Newsweek: Hillary Maintains Strong Lead In Post-Debate Poll (Hillary 44%, Obama 24%, Edwards 12%)

[Herman Munster]

http://www.newsweek.com/id/67789/output/print

On Tuesday, at the eighth presidential debate among Democrats, front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton came under withering fire from her top rivals, Sen. Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards. But the attacks didn't appear to do much damage, with her lead for the party's nomination unchanged, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. Almost exactly a year before election day, Clinton is also the favorite to win the White House--if only by a very small margin.

The New York senator gets 44 percent of the overall Democratic vote, compared to 24 percent for Obama (down a point since NEWSWEEK's August poll) and 12 percent for Edwards (down two points). She is the first choice of 45 percent of self-identified Democrats (compared with 39 percent of Democratic "leaners"). She also trounces Obama among Democratic female voters (48 to 19 percent) and enjoys a marginal lead among male Democratic voters (38 to 32 percent). Obama runs better among younger Democratic voters and minorities.

[Bullet1987]

1. Show me Iowa and New Hampshire in the post debate polls

and not some BS national poll.

[denem]

2. JE gets no rewards for being attack dog central

If he was to showcase the arguments he would take to the Republicans he would be a more credible candidate.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. The debate was a "triumph" for Edwards - and he's still 12%?

If Clinton hadn't given one difficult answer to set-up question on a difficult issue, how low would Edwards now be at? Single digits? A negative number?

[MellowOne]

4. polls are bogus

Even Al Gore stated in his book, "Earth in Balance" that the polls are bogus to boost the candidate. The system is corrupt like Edwards said. The Republicans want Hillary to further their agenda. She has always voted for war, even recently on the Iran issue. The Republicans have called Hillary the frontrunner even before the campaigning was underway.

Please people, lets not fall for this again and again!

[durrrty libby]

5. I am shocked that tinfoil can cut off circulation

[Quixote1818]

6. No one watched that debate. Give me a break. nt