Comments on: Polls: Obama And McCain Gaining And Obama Pulls Ahead In California

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:03:46 +0000

Here in San Francisco I think all of my undecided friends have become Obama supporters over the last two months or so. The people I know who like Hillary have stuck with her. The local news mentions the two about equally and doesn't seem to give one more positive comments than the other. I've noticed more Obama signs than Hillary signs around town.

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:12:59 +0000

I remember Clinton saying that the main thing she learned from the 90s health care reform debacle was having to focus not on what you think is the best program but on what is the best you can actually achieve (paraphrasing mightily). As such, if she were to lose the nomination, majority leader might be a very good position for her. Despite the glass ceilings that really do still exist, Pelosi as Speaker, Clinton as maority leader, and Obama as President would speak volumes about how our society has changed over the last 40 years.

All that said, my money is still on Clinton to get the nomination, but then my money was also on the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:11:51 +0000

“Supreme Court justice”

Horrid!

By: elrod

elrod — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:28:05 +0000

If Hillary loses the nomination, look for her to angle for the Senate Majority Leader position or Supreme Court justice. I don't see her quitting the Senate at this point. But I don't think her ambitions end there either.

By: PollM

PollM — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:00:47 +0000

Sen. Barack Obama has erased Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead among Democrats nationally, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll out Monday. The two are in a virtual tie, with Obama at 49 percent and Clinton at 46 percent.

The survey represents a dramatic turnaround in the race from a few months ago when Clinton had a significant edge over Obama.

With 1681 delegates up for grab, what Candidate do you believe will accumulate the most delegates on Super Tuesday?

http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1693

.

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:36:14 +0000

And SD, her Senate job always was a springboard to the Presidency, and no, there is no reason for her to stay in it if she loses the nomination this year. If she stays, hopefully someone else will be voted to replace her in the next election. (I believe New York is still too old-fashioned to have a recall process, initiative, or referendum. Also, there are possible legal complications about any recall of any federal officials defined by state, not federal or constitutional, law.)

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:26:25 +0000

I figure Hillary would jettison Booster Bill once Booster Bill is spent, meaning after this campaign has ended. May Booster Bill continue to fizzle or produce negative thrust in the meantime.

By: elrod

elrod — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:16:03 +0000

Joe,
What's the buzz in CA in your mind? Forget the polls, do you sense any momentum for Obama out there? The endorsements look great for Obama but what's the story anecdotally?

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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:43:54 +0000

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By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:32:24 +0000

I guess it is time to get out the what ifs from before New Hampshire.

If Senator Clinton loses to Senator Obama will she stay in the Senate. Since this is her only chance to become president and if she fails, why hang around the senate? I do not see Hillary Clinton hanging around the Senate like the female version of Joe Biden or Ted Kennedy.

If Senator Clinton loses, will she divorce former President Clinton. She needed him to run for president but why stay with him after than dream has ended? Maybe she would stay with him to keep from looking like a total failure but why but up with a philanderer if he serves no further purpose?

How close will the Democrats get to 60 seats with media juggernaut that will be the Obama general campaign? I suspect that the Democrats can get to 60 seats in 2008 and make the Republicans irrelevant starting in 2009.

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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:29:47 +0000

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Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:20:50 +0000

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