08 August 2006

The Clinton Factor

A new poll shows Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat-NY) easily winning re-election in November, but losing her home state to Sen. John McCain or former Mayor Rudy Guliani in the 2008 presidential contest.

It's still too early to take 08 presidential polling seriously (as early as a year before their wins former President Bush was trailing the Democratic ticket by 17 points and Bill Clinton was running third behind the Republican incumbent and Ross Perot), but if her home state is ready to deny her their electoral votes then there's an underlying problem that needs to be addressed.

Personally I think she'd be a superb president. But the Democrats can't afford to put another "un-electable" nominee on the ballot.