December 25, 2007
Posted: December 25th, 2007 12:01 PM ET

Watch Bill Schneider's report about the poll standings in the presidential race.

(CNN) - Are the poll numbers of the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates heading to the North poll or to the South poll? Which candidates do voters think have been naughty? And, which do voters think have been nice?

On Christmas Eve, Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider reports on where things stand in a tight race to for the White House.

Watch Schneider's report and learn how national front-runners Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, R-New York, are doing in the early voting states.

Filed under: Iowa • Nevada • New Hampshire • Polls • Presidential Candidates • South Carolina


Jason   January 14th, 2008 6:22 am ET

I cannot put into words how angry this makes me. We're suppose to be a nation of freedom, and rights. Yet the MSM does things like NOT putting candidates on their list because the candidate stands up for truth and does not lay down for them.

America... if the media won't tell you about Ron Paul, do yourself a favor and look him up on google. We have to stand up for what's right. And obviously you won't get this information from CNN, or any other channel on tv.

RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!

mark   January 13th, 2008 3:15 pm ET

It amazes me how some individuals believe everything they hear.Obama is the only canidate that can bring real change. I do not want to see another 20 years of Bush or Clinton in office. Have we forgotton that she voted for the war! Now she wants to claim experience.. If that is experience, we dont need it. People, think for yourselves and stop letting the media influence you ultimate descision. Do we really want another 4-8 years of Bill Clinton..that is exactly what we will have if Hillary wins.

Drew if you believe everthing you hear in the media, especially from people like Novak, who is tthe biggest lier and political fixer there is.....i have some ocean front property i will sell you in New Mexico! Duh!

chien Ng   January 12th, 2008 9:52 pm ET

Obama gives us too much hopes that we can't grab them

James   January 10th, 2008 3:51 pm ET

Comparing Obama to MLK, JFK and Reagan. ... please, his resume is not even in the same stack. He may have potential, but putting a one term senator who can deliver a firey message in this group is assinine. ... and that's putting it kindly

James   January 10th, 2008 3:39 pm ET

CHANGE is an action word. ... I still have no idea how Obama will bring about this change. So he gets in office. ... then what ? Jesse Jackson and John Kerry will tell him what to do next I'm sure.

Dre Atlanta   January 9th, 2008 8:59 pm ET

I was going to vote for Hillary but I feel Obama will bring changes to American which we need badly. I am tire of these long term politician in office and we are still struggling country with these politician who does not care about what American people feels. I just read the congress are getting a $4000 raise. What have they done for us as American people nothing at all. I feel Hillary won New Hampshire because Clinton went to her rescue when she started to cry. I thank God that I live to see that strong African American man that want to bring American people together who we would not judge him because of his color judge him because that he can bring changes to American who young people would look up to obama as a strong leader for all American people. I love Hillary she a great warrior who can fight the republican party who stop Health Care for children, minimum wages, high gas prices, foreclosure, war in Irag. I feel Obama would do the same but more by bringing republican, indepent, demoncrats together. Let join hands in bring Obama as our leader of United States of American. Let bring Hillary as vice president of United States of American. I feel American will be a better place to live for all American people.

Ed from Texas   January 8th, 2008 7:20 pm ET

Wow!!!! Ron Paul? I watched the You Tube....and I really did not ave too, to hear his backers talkabout revolution, hating democracy....the world is controlled by corporations....get rid of free market....only leads to corruption....must go back to Utopia....he has support....yes, and so does everyone else. Even Fred Thompsen has support.

Uhmmm...being an independent who has served on elections of Democrats and Republicans...I am definitely going democrat this year. Romney...change...second generation politician...really is that change?
For the others....Huckabee is the closest thing to change...but maybe he should get the old Clinton propaganda machine to make people to spin his "accomplishments" as Arkansas governor.

Ron Paul? Maybe he should run with Lou Dobbs as a third party, or even with Bloomberg.

