbers are stronger than the Republicans. If she runs and a viable alternative is available, those numbers will not be as strong.

[Cha]

5. Glad it shows Americans aren't willing to buy used bush and romney recycled bulloney.