Poll: Hillary Clinton's favorable rating slips at home

[RiverStone]

Source: International Herald Tribune

ALBANY, New York: Front-running Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's favorable rating is slipping in the state she represents, and New York voters are not quite as sure they prefer her over Republican Rudy Giuliani, a statewide poll reported Monday.

The latest poll from Siena College's Research Institute had Clinton leading Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, 48 percent to 43 percent, down from the 51 percent to 39 percent lead she enjoyed in a March poll by the research institute.

Clinton's favorable rating among New York voters was at 50 percent in the latest poll, down from 56 percent last month.

"The fall in her rating has been dramatic since January, when she had a 60 percent to 33 percent favorability rating," said Steven Greenberg, a spokesman for the Siena poll.



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[patrice]

1. Nothing will make the Left stronger like HC's nomination will.

It will make millions who are only flirting with the Left much more solid.

A little bit of me almost wants the Democrats to nominate her, because that will make things much clearer and simpler for me.

[w4rma]

4. I think you mean weaker. (nt)

[patrice]

7. It would appear, then, that you are "old paradigm" and don't

really credit what is actually happening in the "Grassroots".

Apparently, to some people, it's all still just a "horse race", too bad for JE, he deserves better than that.

[soleft]

2. It slipped with me when I saw her doing a Southern Twang

at a Sharpton event.

What the hell is up with that? She did the same thing in Selma. It freaks me the frak out.

[AndyA]

3. Hillary does seem to have many different faces.

And you never know which one she's going to wear. I would really like for her to choose one, and stick with it, right or wrong, popular or unpopular, just stick with it.

If she gets the nomination, she's got my vote, but we're still pretty far out.

[Laughing Mirror]

5. LOL!

I'd love to have heard that. Do you think all that time in Arkansas programmed the southern twang into the candidate's circuity, which lights up and flashes when it thinks it's found a match?

When she first ran for Senate in 2000 I heard her speak at a gay event in New York. The candidate that promised me everything and wanted my vote ran through the typically crowd pleasing gay lifestyle stereotypes, effortlessly working style, fashion and wit into the speech, naturally. Very skillful the way she played to the mostly male white gay crowd. "Voting ought to be fun" was one of her themes. Like it was not a serious decision to make, but a gay thing to go out and vote ... for her of course.

I wonder what the war candidate's voice would sound like, say, at a Hip-Hop summit conference? There might be a whole panoply of comedic accents we don't even know about yet in her repertoire.

[soleft]

6. if I wasn't scared before.....

you've planted a seriously horrifying picture in my head.