Rasmussen Poll: Only 25% of Americans Believe "The Boys" Have "Piled On" Hillary

[ClarkUSA]

A recent Rasmussen Reports poll finds that only a quarter of Americans thinks Sen. Clinton is being “piled on”
by the other Democratic presidential candidates -- a claim her campaign has been making. In fact, 57% of
those polled said the criticism was nothing unusual for a candidate to experience:

"....just 11% of Americans believe that Clinton is being picked on unfairly because of her gender."

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/2008_presidential_election/just_25_believe_democratic_candidates_are_piling_on_hillary

[rinsd]

1. Democrats are more inclined to believe that.

"Democrats are far more likely than others to believe that Senator Clinton has been unfairly attacked. Among members of her own party, 37% believe Clinton has been the victim of piling on while 40% disagree"

[bluestateguy]

2. I really wish Scott Rasmussen would just go away for a while

Is there anything that maniac won't poll?

Must we have the daily, hourly polls on everything plus the kitchen sink?

Whatever happened to the good old days when polls were rare: one every month or every other month.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. If people are piling on Hillary, it ain't because of her gender.

It would be kinda odd for #2 and #3 to put all their effort into attacks on #7, now, wouldn't it?

[niceypoo]

8. Why put any effort into attacks?

Thats what I dont get. Why dont they tell us how they are going to fix things?

[BootinUp]

4. So what does that mean?

:)

[ClarkUSA]

7. I thought I'd add a bit of polling on the issue.

For what it's worth to the discussion here.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. That's Great

It's a sign that Americans are really becoming more gender-blind.

[Sparkly]

6. Now wait a minute -- what did Rasmussen ask?

There are at least three questions in what you quoted:

1. Is she being "piled on?" Yes, as is typical for a frontrunner -- which she said.
2. Is she being "picked on unfairly?" Not really, as she said.
3. Is she being "picked on unfairly because of her gender?" No, not by the other candidates, and she said that, as well.

[Forkboy]

9. It was a bad move that compounded the bad debate.

They have the handled the debate aftermath so poorly that all the talk of her being tough and able to withstand attacks is now worthy of being called into question, imo.

Look for her to kick ass in the next debate though.She's normally great in them, and that's why I was so surprised to see her do so poorly in the last one.If anyone is counting her out because of that one debate they're fools.

[Krashkopf]

10. Hillary and Bill need to quit whining about "piling on"

Pointing out Hillary's support for NAFTA-like trade agreements, or commenting on the fact that she has raised more campaign contributions from Corporate America than ANY other candidate REGARDLESS of political party, is NOT "piling on."

Those are LEGITIMATE campaign issues, and if Hillary's feelings (or Bill's, for that matter) are truly hurt by that type of "rough and tumble" politics, how in the world is she EVER going to be able to "stand up to" the leaders of Russia, or China, or Iran?

[Lucinda]

11. Did they do a general poll, or poll people who watched the debate on the 30th?