Sunday, July 15, 2007

Rolling with the polls

Three very early polling numbers concerning the 2008 presidential election caught my eye.
1] On the Democratic side, Senator Hillary Clinton continues to lead in New Hampshire--but not by much. She leads Barack Obama only by 27%-23%. Not much of a lead; the Clinton campaign has tried so mightily to make Hillary seem as the "inevitable" winner. So far, it's not succeeding.
2] People say Rudy Giuliani can't win the GOP nomination, or that he's badly slipping. I dunno-here, an American Research Group poll has him, nationally, leading the field by 13 points. And
3] in state polls, in Pennsylvania Giuliani leads the Republican field by 26 points. He also leads in Ohio.

There's a long way to go, but 2008 shapes up as a very interesting year. Hillary is not inevitable. And Rudy can win.