Clinton leads Democrats in Nevada; Republican field split

[Herman Munster]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/may/06/050610711.html

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton has a large lead over other candidates to be Nevada Democrats' choice for presidential nominee, while the Republican field is practically a four-way tie, according to a poll published Sunday.

Clinton would get 37 percent of the vote if a Democratic caucus were held in Nevada today, holding a healthy lead over John Edwards (13 percent) and Barack Obama (12 percent), according to the poll by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.

John McCain held a slim lead on the Republican side with 19 percent. But Mitt Romney (15 percent), Fred Thompson (13 percent) and Rudy Giuliani (12 percent) were close behind.

"Hillary is the clear front runner on the Democratic side," said Brad Coker, managing partner of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc., which conducted the survey for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "The Republican race is just wide open. There's no clear favorite."

The poll, conducted Monday to Wednesday statewide, surveyed Republican and Democratic partisans who said they planned to participate in the 2008 presidential nominating caucuses. Three hundred voters were surveyed on each side. The poll carries a margin of error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.

[skipos]

1. Yet Hillary pretty consistently underperforms Edwards and Obama in the gen elec polls

That concerns me a lot.

http://mydd.com/story/2007/5/6/1368/33043

[David Dunham]

2. Obama is in third now in NV, IA, and NH and second in SC. Unimpressive

[Rock_Garden]

3. Go HIllary! n/t