The Democrats have some strong candidates this year, and it is interesting to see that there is alot of Hillary love. Iowa and New Hampshire deal with candidates for two to three years, so when they vote, they are probably the most informed voters in the country, because the candidates are grilled everywhere they go. They did not vote because of race, they voted on issues. Something that Hillary is now avoiding. She will only win the White House if we want the same old same old divided politics and mudslinging. Playing dirty only lets the dirty win. Thus we see Bush in office. The Republicans will use fear to win, and this shouldbe avoided at all costs. War has been justified by fear, not reason, and we need not make that mistake again.

Obama won because of a consistent message, and Edwards had the same game plan. Clinton ran as an incumbant, and look at how she is doing now. I do not trust her. For many reasons. The main one was she is getting the backing of the Democrat power elite...how is that change? If she has 35 years of change....where is it? What has she effectively changed? Her change is running as a woman...and that is not a good reason to elect anyone. Just like electing Obama just because he is African-American. Do you know that Bill Clinton had the same disparaging remarks about experience, intelligence, and using hope as a message...with little action, mostly talk. And I think he won that election in '92, and now he is mad because Obama is running on that platform now. The change he promised and did not deliver is the one that Obama is running on now.

Most of the comments above are absurd...Obama's name, because he is black, can't win the South, no experience, only one person looked at his record and did not agree with him, the rest is all on fear and racism. Concerns over his family background? Because this family is from a third world country and not from Europe. Would it be better if his name was Jerry Smith? Would we really be worried if he was educated in Geneva? As for the South...the South is still segregated and color counts. Jimmy and Jane Cracker still waits for the "Old South" to rise again...confederate.... I mean ole heritage flags...waving. Democrats have traditionally had a hard time winning the South, and Hillary is a Yankee...a Yankee woman...even worse. Everyone here in the South knows that...the Baptist vote won't allow for a woman vote in the South. That has been the history...Texas is one of the few places in the South where women can get elected.

Edwards needs to win South Carolina or at least half of the Southern states on Super Tuesday or he is finished. Then we can all sit back and watch the Republican smeer campaign begin on the Democrats of Billery and Obama the terrorist. The country is tired of the ultra -conservative politics of the Republican party (2006 elections as a forcaster) so McCain better win the nod...or the Republicans will be taken out by the indepentent vote. Moderates are goingto decide 2008, and it is important that all of you bloggers get out and vote. This is an important time to vote. There are some good candidates out there, and go out and vote in your caucus and primary. Break these old stereotypes, I think this election is wide open on both sides, and most people blogging have never seen it this wide open in their life times. Be apart of the process and let us get the best person in there, even if it is a Republican or Ron Paul.

David F.   January 8th, 2008 2:09 pm ET

Romney For President!
And Why you ask…?

Ok, the Democrats…

Hillary :
She talk's alot about experience, but…what experience? Being a shady lawyer in a backwater state with a closet full of skeletons. Or maybe being the first lady now qualifies one to be the most powerful person in the world? NOT!

Obama :
He's always talking about change, the reason? Because he is a junior senetor who has very little experience in anything except local issues. So…presto "Change". This will all wear off soon. We have 11 Months to go and his message will wear thin early in that time.

Edwards :
He's just too angry, probably because he's been doing this for a few go rounds now and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.

And the Republicans…

Huckabee :
Well gee wiz let me think of something. Christianity is his only message that resonates with anyone. So if that's your thing, he's your man. He's just not a candidate that can win…the nomination or the election.

Thompson :
Represents the current administration too much. You get the feeling he's getting his advice from Dick Cheney.

McCain :
He is a patriot, but thats sort of where it ends. Thanks for your service John! But It's just not gonna happen, whether you dilute the process by winning New Hampshire or not.

Ron Paul :
Great message. Getting back to the constitution, great. But many of his other ideas are just…out there. And he suffers an unelectable personality issue. Again, he's not going to win.

