Poll Watch: Rasmussen (R) 2016 Democratic Nomination Survey

[Tom Rinaldo]

11. Compare Sanders with O'Malley in this poll - Not good news for Clinton

O'Malley provides a pretty good baseline for how well a competent plausible candidate, with a relatively low national voter familiarity profile who the media does not give extensive coverage to, tends to fare in the Summer of the year preceding a Presidential election. That's particularly true when there is a Mega high profile candidate like Hillary, in the race sucking up oxygen.

That Sanders is polling this well nationally at this stage under these circumstances is damn impressive.