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Old 10-16-2009, 12:42 AM
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WASHINGTON (CNN) – She lost to him in last year's battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, but a new national poll suggests that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now more popular than her boss, President Barack Obama.

A Gallup survey released Thursday indicates that 62 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of Clinton, 6 points higher than the 56 percent who view Obama favorably.

According to the poll, the president's favorable rating has dropped 22 points from its inaugural-month level in January. The survey indicates that Clinton's favorable rating has only edged down 3 points since the beginning of the year.

Nine in 10 Democrats questioned in the poll view both Obama and Clinton favorably, with independents split. Fewer than one in five Republicans hold a favorable opinion of the president, while 35 percent see Clinton in a positive light. According to the survey, Obama has dropped 23 points with independents and 41 points with Republicans since January, while Clinton has dropped just 6 points among independents and stayed even among Republicans since the start of 2009.

"This is a common pattern in recent polling," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice consistently had higher favorable ratings than George W. Bush. Madeleine Albright was more popular than Bill Clinton. Secretaries of State don't get blamed for economic problems or unpopular domestic policies, and they often don't get the same share of the blame as the commander-in-Chief for international slip-ups either."

The Gallup telephone poll of 1,013 adults was conducted October 1-4, before the president was named winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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Clinton for 2012?
No. Obama 2012. I predict he wins in a landslide.
If for no other reason than the Republicans will do something dumb again and throw it away anyway.
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No way will they run Clinton in 2012..
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I agree and disagree at the same time (quite an achievement, eh?)...

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That is true ONLY when the person you're comparing to is the Chosen One...

Most people think Hillary is 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag...

But if you compare her to Obama, who is 50 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag, then Hillary gets the nod...

In other words, this poll says "Hillary sucks, but alot less than what the current situation is."...
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I agree and disagree at the same time (quite an achievement, eh?)...

That is true ONLY when the person you're comparing to is the Chosen One...

Most people think Hillary is 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag...

But if you compare her to Obama, who is 50 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag, then Hillary gets the nod...

In other words, this poll says "Hillary sucks, but alot less than what the current situation is."...
EXACTLY my thoughts. And trust me, I really, really don't like Hillary.
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Isn't that like saying that crabs are more popular tham hemmoroids?
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Isn't that like saying that crabs are more popular tham hemmoroids?
Well, THAT was a visual I could have done without!
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I agree and disagree at the same time (quite an achievement, eh?)...
That is true ONLY when the person you're comparing to is the Chosen One...
Except the poll didn't actually ask people to compare.
Two separate questions.

Opinion of Obama? Favorable? Unfavorable? etc.
Opinion of Clinton? Favorable? Unfavorable? etc.

Polling people's pulse for these two politicians has been an ongoing thing.


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Most people think Hillary is 10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag...
No. I think you're thinking about people's opinion of Republican Congresspeople...

64% disapprove.
25% approve.
http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm

Hillary has over double the Republican congress approval ratings
, but you think it's Hillary that people think that about...


Just out of curiousity, what will it take for Republicans to get that their "bash Obama! bash Democrats!" policy isn't solving any problems in this country. It doesn't show any leadership.
And people recognize that!
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