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Doug, New Jersey

the different between what bill clinton did and george bush did was clinton didnt just attack iraq because he THOUGHT they might have wmds......luckily he made the right decisions while president and didnt start a useless war that we didnt even PLAN to get of!!!

Dont be fooled by the Clinton News Network People. They want you to think edwards can win, knowing full well he cant, so that he can take away votes from Obama while allowing Hillary to win. they never say that Hillary LOSES to mccain, obama TIES, edwards beats him slightly. definitely within the margin of error. day by day i become more disappointed with the Clinton News Network.

"lied to get us into the war"

Notice that it is the liberal democrat who believes that one man, Bill Clinton, saying Iraq has WMDs was telling the truth, while another man, George Bush, saying the exact same thing was telling a lie.

Americans with morals, values and even a remote trace of decency and integrity would never believe that two men saying the same thing could make one a liar and one a truth teller.

Think of what you support when you vote democrat, are you really this type of person? Do you try to do the right thing? Do you try to be fair? If the answer is yes to either of these, then voting Democrat is in direct contradiction with your values.

GWB has been a bad president, but that is no reason to support all the worst this nation has to offer. To support the liars, haters, selfish, mean, disrespectful people who live a life that is a negative impact on society? Ask yourself, is this me? I tend to believe that most Americans are decent honest people, therefore no democrat should ever be president.

The main problem with this poll is that it surveys "registered voters" not likely voters. Also, they do not disclose what the Dem/GOP affiliation of the sample was. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Michael of Houston:
G.W. Bush has killed and maimed thousands of Americans, Iraqis and Afgan citizens; lied to get us into the war; set up his business buddies with huge government contracts through his war policies; condones torture, doesn't believe in evolution, thinks abstinance only education works, and takes Americans for idiots as eveidenced by his flagrant misuse of power-the list goes on. And somehow this is better than a Clinton diddling the intern? I think you'd better examine your definition of corrupt.
Bush has done more than enough to warrant an impeachment at the very least.

Huckabee is not my favorite Republican (I thought I might be in a shrinking minority, until I read this poll). That said, this is a very fluid election cycle, and head-to-head match-up polls have oscillated rather frequently over the past few weeks. Just two weeks ago, in fact, a certain poll showed all of the Republican challengers defeating Senator Clinton. Quite frankly, I'm tired of this discussion of polls. The voters will decide what they wish when the time comes. Stop trying to endlessly monitor the dynamic of public opinion. Focus on substance instead.

Thank You CNN. You are finally learning a simple premise, that the Internet can hold more valuable information if you let it. Thanks for including the poll results this time. The interest fact that I takeaway from this poll is that Obama and Edwards pretty much polled favorably over any currently leading GOP candidates (Rudy, Mitt, Mike or McCain). However, Hillary didn't. She also has the lowest margin of victory of the top three Democratic candidates.

Geez. The full story also said that Romney & Guiliani lose as well. So why is Huckabee in the title? BIAS!

I want Edwards to be President, he is the man who can do what Bush cannot. All we have to do is get Bin Laden to drive an ambulance, then John will be sure to chase after him since that’s what he has been doing his whole life.

What type of human being are you when you support a guy who has stolen so much money from innocent people with hundreds of frivolous lawsuits? Just goes to show you that every time someone is lying and trying to get free money by destroying businesses and making people lose their jobs with frivolous lawsuits, the person who is suing and the person representing them is a liberal democrat. No wonder the libs are not religious, you cannot live your life liberally and have a fear of god.

Posted By Doug, New Jersey : December 11, 2007 12:01 pm
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Gotta love the theocrats that still exist in this country. I love how people believe that in order to be called an American you have to follow religion. It just shows how caught up with the times they are.

I dont support Edwards at all Im currently watching McCain, Paul, Dodd and Biden. Huckabee is a great person, personailty wise but he is courting the racist, bigoted, theological base of the Republican party who are very anti-freedom and anti-small government. Im sorry after Bush I am tired of anti-science, pro-theocrat leaders. His more liberal economic stances frighten me as well. We need a leader who respects that every citizen is an American regardless of religion or lack their of, race, etc. McCain, Paul, Dodd or Biden seem to be the men for that job

Dallas, CA

it doesnt mean he was a media darling because they say he is gaining in the polls!!! this is politics buddy get used to it

Chris from Middletown, maybe you need to get some info in Saul Alinsky yourself. Hillary did her dissertation on the guy in regards to the efficiency of his methods, not whether his goals were appropriate. You keep claiming he was Hillary's teacher, and that she must be a Marxist because she studied Alinsky's methods critically. In fact, his ideas on grass-roots organizing are widely used by both parties today, and he wasn't a teacher at Wellesley or any other school.

