2008 Presidential Election Results!
We’re kidding, of course. But there is a lot of new survey data out today with hypothetical general election match-ups between John McCain and his two potential Democrat challengers: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Now, this is all nonsense, of course, because at this stage it’s far too early to get any sort of genuine read on what will happen in the fall. But these numbers will be scrutinized by wavering Democrats trying to determine the stronger general election candidate. In two new surveys McCain has opened up a slight lead over Obama, which is significant because a number of previous surveys have had Obama leading McCain. This might be a blip, it might not mean a thing, or it may be the start of a trend…we’ll just have to wait and see. But if it is a trend-and if Clinton’s numbers against McCain start to improve-then she can start to make the argument that she would be the stronger general election candidate. Will that be enough to overcome Obama’s delegate lead? We’ll see.
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