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Clinton Pollster Argues Buyers Remorse Setting In
March 19, 2008 3:26 PM
ABC News' Kate Snow Reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton’s top pollster says voters are starting to get a case of “buyer’s remorse” when it comes to choosing a presidential candidate.
Selectively citing some flattering new polling figures, top Clinton adviser Mark Penn claimed Sen. Barack Obama’s national lead among Democrats is “evaporating”.
“Perhaps a significant case of buyer’s remorse is setting in as people begin to go through the process of vetting and testing Senator Obama,” Penn told reporters on a conference call Wednesday.
Actually, a review of recent polls shows a more complicated picture than Penn describes.
A new national Gallup tracking poll released today -- and quoted by Penn -- does show Clinton with a statistically significant lead over Obama for the first time in more than a month, 49 to 42 percent.
But just two days ago, a separate Gallup/USA Today poll had Obama up over Clinton by the same margin, 49 to 42 percent for Obama. On that same day, a CNN poll showed found Obama leading Clinton 52-45.
In the Gallup poll released today, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain leads Obama, 47 to 43 percent. But he also edges out Clinton with 48 percent to her 45 percent.
Penn was asked if he thought recent stories about Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, were contributing to voter sentiment about Obama.
“I don’t think you can pick out any single issue here,” he said but then listed several recent negative stories about Obama, including a meeting between an Obama adviser and Canadian diplomats about NAFTA; the resignation of former Obama aide Samantha Power; and the ongoing Rezko trial.
“Just a month ago the Obama campaign was touting numbers of their candidate doing better against John McCain,” Penn said. “Several new polls show Hillary Clinton leading McCain,” he claimed and then cited various state polls.
On the conference call, the Clinton campaign also took credit for the release of some eleven thousand pages of schedules from the time the senator was first lady.
While they were emphatic that the National Archives was in charge of releasing those documents, aides were eager to say it was evidence of the campaign’s transparency.
“We have 11-thousand documents in the public record as of today,” said campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson. “Senator Clinton, as many of you know, has been the subject of some sixty books. She is, in many respects, an open book.”
Senator Obama, on the other hand, charged Wolfson, has not been as open.
Wolfson called on Obama to release any records or letters pertaining to his time as a member of the Illinois legislature.
“There’s much Senator Obama can do on disclosure if he chooses to make this an issue,” said Wolfson.
March 19, 2008 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (90)
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Dogsoldier,
Again, its about the issues. A major issue is judgement. I think OBAMA has shown major POOR JUDGEMENT by placing WRIGHT on his campaign, for the past year, and did not remove him until there was a public outcry a year later. The fact that it took a year showed that that OBAMA was on a honeymoon, and Wolfson is right, BUYER's REMORSE is setting in. OBAMA is not of Presidential caliber to be Commander-in-Chief or to help out with the economy, based on his JUDGEMENTAL record.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 4:40:57 PM
If Senator Clinton does not win the the Democratic nomination, I will not vote, I will never vote for Senator Obama, nor McCain ever, Obama is not the person he represents, and since I live in the State of Florida, if the election counted, Senator Clinton would be leading.
It is truly un-American that a republican Governor and majority republican house moved up the primary election. Senator Obama will never win against McCain.
Posted by: sandra | Mar 19, 2008 4:46:13 PM
Dogsoldier,
You got a good point about OBAMA's grandmother. What's up with that. He like totally put Reverend Wright on his campaign, I'm wondering to the tune of what kind of funding out of the big $55 million dollar war chest, and he places his little grandma in the same category as Wright, and then totally embarasses her publicly for past stupid comments. I'm curious if this information was in the public domain from his books. I had not heard it before. Takes all kinds.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 4:52:31 PM
obamathink -
people found out about my spiritual adviser's hate speech.
i need white guilt voters.
i'll give a speech and blame white people for the hate speech.
i'll get their votes back.
Posted by: so saddened | Mar 19, 2008 4:53:42 PM
Here he goes again. Excellent speech and no action. He's lying about the Wright's speech. In 20 years he has no idea about what was going on in the church that he claims had taught him everything ? Why did Obama disinvite Reverend Wright to his campaign inauguration ? He clearly knew about Reverend Wright. Now he claims that his assocation with Rezko is more than just a campaign contribution...Hoping to hear about more skeletons in his closet. If he is all about good judgement, then he should drop out now.