For Pete's sake, don't get your information on these things from talk radio and biased sources; look them up. There are enough things to dislike about Hillary that are real without inventing stuff.

This poll has to be BS– I could MAYBE see Hillary or even Obama beating Huckabee by a good margin, but Edwards? The only good thing he has going for him is his wife–other than that he says whatever makes people feel good. He's also a hypocrite–he loves to talk about how hard-working folks are getting screwed by the wealthy. Last time I checked, he's a fat cat himself.

Stop the class warfare junk, Edwards. It may have worked for Marx, Lenin, and the rest of history's communists, but it won't fly here in the United States.

To all of you Edwards fans who think this poll shows how things will go in '08:
These polls show a different result every week. Remeber when Guiliani was beating everyone in both parties? Now he's tied with Huckabee.

Remember in '04 when it looked like Dean all the way?

Don't count your chickens before they're hatched!

Most voters are pragmatists. They may flirt with the sexy candidate du jour, but in the end will go with the safest, establishment choice.

The only polls that matter are the polls in November '08.

Vote Ron Paul for a REAL change!

"The real story is that McCain is the only republican who pulls winning numbers against any of the democrats. Why isn't that in the headline?"

Dallas, CA

look at what you typed THEN read the story again and tell me you didnt see what you wanted to see. john mccain beats hillary, ties obama and loses to edwards in the poll. so NO thats not the real story....

Ron Paul was not an option! How could anyone think the poll actually means anything?!!!

Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate who will win. He is breath of fresh air amongst the plastic, prepackaged field. He actually speaks from his heart, and tells the truth.
Soon the world will know that in the new age of the internet, TELEPHONE polls are insignificant! The polls only use landlines to conduct their surveys – even though 1 in 8 people in the US don't have one – they use cell phones.
Not to mention that over 75% of Ron Paul supporters never voted before – therefore they aren't considered in the poll. The truth is going to hurt. I can't wait!

http://www.ronpaul2008.com
http://www.freetv.com

Michael, Houston, TX

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand bush killed more then 3000 us soldiers in an accidental war, pardoned a couple friends when they were investigating a LEAK IN THE WHITE HOUSE, signed a prescription bill to raise the price of drugs 400%, released the restrictions on carbon omissions for all his oil company buddies, got rid of inheritance tax and the taxes on wealthier americans, shot down children's health care programs, put us into a 9 trillon dollar defeciet, sat in a kindegarden classroom for 7 minutes after hearing the nation was UNDER ATTACK...just to name a few things. id much rather vote for ANY democrat then let the republicans take power again in THIS country!!!!!!!!

I think it is funny how Huckabee was a media darling for two weeks and all of a sudden he is getting ragged on. He was not the only republican in the survey, but the headline is "Huckabeee would lose."

The real story is that McCain is the only republican who pulls winning numbers against any of the democrats. Why isn't that in the headline?

Polls are fun to read but you take them with a grain of salt. As for this poll, I would say that thankfully more people feel that having a man who sounds more like a preacher than Presidential candidate and who has made some very questionnable decisions as a Governor, based on more faith or political vendetta than facts and one who wants religion brought more into the realm of government decisions is not someone people want in the Oval Office. And for that little fact, I say "Thank you!" It seems some people still believe in the separation of church and state. I don't want to hear the President of the US sounding like I should be sitting in Church on a Sunday morning as I listen to him.

Of course Huckabee would lose to any Dem.

Doug, New Jersey

your absolutely right about liberals. they dont fear god. but wait why would god create us to fear him? hmmm sounds a little strange. sounds more like a human emotion then a divine being right? i mean that would mean god was pretty vain and petty? i mean if his only reason to create us is to have us worship him doesnt that make him kind of selfish??? and wouldnt that go against the loving forgiving being that loves-us-how-we-love-our-children GOD that he is supposed to be??? these questions we never be answered in a rational way but you have to admit they are some pretty good questions!!

Any objective reader would simply look at the last 10-12 articles written by CNN on Mike Huckabee and CLEARLY see an effort to discredit and knock-down Huckabee.

After knowing CNN's agenda, CNN's repeated manipulation of the debates, etc – how could anyone believe a CNN survey??

This is very, very good news. Edwards is exactly where he needs to be to win.

I want Edwards to be President, he is the man who can do what Bush cannot. All we have to do is get Bin Laden to drive an ambulance, then John will be sure to chase after him since that’s what he has been doing his whole life.

What type of human being are you when you support a guy who has stolen so much money from innocent people with hundreds of frivolous lawsuits? Just goes to show you that every time someone is lying and trying to get free money by destroying businesses and making people lose their jobs with frivolous lawsuits, the person who is suing and the person representing them is a liberal democrat. No wonder the libs are not religious, you cannot live your life liberally and have a fear of god.

