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Clinton, McCain lead in national poll

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor February 1, 2008 04:36 PM

With the usual big caveat that national polls are far less meaningful than surveys in individual states, Hillary Clinton holds a lead over Barack Obama, while John McCain has a far bigger lead over Mitt Romney.

According to the Fox News poll out today, Clinton has a 47 percent to 37 percent lead over Obama and McCain has a 48 percent to 20 percent gap over Romney.

In hypothetical head-to-head matchups, McCain is statistically tied with Clinton, 45 percent to 44 percent, and with Obama, with the Illinois Democrat at 44 percent and the Arizona Republican at 43 percent.

Both Clinton and Obama would handily beat Romney, according to the poll, with Clinton holding a 50 percent to 36 percent lead and Obama a 51 percent to 33 percent lead.

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14 comments so far...

  1. Maybe if Romney just spends a little more of his kid's inheritance......

    Posted by andy February 1, 08 05:26 PM

  1. Hillary all the way!!!!!!

    Posted by Jbee February 1, 08 05:28 PM

  1. How is McCain handling his severe mental illness issues these days? is he under psychiatric care? Do we have any assurance that he will stay on his medication if he wins the Presidency of the US? It would be pretty horrifying if he just went postal one day or something.

    Posted by Suzanna Russeau February 1, 08 05:35 PM

  1. racist obama memo
    http://mydd.com/story/2008/1/12/12428/8236

    "Most Americans need a president—not everybody, probably not the two of you," she said to me and her press secretary. “So you are free to vote on a feeling, on a speech, on a debate, you can vote any way you want. But if you’re on the brink of falling out of the middle class, if you’re worried about health care, home foreclosures, and all these other problems, you need a president that you really can believe in and count on to deliver." - Hillary Clinton

    Posted by Aaron February 1, 08 05:44 PM

  1. John McCain would be an excellent President, unfortunately he his trying to win the presidency following the worst President in American in history, and he is a Republican. We will not see another Republican president for many years to come. The present administration has hurt more Americans and has destoyed the Republican party in the USA.

    Posted by Michael stacio February 1, 08 05:48 PM

  1. Something is not right here. 70% of Americans want our troops home now! Yet Insane McCain, who wants WAR, WAR, WAR! is leading the Republican polls. Somebody is fudging the numbers.

    Posted by Lawrence February 1, 08 06:38 PM

  1. Hillary Clinton is clearly the best candidate to lead this country.

    It is very upsetting to see the media promote Obama.

    They promoted George Bush too, and kept putting Al Gore down.

    Shame on the media.

    Posted by T Bassing Mantenfel February 1, 08 08:34 PM

  1. the poll from fox news is not impartial or accurate. the nightmare is that they afraid of Obama.

    Posted by Nixon February 1, 08 09:25 PM

  1. McCain is an angry war monger. All he knows is war. He fights his party, he fights his colleagues, he has a deep personal hatred born of years as a prisoner. He sings "bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran" like its a joke, but it reveals who he is, a man forever at war. Reagan and Bush 41 were hawks, but they didn''t joke about war. They were statesmen who understood their place in the world. They spoke softly and carried a big stick. McCain is forever looking for some kind of revenge or payback for what he suffered. That''s not leadership. It''s an obstinant sense of entitlement. He believes America owes him the Presidency. Well Senator, America doesn''t owe you more than it owes any other veteran.


    Posted by Chris George February 1, 08 10:08 PM

  1. True conservative thinkers all support Governor Romney. For a small sampling, consider the following sources:

    - Michael Reagan, son of President Ronal Reagan:
    http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/MichaelReagan/2008/01/31/john_mccain_hates_me

    - Mark Levin:
    http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NDEzMDYzZjBkMDNhYjk0ZjdhZmJlZWNkMWQ1NjI4MGI=

    - Sean Hannity: "I'll tell you right now, and I've not announced this, but I will be voting for Mitt Romney in this campaign. It's the first time I've stated it publicly. I'll state it now." ("Sean Hannity Radio Show," 1/31/08.)

    - Laura Ingraham: "All right, I'm going to see your endorsement and raise you an announcement: February 12th is the big D.C. primary, I'm pulling the lever for Mitt Romney. No doubt about it. No hesitation." ("The Laura Ingraham Show," 2/1/08)

    - Lars Larson: "It's time for the GOP to pick a real Republican standard bearer. I've been keeping my powder dry on this question for months till I had the chance to talk to all of the potential nominees. I've done that now, and I'm left with only one conclusion. Governor Mitt Romney is the best choice for 2008." ("The Lars Larson Show," 2/1/08)

    Ann Coulter: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucac/20080116/cm_ucac/theelephantintheroom

    Governor Romney Endorsements:

