Hillary Clinton Still Looks Like A Lock In 2016

[DonViejo]

At this point, a poll showing Hillary Clinton as the overwhelming favorite for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination is about as close as politics gets to a sure thing.

The latest findings from Quinnipiac University released on Thursday served as a reminder of that, with 65 percent of Democratic voters nationwide saying they would vote for the former secretary of state if the party’s presidential primary were being held today. Clinton lapped the other potential contenders included in the poll, claiming a more than 50-point advantage over the rest of the hypothetical Democratic field. Vice President Joe Biden registered only 13 percent support. Battling low name recognition, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley all failed to eclipse 5 percent support.

The gulf separating Clinton and the rest of the prospective crop of candidates is hardly unprecedented. A Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll on Tuesday showed 63 perent of Democrats nationwide identifying Clinton as their preferred choice for 2016, crushing both Biden and Cuomo.

Meanwhile, a survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling last week found Clinton in a commanding position in New Hampshire, a perennial general election battleground state and home to the nation’s first presidential primary. Clinton earned the support of 68 percent of Granite State Democrats — Biden was a distant second with 12 percent — while also easily topping both Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) among all New Hampshire voters in hypothetical 2016 match-ups.

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[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Not surprising at this point

But much could happen between now and then

[onehandle]

2. If she does not run, these analysts will have wasted a whole lot of time.

But, hey. They got their pay.

[antigop]

9. and who is paying for all of these polls? Follow the money....nt

[longship]

3. It's a horse race all the way to the finish line.

And there's only 3 1/2 years to go.

[Arctic Dave]

4. 65% of the Democratic Party doesn't win elections.

So basically she will win the gold of second place.

[winter is coming]

10. All it really means is that she's winning the "name recognition" poll of 2013. n/t

[LonePirate]

5. I hope she runs because she will sweep in a Dem majority in the House

She may even flip a couple of red states to blue. She will also be able to continue the work stared by Obama in 2009-2011 as nothing of substance will arrive from Congress until 2017.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Who cares! We should be much more concerned with 2014.

[Addison]

7. Amen.

If Hillary's so popular, let's see her go out and stump for Dems in '14

[Whisp]

16. Let's see if that happens. I think probably not.

Unless the Clinton mini-kingdom would personally benefit in some way.

[antigop]

8. ah, yes, the "inevitability" meme appears once again. Add "1" to the meme counter. nt

[frylock]

11. just like she was in 2008

[AtomicKitten]

12. Heard that one before.

Right from the horse's mouth circa Jan 2008:

[Beacool]

13. Post anything about a Clinton and it's catnip for the usual crowd.

Hillary has not stated that she's running. She probably won't say anything until after the midterm election in 2014. The media apparently wants to start the next presidential campaign more than 3 years before it will take place.

[Whisp]

17. I've heard this meme from a lot of Clinton's surrogate/stooges for a while now.

As guests on the media.

[Beacool]

18. As usual, you write without any thought to the truth.

These people are supporters of Hillary and wish that she would run. They are NOT her surrogates. As of now, she hasn't announced that she's running for anything.

[Whisp]

19. Call me a liar if you like

but no one can top the Tuzla lie - and Chelsea went along with it. Probably Bill's idea come up over a hot cup of cocoa around the family dinner table.

You would be quite naive to think the Clinton's don't have a full time staff for their bidding - people like that rodent Lanny Davis. You should google him and Honduras.

[davidpdx]

14. You know I've seen people put the completely blame for the inevitability meme

on the media. I wonder if some (not all) people on here that constantly post this stuff aren't partially responsible for pushing that same meme?

Something to think about....

[Whisp]

15. From the wayback machine:

On January 20, 2007, she announced that she was forming an exploratory committee and filed with the Federal Election Commission to seek the nomination of the Democratic Party. Subsequently she began fundraising and campaigning activities. For several months Clinton led opinion polls among Democratic candidates by substantial margins until Senator Barack Obama pulled close to or even with her. Clinton then regained her polling lead, winning many polls by double digits; by autumn 2007 she was leading all other Democratic candidates by wide margins in national polls.[4] She placed third in the Iowa caucus to Barack Obama and John Edwards,[5] and trailed considerably in polls shortly thereafter in New Hampshire before staging a comeback and finishing first in the primary there.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2008

deja vu all over again, the groundhog said.

[Sunlei]

20. I still would love to see Mrs Clinton take out one of the R state Govs or kick out an R in 2014.

Sooner rather than wait many years. Think this push for 2016 is a waste of precious time that would be best served getting rid of the lock Rs have on state and local gov.

The most local of levels where the corruption in some areas is totally unregulated. Could lead to the R loss of power, if the gerrymandering and the corruption were exposed.