Wake Up, Dems!

everywhere i go, i hear the same thing. "she's not electable." "i'm just afraid she can't win." and these are bright people. politically aware people. why then, i have to ask, do they think hillary clinton can't win in 2008?

look at the numbers, people!

the results of the latest cnn/opinion research corporation poll out this week show that clinton is viewed as the most electable candidate AND the one most likely to bring about change to the country. from cnn:

Asked which of the candidates in the race has the best experience to be president, Clinton was the choice of 59 percent, compared to 11 percent for former Sen. John Edwards and just 9 percent for Sen. Barack Obama, who is now running second to Clinton in national polls. The poll's sampling error was plus or minus 5 percentage points.

not convinced? what about this?

When asked to pick the strongest leader, Clinton again scored far ahead of her rivals, at 47 percent, compared with 22 percent for Obama and 13 percent for Edwards. She also came out on top when voters were asked who is most qualified to be commander-in-chief, with 46 percent saying Clinton, 15 percent Obama and 13 percent Edwards.

and in response to the all important "change" question: 40% think hillary is the candidate most likely to bring about change, compared with 27% and 15% for obama and edwards, respectively.

oh - and for my friends who think barack is more of a "straight shooter" than my girl. the same cnn poll finds 28% of people said hillary is the most honest candidate with 24% for barack and 19% for john.

from the latest harris interactive poll of 1,113 democrats surveyed, when asked for whom would they vote:

43% clinton
27% obama
12% edwards

nationally, cnn is reporting that an average taken from five national polls shows clinton tops guiliani 46% to 44%. a new quinnipaic poll shows hill beating punch n' rudy 46% to 43%.

so, seriously! why the doubt?

peter boyer of the new yorker made a fascinating observation to chris matthews yesterday. "i think it's interesting, in a way," mr. boyer said, "mrs. clinton has gone further down the road of convincing people that she might be an effective commander-in-chief than she has in convincing democrats that she can win. and that is a real problem." he went on to say that hill is her own wedge issue.

so again, i have to ask: why are dems so down on her? if these national polls show us anything - it's how electable hillary has become and how people see her as strong and effective. just looking at the cnn poll: hillary tops obama and edwards COMBINED when viewed as a strong leader. 59% of people said she is the most experience. 59 percent! again - obama and edwards garner 20% COMBINED! hillary beats rudy in most if not all national polls.

obama simply cannot compete with the experience question. and as donna brazille said on this week, the edwards' campaign has stalled. there have been more headlines about his wife elizabeth over the past 30 days than him. last night on hardball, there was a long report on elizabeth edwards by d. shuster. john was merely a blip.

it's time to wake up and smell the proverbial coffee, democrats! (see how you use the term "proverbial," kyra phillips?) hillary is electable. she can run as the agent of change WITH the best record of experience. she can beat the GOP.

for fuck's sake..... how many more polls do you need?

and for the love of vishnu...stop giving me the bullshit about "i really like hillary but i don't think she can win." love her. vote for her. she will win.

i say unite, brothers (and sisters)! unite! hillary 2008.

e.