Giuliani :
Good man, was in the right place to handle the 9/11 crisis, but couldn't beat Hillary in a Senate race, why does he think he'll be President? Sorry Rudy.

So…Governor Romney. :
A guy who's a family man, finished at the top of his class, headed up an Olympics, has done great in business and knows how to run a government! None of the other candidates come close in terms of qualifications! Take a closer look for yourself and get behind the right person for the job!

BJbear   January 8th, 2008 1:28 pm ET

I thought the whole idea was to bring forth the best candidates and have them be elected president! The democrats don't seem to understand that! Neither of the top two current candidates can win the south. Since you need at least some southern support to become president, this may make both candidates losers to the dems. So, why are we going through all of this. For the networks, for the betting public. No, it's so the people of the US can regain control over their own government. There is only one candidate out there that has stated he would fight for the little guy. His name is Edwards.

But, I'm sorry, the networks say he cannot win. If Gore ain't in it! Edwards better be. Otherwise, it's another 8 years of republican leadership. We'll all be broke, not just the government!

no demo   January 8th, 2008 1:13 pm ET

Obama will never see the oval office. All the whites that are pulling for him are just trying to show that they are not racist, so he leads in the polls but i bet on the one day it really counts that all of these non racist white voters will go in the to vote will sit there , with no on else watching them and ask themselves " Do i really want a black in the white house" and vote the other way. Obama will never carry the southern states, why you ask, well being from Alabama myself i can tell you that he is not well liked and in the voice of many we would rather vote for a woman than a black . He is on top now like a pony show, but when election day comes reality will hit that America doesn't want a black in the white house. Oh and if any one has noticed in the last few elections that the south has chosen the president. I even heard it on CNN shows. Hosts have said " why does the rest of the country even bother voting because the south always gets who they want in office" So if your life is full of candy canes and gum drops, thinking that a black will get the souths vote then you are as empty headed as the Obama himself. Obama did come to Alabama to visit, He went to selma, the blackest city in alabama. I hope he doesn't count on the black vote, i mean what black vote?

Mildred   January 8th, 2008 1:01 am ET

Now that White Americas clam to fame is that they helped nominate a Black man to the front runner status. I'd like to see them help make him BECOME President. I'd also lke to see those very white states turn black, if there clam to fame is as true as their vote. It is interesting to note that less than 2% of the population in NH is Black. I haven't forgotten Louisiana, where was the entire Christian evangelist community or the so called rich whites, who earn a hundred thousand plus incomes; when the helpless poor African American Blacks needed them. If Hillary is as evil as the media makes out than Dick Cheney and Bush are Satan. Their satanic mission to destroy not only the world but the Clintons is working quite well. The Clintons will have their last say. There is such thing as judgement day, I think it is spelled out clear and loud in The Bible. The Christian whites and fundamental Republicans have a strategy to make Barrack Obama the front runner of the Democratic Party and then destroy him. There is no doubt in my mind this current administration is behind a Obama Victory. Launching their old dirty tricks by recruting young college students and promoting change. All this HYPE is gust a way of electing one of their own to do the Same old, same old.

michael kilcannon   January 8th, 2008 12:59 am ET

All I can see witht eh candidates that talk the talk of change, is the same old tired rhetoric. Only Ron Paul has the guts to get out there and make take the stands on issues that have to be made. He isn't like others that change their stances with every poll that is out there. He isn't a senator that can't find the time (or guts I guess) to record his vote on the Senate Floor (where was he when the Iran vote came up? He wasn't there, but found the guts to attack Hillary on her vote!) He isn't a wishy washy governor that seems to have put his hand on the constitution and swore to uphold the bible.