Except for the few paying attention here, hardly anyone knows Huckabee, so a national poll on him right now is just unfair and designed to bolster the appointed "frontrunners", such as 9-11 Rudy Guiliani (9-11 "hero").

As for the democratic side, the poll is somewhat more meaningful since all 3 have had press attention for some time, especially Hillary Clinton (frontrunner). That result is no surprise and would be similar no matter who the republicans run. The republicans best chance of winning, and what Fox News and Karl Rove hope for, would be a Hillary Clinton nomination and the resulting electoral disaster for democrats everywhere.

Any CNN poll is likely to project such a result – its reader base is going to most likely reflect the media outlet's party/political-social bias, which in CNN's case is DEM-liberal. It's like the NRA conducting a poll on gun control – you know how it's going to turn out.

The real news in this article is that Edwards is more electable than Clinton or Obama.

P.S. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a President elected by more than a few million votes – a mere percentage point! Let's choose a candidate a clear majority of Americans can support. Building ONE America will not be an easy job, but like John Kennedy said about going to the moon, "we do not do it because it is easy, we do it because it is hard." America loves a challenge! Edwards is the one to lead the charge.

you know there are going to be alot of people on here posting how wrong those polls are because everyone at THEIR church is voting for huckabee lol. the stats are wrong cnn is bias blah blah blah. thank god we dont have to put up with this ignorance in the oval office after this year. lets just hope they dont find a way to go to war with iran before they get out!!!!

thank god!

This is what I have been telling friends in Iowa all along. Edwards is the most electable candidate the Democrats have. He has already run in a national campaign. He has been tested. He does not have the "negatives' other candidates have. I would love to see a woman as President in my life time. I would love to see an African-American President. I am proud that the Democratic Party offers such a wonderful field of candidates, but the nomination is just the beginning. We cannot take the chance of another Republican "stay the course" administration. John Edwards is the best candidate to help us get our country back, and bring all Americans together to make this the best place on earth to live – for ALL of us. I urge any Iowan reading this to go to the johnedwards.com website and use the link to find your caucus location on January 3. Plan on getting there early, well before 7:00. There will be lots of us already there. If it is your first caucus, we will help explain things. This is real grassroots politics and we owe it to the rest of the country to get it right this time.

People are still considering voting for Hillary Clinton?? Get those people a transcript of her debate answers...get them a copy of Saul Alinskys teachings and how they parallel Hillarys 800 billion in proposed entitlement spending (and then tell them that Saul Alinsky was a Marxist...as well as Hillarys teacher) – omg...we need to fund literacy classes in this country..bad...

I do not believe this poll can be statistically relevent if it doesn't correlate with all the other polls in terms of the candidates' performance within their own parties. Edwards and McCain have the best overall scores? If you ompletely ignore Huckabee in the poll, the rest of the results still don't mesh.

Elizabeth Edwards is still running?

Interesting poll results. For months, HRC supports have been commenting that no other Dem, especially Obama could beat any Rep. However, this poll shows Obama and Edwards both do better than HRC against every single Rep. Saying she is the only one who can win doesn't make it true.

My take on this.

Clinton is clearly the least likely to win the general election.

What about Biden. He probably beats all the republicans by 30%!!!!

Clinton is the most well known candidate nationwide. Her support is unlikely to grow much.

Obama is still less well known outside of the early primary states than Edwards. Edwards' and Obama's support could still increase, with Obama probably able to increase support the most. Same is true for Huckabee. His support will increase as he is more well known.

The only chance for the republicans is either McCain or Huckabee.

Or Ron Paul – because if I don't say that I might be bombarded by posts!

Since the dems have given up on experience (Biden, Richardson, Dodd, Kucinich) and are giving up on old time politics (Clinton) and are looking for the future (Obama), it will be interesting to see where Edwards comes out. He is the middle road between Clinton and Obama. Are we really ready for a real change. Are we ready to take a chance and swing for a home run (Obama) or look for the single (Edwards). Both are good.

Edwards does BEST.

It sure would be nice if he had more media coverage since he is BESTing the Republicans. Can we please move away from Clinton v. Obama?

Thanks.

I find it odd that Huckabee's support against Clinton (by far, the Democratic front-runner) is better than against either Obama or Edwards. What is more amusing is that he does the best against the Democratic front-runner and the worst against the third place candidate (Edwards) with the Dem's second-place candidate performing in second place against Huckabee. If this does not prove that polls mean nothing, I don't know what does.

No kidding?
Go Huckleberry!!

I am loving this poll that suggests a Democrat would beat this man by double digits. Even better is the fact that Edwards would perform the best against him.