Posted by: ML | Mar 19, 2008 4:55:21 PM
Give me a break, Obama still leads in other polls and these polls mean absolutely nothing right now going up and down with each passing day. They wish 'buyer's remorse'. If there's any 'buyer's remorse' to be had it is buyer's remorse of Hillary Clinton. OBAMA '08!!
Posted by: RuthieM | Mar 19, 2008 4:56:24 PM
Sandra,
I feel your pain. If the Democratic party does not count my vote then the Democratic party cannot count on me. If I lived in Florida or Michigan I would be totally p'o-d. I'm glad to hear that you are not going to vote for MCCAIN. Yes, the Republican Party is really to blame in Florida, but the DNC needs to rise above it.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 4:57:44 PM
It's obvious from the emotionally driven personal attacks here and on other blogs that the Obama supporters are feeling desperate and the Republicans are fueling the fires. After the revelations of the past few weeks, there is no way that Obama will win in a general election. His credibility is shot with anyone who wasn't solidly and fanatically in his camp already. It's too bad that much of the information concerning his associations didn't come out earlier in the primary. I blame the fawning media and the DNC for creating an election fiasco through poor planning and disenfranchisement.
Posted by: mhhunt | Mar 19, 2008 4:59:04 PM
WCM-The thing about Obama's grandmother who he says loved him more than anything else, and but the time I woke up after night shift today I found myself really mad that Obama would do something like that. That's what lasted from Obama's speech yesterday. Even if his grandmother said things he had no business to throw her to the wolves with no way to defend herself. That's not right. You just don't do something like that and not be called to the carpet over this. Unfortunately, this is what sticks in mind one day after Obama's speech.
Posted by: Dogsoldier | Mar 19, 2008 4:59:15 PM
RuthieM,
I believe MattOhio is just giving you some data. You can dismiss it all you want but it is what it is. There is clear movement away from Obama, it is a slow drip kind of movement, but we are seeing classic erosion of standing. You don't have to call it BUYER's REMORSE, call it whatever you like. A pattern is a pattern.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 5:00:50 PM
You viral Hillary supporters are something else. No wonder she has been running out of money. Put too many of you guys on her payroll. I need a fiscal conservative who knows how to spend in a responsible manner. Hillary spends without thinking. I think we have had quite enough of this kind of behavior over the last 7 or so years.
Posted by: EastInlandMessengerEast | Mar 19, 2008 5:02:11 PM
Dogsoldier,
I hear you dude. It was a tasteless thing for OBAMA to do to his own grandmother. I've seen an article on his grandmother, where he spoke about her dearly, and did not throw her under the bus. Apparently, he's willing to use his own grandmother for political expediency if he feels desperate enough. Hadn't thought much about that before, good call on your part.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 5:03:35 PM
nope, not desperate here. If he doesn't get the nomination, oh well.
I know hellary will not get MY vote.
Talk about liars....she's the queen.
Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 19, 2008 5:05:03 PM
LA in Indiana,
Do you have even one single example of a Hillary falsehood? What is your source?
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 5:07:12 PM
Based on the polls about voters in each state, and the huge differences between caucus and primary in WA and TX, it is Obama who is trying to steal the nomination.
Posted by: TheSilentMajority | Mar 19, 2008 5:08:53 PM
East,
Can't be bought. I suppose your mind races to such suspicions because the Hillary supporters are using reason and logic instead of insult and ridicule to deal with issues. I suppose that might be somewhat of a compliment for you having recognized a more professional level of communications.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 5:11:41 PM
Jackt51-Polls? I can find any poll to say anything I wish it to say, so I have no respect for polls. Polls do not vote people do. I think all polls should be banished for the good of everyone.
Posted by: Dogsoldier | Mar 19, 2008 5:12:18 PM
Obamadefector,
What? Didn't these states break the rules of your party? Are you going to change them now to suit your own personal gain? Rules are rules. You dems made them up, now deal with them. If you change them in the middle of the game, then there will always be people that want to change the rules in subsequent elections.
Posted by: antenian | Mar 19, 2008 5:12:46 PM
Based on the polls about voters in each state, and the huge differences between caucus and primary in WA and TX, it is Obama who is trying to steal the nomination.
Posted by: TheSilentMajority | Mar 19, 2008 5:14:13 PM
East,
You missed the point about Obama's grandmother. I am not speaking negatively about the lady. OBAMA himself did that. I'm saying that was politically wrong to have done so.
Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Mar 19, 2008 5:14:27 PM
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