This country is sick and needs a Doctor, not a lawyer! DR Paul in '08

RonPaulRon   January 7th, 2008 10:37 am ET

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton on the Supreme Court. Vote Obama!

lolli   January 7th, 2008 12:03 am ET

well its not all good or all relative neither is obama someone say they can feel it too its not about negativity its about :too smooth ,too combed, buttoned down and polished up with a younger shinier package this as not a game for once this time please listen to them all hear the message if they have one but above all GO OUT AND VOTE KENNEDY didnt need Oprah to wipe his nose for him obama apparently does tell me that doesnt seem odd since he is so poor .oprah has really deep pockets

Chey   January 3rd, 2008 11:42 pm ET

I feel like the democtrats are out of touch with reality. Yes, they are idealistic but that doesn't guaruntee anything. When I was at first drawn to Obama, I was quickly turned off by his lack of experience and family ties. I don't feel comfortable putting a known risk into the oval office. Mike Huckabee doesn't have anything to prove, he has a reputable past and speaks with conviction. I'm not religious but I respect a person who is willing to stand for what they believe in. We need a president who is level headed, who is not seeking to set some kind of precedent, and who doesn't need a celebrity to do his job. Actors and TV celebrities should never be relied on for political opinion, frankly I think it's pathetic for someone to reach to that extent. What could a democrat do, that Mike Huckabee wouldn't? We finally have a good canidate that can cross the red and blue boundary, help get him there!

sunsfan   December 28th, 2007 1:53 pm ET

Give me a break. Ron Paul? I though the cute little hand painted signs that said "rEVOLution" were put up by one over-the-top, anti-war individual in our community. It would make more sense to me if all the over-the-top, anti-war individuals would be honest with all of us, and support one of the democrats instead of Ron Paul.
Obama, Edwards, Biden, Richardson...these people are serous candidates and not a "far out there" person like Ron Paul.

James   December 27th, 2007 5:03 pm ET

I WANT RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

James   December 27th, 2007 5:02 pm ET

Screw that!!!! I want Ron Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anon middles class america from sea to shining sea   December 27th, 2007 6:14 am ET

Don't be Afraid To Stand Up And Just Say NO – To Obama '08 :(

Time to take back our White House and be proud to be an American again – at home and around the world.

Dreams and hopes don't happen unless we roll up our sleeves and WORK for them!! We are not children anymore, but the future of OUR children is at stake in 2008!!

Choose wisely...

Marshall - Fayetteville, Arkansas   December 27th, 2007 3:06 am ET

The True Patriots of this country know whats really going on. They have the ability to think for themselves, and are smart enough to question authority. I think its amazing that "un-biased" mass media, is completely ignoring Dr. Ron Paul. His message is positive and true. So, why are you so afraid of him?! Answer me honestly! We the people will NOT be ignored.

Thylacine Pittsburg, Kansas   December 27th, 2007 2:54 am ET

This poll is worthless without having Ron Paul listed.
Normally I am not a conspiracy theorist; however, the main stream media seems to be banding together to keep Ron Paul from being covered.
Why is this?

wes   December 27th, 2007 2:05 am ET

Why doesn't CNN report on the HUGE grass roots following for Ron Paul? Oh, that's right, CNN is owned and controlled by the international Zionist war mongers. Answered ma own question I did.

Tracie Atkinson, Mechanicsville, VA   December 27th, 2007 1:43 am ET

Hmmm My friends ask why Ron Paul is not polling well in national polls... HMMM...could it be that most are AFRAID to include his name as a choice?
I think so! We will not be silenced. VIVA

Mark, Elizabethtown, Kentucky   December 27th, 2007 1:05 am ET

CHECK THIS ACCURATE AOL STRAW POLL that has already received over 140,000 votes. Ron Paul has received 45,398 votes, leading 32% compared to his nearest opponents Giuliani 16% and Huckabee 16%. Go to (http://tinyurl.com/2onr3e) and see it for yourself. It makes CNN and the rest of the pack look unreliable.

Don't base your opinions on the polls CNN and the other news networks provide. CNN may be the most untrusted name in news.