Wake up America!

Edwards '08!!!!!!!!!

Ummm maybe because he is the 3rd coming of G.W. Bush. DUMB, DUMB, and oh did I say DUMB

Hmmm... he'd lose in the double digits, you say? Suddenly I'm liking the idea of Huckabee's name on the ballot more and more...

I wouldn't have any idea where you got the results of your poll, but Huckabee is probably in line with what most Americans should be thinking. I am in total agreement with what he stands for. If Hillary would steal his plans she would be unbeatable. I am probably the strongest white male Democrat in Georgia! This poll is way off track.

I wonder where these people who were surveyed come from. The pollsters also asked if they wanted a candidate to be open with his/her religious views or keep them private, to which 41% said open, 57% said private. I am thinking the pollsters probably didn't call anybody in the South. Is this another attempt to make any given Republican, with the exception of McCain (who I'd love to see be the nominee, although that doesn't seem likely), appear unelectable?

Huckabee would even lose to Stephen Colbert.

a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows

whoops.., lost me right there. Too many corrupt polling techniques from a known political scoundrel..

Are the crosstabs going to be released for this poll? It would be interesting to see the breakdown between party affiliation when it came to the head-to-heads, as Obama had previously shown to do better with Independents and Republicans than Hillary or Edwards.

Let's see, three weeks ago the polls said Huckabee was in 5th place in the race for teh GOP nomiination, and Hillary was a shoe in for Iowa and NH for the democrat nomination.

Now the polls say Huckabee is in 1st or 2nd place in the GOP race, Hillary is tied for 1st, and Huckabee can't win in the general election.

I wonder what the polls will say next week.

WHY do my fellow Democrats continue to support Hillary???

She is our worst chance to win!

Obama/Edwards or Edwards/Obama '08

moral of the story....Republican's: PLEASE put up Huckabee so we can watch him go down.

I THINK HUCKABEE CAN BET THE DEM. IF HE HAD A RUNNING MATE LIKE MCCAIN.

GO HUCK

These early polls are a joke. Most dems no nothing about Mr. Huckabee as of yet. I'm a former Democratic city chairman and I like Mike.. I don't agree with him on abortion or gun control but the guy is honest, sincere, and not running a negative campaign. I also see that now that he is running close you have nothing but negative stories on him. It's sad. He appears to be a good man.

Boy, now there is a fair poll. Let me preface this post with this tidbit: I will not be voting for Huckabee in the Ohio primary, but...

This would be like asking in a Fox News poll if a Democrat could beat Huckabee or Romney. How very unscientific and unprofessional of CNN.

This is just another example of unfair, biased reporting that has become all to common with CNN.

Was the Rise and Fall of Mike Huckabee planned by you guys in the media? That's how it comes off.

What do you have in mind for Ron Paul?

Something smells funny.

Mike Huckabee is anti-freedom and anti-constitution. Mike Huckabee is an enemy of the state. Americans need to think about what it means to elect a PRESIDENT, not a democratically elected dictator. A president's job is to uphold the constitution, and Mike Huckabee fails.
Out of a litany of offenses, Mike Huckabee's worst statement is that if he knew of a threat to America, he would not seek the approval of the congress before taking military action! Where is this authority derived? The man is either an idiot, or the epitome of evil. Unfortunately, I feel it is not the former.

The real news in this article is that Obama is more electable than Clinton.

Looks like another Hilary-bashing poll designed to show that with 'Edwards' Democrats have the largest chance to win, Obama another 'man' is second best chance and poor Hilary 3rd.
Too bad the truth is it's a slanted poll, I'll bet Huckabee would beat any of the three easily

See http://www.arkansasfreedom.com for documents proving Huckabee defied the Constitution by going to Mexico to cut a deal with Vicente Fox to bring a Mexican Consulate to Little Rock, Arkansas, subsidized by American citizen taxpayers, in order to give Matricula Consular cards to illegals and attract more cheap slave labor for the poultry and other industries, as well as government programs such as Arkids 1st , Prenatal care, and tried to give illegals in-state tuition & scholarships. All of which is subsidized by taxpayers, including education and scores of benefits. This is his biggest lie yet.

Then there is the matter of Huckabee’s illegal Mexican Consulate in Little Rock. In defiance of Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution which forbids states making deals with foreign entities, he traveled to Mexico to broker a deal for a Consulate which acts as a clearing house for illegal Mexicans. Then he used taxpayer money to subsidize it. In just 6 months, they already can’t keep up with numbers of illegals seeking Matricula Consular I.D. cards, which aren’t even accepted on their own by the Mexican government…but accepted by all sorts of U.S. predator businesses/agencies greedy for every buck they can squeeze, regardless of the consequences to the country or our citizens.