    Governor Matt Blunt (Mo.) Lt. Gov. Jim Risch (Idaho) Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Mikolajcik Fmr. Governor Kenny Guinn (Nev.) Fmr.Gov. Robert Ehrlich (Maine) Gary Marx - Dir. Judicial Confirmation Network James Bopp Jr. - Legal counsel for the National Right to Life Committee Jay Sekulow - Chief Counsel American Center for Law and Justice Joe Earle - Director of Outreach Iowa Christian Alliance Attorney General John Suthers (Col.) Rep. Ander Crenshaw (Fla.) Rep. Bill Shuster (Pa.) Rep. Brian Bilbray (Calif.) Rep. Chris Cannon (Utah) Rep. Connie Mack IV (Fla.) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.) Rep. Dave Camp (Mich.) Rep. Dennis Hastert (Ill.) Rep. Ed Whitfield (Ky.) Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (Fla.) Rep. Hal Rogers (Ky.) Rep. Howard McKeon (Calif.) Rep. Jack Kingston (Ga.) Rep. Jim McCrery (La.) Rep. Joe Knollenberg (Mich.) Rep. John Campbell (Calif.) Rep. John Carter (Texas) Rep. Kay Granger (Texas) Rep. Lamar Smith (Texas) Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (Ga.) Rep. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) Rep. Mike Conaway (Texas) Rep. Mike Rogers (Ala.) Rep. Mike Simpson (Idaho) Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) Rep. Phil Gingrey (Ga.) Rep. Ralph Regula (Ohio) Rep. Robert Aderholt (Ala.) Rep. Rodney Alexander (La.) Rep. Ron Lewis (Ky.) Rep. Tom Feeney (Fla.) Rep. Tom Petri (Wis.) Rep. Tom Price (Ga.) Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) Rep. Vernon Ehlers (Mich.) Rep. Virginia Foxx (N.C.) Rep. Wally Herger (Calif.) Sen. Bob Bennett (Utah) Sen. Jim DeMint (S.C.) Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.) Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah) Sen. Thad Cochran (Miss.) Sen. Wayne Allard (Colo.) Dorothy Bush Koch - sister of Jeb & President George Bush (Tex.) Neil Bush - brother of the President Dr. John Wilke - Chair Right to Life Committee The National Review The Daily Nonpareil (IA) The Times-Republican (IA) Sioux City Journal (IA) The Grand Rapids Press (MI) The Oakland Press (MI) Las Vegas Review Journal (NV) Reno Gazette-Journal (NV) Elko Daily Free Press (NV) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) Hartford Courant (CT) Salt Lake Tribune (UT) Trent Christensen (MA)

    Posted by carolm62 February 1, 08 11:34 PM

  1. The polls have meant nothing in this race, so why do you continue to cite them...?
    Nobody is believing the media. We all think your behavior has been loathsome and treasonous during the campaign.

    Posted by carolm62 February 1, 08 11:43 PM

  1. Why don't you Boston paper does not want your former governer Romney be our president???
    How could any moderates and liberals backs war monger McCain. McCain wants to bomb Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years and promised for more wars. McCain says he wants interest rates to be ZERO out of complete ignorance for how interest rates affect the economy. I'd like to see him say that to retirees on a fixed income. McCain want 10 million illegal immigrants to stay permanently and legal immigrants who can vote do not support it. How could this country be secure if he is in power??? Mitt Romney is an expert in economics and finance and is the man we need as president.
    If anyone can rescue the economy at this point, it would have to be Mitt. The US is $53 trillion in debt, that is $400K per household. The dollar is becoming useless and the Euro is now becoming the credible currency. Along with the national debt, most citizens are also deeply in debt. Tommorow the market is likely going to take a dump. If we don't have a good economy you can forget foreign policy, fighting wars, or healthcare, funding for top education. The economy needs to be front and center, not religion, steriotypes and other trivial things.
    Mitt Romney's successful business experience, successful Olympic experience, and successful state governing success
    set him above all other candidates. His vision of using economic strength to combat terrorist and his Apollo plan for energy independence are also set him above all other candidates.
    He is a real leader who can lead American to build a strong economic and therefore a strong nation!
    Hope American people will elect Mitt Romney, the only competent candidate, to be our president.

    Posted by linda February 1, 08 11:47 PM

  1. Every Republican needs to read this!

    http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1199862000/3

    Posted by carolm62 February 2, 08 12:11 PM

  1. John McCain grew up with the privilege of an admiral father and grandfather on navy bases. He graduated 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and lost five jets! Is he careless or what?

    John McCain is one of the Charles Keating 5. Charles cost you and me, the taxpayer, $30 billion dollars and the subsequent failure of the savings and loan business.

    You feel he is for the troops? He wants us to "let them win" with no time-lines.

    Here is the same man in 1993 & 1994:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPyKpcivQYQ

    He is all about the politics, not about America.

    Wants to be in Iraq for a hundred years.

    Has been heard rewriting (and singing) the lyrics to the Beach Boys tune Barbara Ann to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" (YUP! - Youtube it).

    Adamantly believes that General Petraeus roams around Baghdad in an unarmed Humvee (of course those who know first hand called this ridiculous and ignorant).

    Admittedly knows nothing about the economy (YES, IN HIS OWN WORDS).

    Has no problem infringing upon our right to privacy.

    Thinks that Vladimir Putin is the president of Germany (IT'S TRUE - Youtube it).

    Posted by Concerned American February 2, 08 01:32 PM
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