David Johnson Kansas City   December 26th, 2007 6:29 pm ET

Giuliani has the same problem Hillary has: Both alienate their respective Party bases. The Democrats want an idealist, not another machine politician. She's Bush Lite. Hardly anything close to a liberal/progressive idealist.
The GOP is financed and driven by fundamentalists and Giuliani has failed to kneel before America's taliban and renounce his moderate social values. Therefore he is Doomed as the Party of God candidate.
The GOP is sunk this round. Unfortunate. I should have liked to see them inherit Little George's plate and see a Republican take resposibility for their disastrous policies. No more Clinton Card to pull.

Charlie Houston Texas   December 26th, 2007 2:51 pm ET

The total from this poll is 84%. Where is the other 16%?

Terry, El Paso, TX   December 26th, 2007 11:29 am ET

Some of the more paranoid posters believe that CNN is trying to support this candidate or oppose that one by its choice of stories, pictures, story placement, etc. Personally, I doubt that CNN has a horse in this race. I think they are just working on ratings so they can drive advertising sales up.

If the race is a tight one, news reporters can create a dramatic story that sells news. If the race is a runaway for Hillary or Giuliani, then it is harder to create a sense of suspense. This whole race is being covered as a horse race. The issues mean nothing. All that is important is who's ahead, who might yet win, etc. It is a political wrestling match.

Fox News does have a couple of horses in this race. They want an economic Conservative like Giuliani or Romney; someone who will give large corporations the freedom to do what they want without fear of repercussion, regulation, or taxation. They oppose the proposals of the hayseed wing of the party (the evangelical Christians, the antiabortion crowd, the Libertarians, southern racists, etc.) but they need their votes. So they are mounting the argument that Huckabee, Paul, and others cannot win and HILLARY will be president if we don't get behind Giuliani, Romney, or maybe Thompson.

DT, Comstock Park, MI   December 26th, 2007 9:09 am ET

Any poll of Republican candidates that does not include Ron Paul is a sham. I continue to wonder what pollsters are afraid of –could it be the fear of an actual honest man running for President?

Sam IA   December 26th, 2007 3:32 am ET

Isn't it ironic how post after post i send to this blog is rejected while an ad hominem attack against Obama sails right under the radar. By the way folks. I know you would love to blame Hillary for this but it is the same old batch of swiftboaters running thier game.

Jeremy, Caldwell, ID   December 26th, 2007 2:48 am ET

for years I had considered myself democratic. I was in high school for the (Bill) Clinton years. The biggest problems back then where nothing compared to now. Then 2000 slipped away and so did 2004. So now I'm for either Hillary or Obama, right?

I think I was, but when my wife asked me, I said, "Probably Obama, but there's this other guy who has some interesting ideas" So she googled Ron Paul and we ended up watching the whole Ron Paul google interview [an hour long]

Seriously, anyone whose soul doesn't belong to the government should check it out. I'm not telling you how to vote, just that you should make informed choices.

Mark, Elizabethtown, Kentucky   December 26th, 2007 12:51 am ET

All polls on the major news networks indicating Huckabee is leading the pack of Republicans are deception and propaganda. Use the intelligent minds and hearts that God gave you. Don't believe everything you see and hear from the political analysts on the networks.

There are millions of people behind Ron Paul based on the number of meetup groups and number of donations to his campaign in a short period of time. Giuliani said on one of the YouTube videos that Ron Paul supporters are everywhere he goes. The media may fool you, but go to some of the big Ron Paul rallies in the big cities. Ron Paul is a very common name on college and university campuses. But don't just take my word for it.

Google every candidate and check them out on YouTube.

Darrel D Iowa   December 25th, 2007 10:03 pm ET

One thing for sure is that
Rudy won't make it.
Think he may have expired.
Independant from Iowa

Jill, Pittsburgh, PA   December 25th, 2007 9:55 pm ET

Why isn't Ron Paul's poll showings up there? I've seen internet polls with him among the top four...he's running...he should be accounted for as well.

