...she reaps. That is, perhaps we see today one big piece of evidence of what Hillary Clinton is gaining from her campaign against Barack Obama:
"The increasingly charged Democratic race for the White House appears to be hurting Hillary Clinton significantly more than Barack Obama, a just-released poll suggests. According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the New York senator's personal approval rating has dropped markedly, and those that hold a negative view of her have reached 48 percent — the highest in that poll since March 2001. Just 37 percent now have a positive view of Clinton — down from 45 percent two weeks ago."
It's going to be awfully hard for Senator Clinton to convince superdelegates that she's the "electable" one, isn't it? And there's also this:
"...despite fears by some of Obama's backers that the Wright controversy would take a toll on the Illinois senator and his presidential hopes, the new poll shows his approval rating has remained virtually unchanged at 49 percent. Only 32 percent of Americans give him a negative approval rating."
Again--conservatives who think we can hang our hat on the Jeremiah Wright controversy, and who believe that will be enough to derail the Obama express, need to think again--both because of the above pragmatic reason (it's not likely to work), and for principled reasons.
