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Clinton-Obama State Polls Feb.4, 2008

Since not every state in the Union is voting tomorrow, national polls have little or no immediate validity. It is the state races that will determine the delegate count after the Feb. 5. voting.
In that spirit, Political Wire has these state poll percentages for this morning, Feb. 4:

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Hillary Leading:Confirmed by Gallup, WaPo and Fox-Opinion Dynamics

WaPo-ABC’s latest national poll shows Hillary Clinton still leading, as she has for the last three weeks, by 4 points with undecideds at 5 points. Today’s WaPo headline, “Obama, Clinton Are Even In Poll”, however, is wrong in substance and tone. While the Clinton lead in this poll is within the margin of error, two [...]

Edwards To Quit Presidential Race

According to reports by AP and CNN, John Edwards will drop out of the 2008 Presidential race where he began it at an appearance in New Orleans. Originally scheduled as a speech on poverty it will instead be used to announce his withdrawal.
According to the story, he informed his senior advisor’s last night of his [...]

In Florida Rudy Trusts

The title says it all (h/t Huffington Post)… But it’s doubtful his prayers will be answered.

And speaking of Rudy, see what Fox News has to say about “America’s Mayor” (via Media Matters):

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters Endorses Hillary Clinton (Video)

In a conference call this morning, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, strongly endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Summarizing Ms. Waters, she said that HRC had traveled the country listening to the problems of the people. She knew the problems of the urban population and the small towns as well.
It was a strongly worded endorsement. (I have not found a transcript [...]

Obama and Another Great Communicator and Teflon Man: RR

Ronald Reagan being a man of deeper parts than we thought at the time, had three great public talents. Barrack Obama has only two.
1. RR was a great speaker. He was eloquent when needed and direct when required. He would decide what to say and do it, mostly with grace.
2. RR had the ability to [...]

Lastest Leadership Poll

It should be noted that the American public seems more aware than usual of the importance of governance.
Governance is far different than ‘change’. It’s implementing programs, concepts and ideas effectively.
Just a thought….

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The Disaster of George Bush and The Nation

Original work and full footnotes at Dems.gov

The Forbidden Primary Topic: Race and Running on Race

Race has become a topic for direct voter appeals from Barrack Obama in today’s South Carolina primary where turnout is predicted to be a record high. Inevitable but sad situation.
From a longer, frontpage AP story:

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Current Race Poll


Obama California Primary Crossover Voting Gambit Ended

Barrack Obama sent out an email this week to his California supporters with an announcement that Republicans could now vote in the Democratic Primary. It was an outright request for them to do so. As relayed to me by phone, the letter was inaccurate and poorly timed.
The reality of California Primary voting is quite simple:
A. [...]

Issues Ranking as of 1-17-08

More data at Polling Report with a series of priority polls reported over a long timeframe. It’s still the economy.

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