Joe, New Jersy   December 25th, 2007 9:21 pm ET

I have been watching the coverage of the last three elections from CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. The latter being the most ridiculous of course...BUT.....In my simple and honest opinion, I feel that all of these programs fail to cover what really needs to be covered, goes on their own attack machine, and asks many stupid questions of the candidates. We often blame our politicians for their slimey ways, but I think the media is JUST as guilty. Why is it people like BUSH get elected. You combine an uneducated electorate with a twisted media, and you get 20 something years of Bushes and Clintons. Now I know this old news....but for ex. The haircut situation with Edwards? Why did you infect our airwaves with that kind of information, and why in the world is that relevant to anything? The guy is rich...he earned it. If he wants to spend 400 on a haircut so be it. I haven't decided who I am supporting...and the bottom line...YOU ALL HAVEN'T HELPED ONE BIT! Oh...and to Harry from New York....Get a clue please. All those things you mentioned about NY have nothing to do with Hillary Clinton. She's actually been a very effective "US" Senator. Your woes are rooted in your local and state politicians. You should go take a civics course or something. But because CNN polls keep saying she's not someone who people "like," people like you make ignorant statements that are based in no real sense of what the heck is really going on. Pundits have infected your brains!

jah, atlanta ga   December 25th, 2007 8:17 pm ET

Dr. Paul cured my apathy

fair tax,la.   December 25th, 2007 7:46 pm ET

without the fair tax we are doomed people wake up, dang! geaux huck

David Allen Linkenheimer, East Brady, Pa.   December 25th, 2007 6:31 pm ET

I have not voted since 1972 and that was for George McGovern.
This year I will register as a Republican and vote for the Honorable Ron Paul.
Personally I despise "democracy", it is akin to mob rule and in fact usually guarantees that the worst sort of people come to power.
With Dr. Paul running and considered the candidate of the "Insurgency" against the defacto communists and status quo; I will vote and otherwise support his campaign.
If you have a vested interest in keeping the official fraud we call government going; you have plenty of lack luster police state candidates to choose from.
Join the Revolution so that future generations of Americans will be free from the incorporated oppression that passes for government.
As for our so called "freedoms"... I whould like to point out that you are free to do nothing without a license or a permit.
License & Privilege is as un-American as King Gerrge III.
WE NEED ANOTHER REVOLUTION...
VOTE FOR RON PAUL.

Derek, Honolulu, HI   December 25th, 2007 6:21 pm ET

I can't wait for Ron Paul to own at least 2 of those "top tier" Republicans and put the media in their place.

Fred Washignton   December 25th, 2007 5:45 pm ET

I can't wait until allis said and Done and in January 2009 we inargurate Madame President!

Amy   December 25th, 2007 5:37 pm ET

And upper middle-class at that

Steve, Portland, OR   December 25th, 2007 2:42 pm ET

I wouldn't count your Hillary's until their hatched. She is neither trusted nor liked by almost half the voters in this country. Still people keep alive the assumption she will be the next president. If elected she will polarize out country just like we currently have, just a Democratic version of business as usual. I'd say a vote for Hillary in the primaries may well end up being a vote for a new Republican president.

Ajay Jain   December 25th, 2007 2:36 pm ET

Huckabee like Obama has started running on JUDGMENT. They are both EMPTY heads with a lot of words relating to UNITY, HEART, INSPIRATION, CHANGE, CHANGE, "CHANGE you can believe in" while Hillary has a record of voting she RUNS on.

Obama can be absent on the crucial 'IRAN vote', say he is sorry for missing it in the debate, but come back to attack Hillary for taking a stand.
While he as a State Senator he used to be "PRESENT not VOTING" in sessions with important bills because he knows he does NOT have the GUTS to defend his so called "judgment". So does not make the so called "judgment" at all.

Folks Hillary is your candidate because she has the record of taking stands and defending them!! Obama will keep seeking advice from ex-Bill Clinton advisers that he has hired for this election.

