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In reply to the discussion: Poll puts Sanders on presidential race radar [View all]AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)HRC was actually kicking the shit out of the field through 2007 leaping ahead by 53% in a WaPo-ABC poll in 10/07, and that's with several other candidates running. Now, her polling is above 50% but that's with no real and actual contenders, so far.
The point here is that she had every conceivable advantage in 2008. It was hers to lose, and boy did she, with embarrassing drama and zero grace.
She is not inevitable.
March 1997: "Dems Favor Hillary Clinton for 2008": http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/14/democrats.poll/
December 2007: "Clinton Maintains Large Lead over Obama Nationally at 45%":
http://www.gallup.com/poll/103351/clinton-maintains-large-lead-over-obama-nationally.aspx
October 2007: Quoting a WaPo-ABC poll
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/10/03/hillary-clinton-leaps-ahead-in-latest-democratic-poll/