November 09, 2007

Hillary Slipping?

It could be that her "licenses for illegals" gaffe may cost her significantly in some states.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-commanding lead in New Hampshire has been slashed - a sign that the simmering driver's-license controversy may have bled into the critical first-primary state, a new poll shows.

Clinton leads top Democratic rival Barack Obama by only 10 percentage points - 34 to 24 - in the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, her smallest edge of the season. John Edwards comes in third, at 15 percent.

A month ago, Clinton had a 23-point lead in the same survey.

Last week, before Clinton stumbled in a Democratic presidential debate over Gov. Spitzer's plan to let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses, she led by 16 percent.

The survey also revealed that 66 percent of Democrats are against letting illegal immigrants get driver's licenses, with only 19 percent supporting the idea, an indication that Clinton's positive - but severely hedged - stance won't sell well in the Granite State.

And by the way -- her Iowa lead is down to 3 points.

The only problem is that there seems to be only a single Democrat in the race who is right on illegal immigration -- and even Chris Dodd strays far too far into the amnesty camp to be acceptable to the average American on the issue. It seems that it would be impossible for the rest of the Democrats to attack Hillary without it being noticed that they are all pro-amnesty, which would hurt them with middle America.

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1 This will all blow over. I fail to see how changing your position on an issue during a debate somehow shows a character flaw. In fact, it just shows she's flexible and can handle tough questions.

Posted by: Vote For Hillary Online at Fri Nov 9 01:16:32 2007 (KKD7h)

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