Go Hillary44 08! http://hillaryis44.org/

JR, Houston TX   December 25th, 2007 2:11 pm ET

I noticed that Ron Paul wasn't an option in the Republican polls. Latest "real" data would put him ahead of Thompson anywhere but he wasn't displayed on any lists. Interesting polling. I think you experts are going to look like idiots because you either intentionally skew the polls or you're so lazy that you aren't even asking the pollsters the right questions. No matter, in the coming weeks you'll be sitting in front of a camera saying "who saw this coming?"... and hoping the American public won't notice that you are nothing but of morons.

Lloyd DeMoss, Arcadia, Iowa   December 25th, 2007 1:57 pm ET

Same old media hype. Where is chicken little when we need him. The news will soon be non-news and reality will take on its own look. We have constantly been mislead and will soon know the truth. The truth as I see it would be Hillary is a HUGE mistake and Obama is not far behind. In a poll of most electable, why do the medias' favorites lag so far behind????

JJ - Monterey, CA PEACE ON EARTH   December 25th, 2007 1:28 pm ET

Another disgruntled GOP? ;) Harry, NY NY: December 25, 2007 12:34pm

It would be such a kick to elect Hillary just to see all the Hillary&Bill haters' heads explode come November 4, 2008 ROFLOL

THEN they would know the "mis-fortune" that the rest of us have been having to live under for the past 8 years...

psst Harry maybe you haven't been paying that much attention to anything outside of the state of NY – but guess what "The cost of living goes up! The benefits of living.. go down! And the jobs go overseas! = What a great UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!" WE ALL LIVE IN...

Shawn Winnipeg MB   December 25th, 2007 1:21 pm ET

where is frigging Ron Paul . What a sham election

Pope   December 25th, 2007 1:19 pm ET

Love Obama, He gives us so much hope in the future of Our Great Nation.

LIKE EVERY OTHER RARE TALENT, MANY EXIST THAT WANTS TO SHOOT HIM DOWN. JFK was
shoot, so was MLK, even Reagan.

I'm not suprised to see so many trying to shoot down this rare talent with their
hateful, unthoughtful and fanatical spews/slime.

They invoke, his kindergarten essays, admitted youthful indiscretions, attack
his faith, whats next? His race?

John, NC   December 25th, 2007 12:46 pm ET

Anybody but Hillary.

Anonymous   December 25th, 2007 12:43 pm ET

OBAMA is an acronym for Overly Bothersome Aggressive Money Appetite.

Harry, NY NY   December 25th, 2007 12:34 pm ET

Whatever slime is said about Obama, Bill and Hillary have already experienced as a reality. So if you believe that Obama slime and you vote for Hillary, you are deluding yourself.

And I have the mis-fortune of having her as my state Senator!

The cost of living goes up! The benefits of living in NY go down! And the jobs go overseas! What a great state!

ED winter park FL   December 25th, 2007 12:30 pm ET

do not know who you poll but the last election convinced the public that polls mean nothing. You ask questions that give you the answer [you want] not legitimate simple honest answers or ,beliefs or positions. I am a very active person and outside of YOUR OPINIONS of POLLS there is no talk about any person about the election in the public here in orlando Florida

J, Ca   December 25th, 2007 12:08 pm ET

I am very disapointed with the way CNN ticker is trying to hide the major news of new Iowa poll that gives Hillary a commanding lead.Instead of giving it the proper front place you are trying to hide it by posting two old posts (that were already posted at the time of Iowa-poll posting came) related to Guiliani and this North or South poll nonsense

Jim, Huntington, N.Y.   December 25th, 2007 11:36 am ET

Neat trick – you know Ron Paul will win the poll so you just keep his name off it.

James, Alexandria VA   December 25th, 2007 11:36 am ET

Its strange, I havent come across 1 person who supports or intends to vote for Guliani...... strange indeed.

Ron Paul will show the MSM that they cannot pick and choose who wins elections anymore.

Jim, Chicago   December 25th, 2007 11:36 am ET

Those who smear their their opponents have a lust for POWER and are lousy at governing.

Carol, New York, New York   December 25th, 2007 11:27 am ET

Ok, CNN. You can get away with only covering Hillary, and call her the "front runner" when she actually is. But currently Obama (and to a lesser extent edwards) are just as much "front runners" as she is. Yet you still only cover her?

Please act more responsibly, you dont want to get on the naughty list yourself?

Robyn, San Diego   December 25th, 2007 10:53 am ET

100,000 people in Iowa should not have so much influence in nominating a presidential candidate. I hope that President (H.) Clinton will lead the movement to reform our election system, creating a national primary day and overhauling the electoral college.

Hillary Clinton will be the Dem. nominee and she will be the next President of the United States. Even if she loses Iowa or South Carolina. Why? Two main reasons: 1) America will not elect a Republican president after 8 years of having an idiot lead us into economic disaster and a runaway war based on lies in which thousands of American and Iraqi lives have been lost, and 2) Hillary Clinton is a competent and intelligent leader who has demonstrated in the Senate that she's effective at forging bi-partisan cooperation.

Do Americans care whether Hillary is warm and fuzzy? No. Americans are smart enough to understand the difference between electing a best friend and electing a president. But if you want evidence of her “human” side, see http://www.thehillaryiknow.com.

Hillary Clinton is the only viable candidate in 2008. Let's move on to healing the country's problems.

Ernie, North Truro, MA   December 25th, 2007 9:33 am ET

Here it comes! The last-minute slime against Obama starts! These desperation tactics were anticipated and should be seen for what they are.

MS Johnson City TN   December 25th, 2007 9:22 am ET

One thing these polls tell is that they are farthest from the truth. These polls don't say who the pollsters poll and what questions they ask. On some questions, Ron Paul is not even an option The most important pollster is the wallet and it is screaming that Ron Paul is not only the next Republican nominee but also the next U.S. President!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPCWGtIupE

In a 3-way race (Mike Huckabee, Fred Thompson, Ron Paul, – others are non-entity over here), he is ahead in the 1st District.

Drew Lewis NH   December 25th, 2007 8:25 am ET

Joe Novak, a veteran Chicago political operative and former Chief of Staff of a Democratic Congressman. Novak put together a high quality video and posted it on his website http://www.obamatruth.org and the video download site of http://www.youtube.com.
After viewing the video, some will think OBAMA is an acronym for Overly Bothersome Aggressive Money Appetite. The video includes information on
" How the Senator’s wife received an unusual and extremely generous salary increase from a hospital that seeks to protect its not-for-profit status, shortly after her husband was sworn in as a U.S. Senator.
" How the abuses of the not-for-profit hospital where Michelle Obama works directly contradict the Senator’s oft stated promise of making health care more affordable.
" How by working with a political fixer who at the time was the public target of a U.S. Justice Department investigation (the political fixer was later indicted), Senator Obama was able to save money when buying his new mansion.
" How Senator Obama, who had addressed a union group that is outspoken in their opposition to Wal-Mart (especially the compensation of the CEO of Wal-Mart), failed to tell the group about the compensation of the CEO of the company where his wife sits as a member of the Board of Directors-an amount more than double the compensation for the Wal-Mart executive, for a company whose revenues are 400 times less.
" How the company his wife sits on the board of directors closed a plant staffed mainly by low-paid Hispanics in Colorado.
The bias media won’t tell you so visit the website http://www.obamatruth.org where more information on these and other issues concerning Obama’s lust for wealth can be found, including interviews with people affected by the plant closing in Colorado.

Walt, Belton, TX   December 25th, 2007 8:03 am ET

Scratch the top three and now we can start dealing with good honest men!

Beth & Jeff Chicago, IL - HILLARY IN 2008   December 25th, 2007 7:12 am ET

:) We choose to support Hillary '08

huck,la.   December 24th, 2007 7:08 pm ET

go huck and the fair tax.

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