Talk about the potential for a real partisan realignment – Don Surber notes this post from Washington Times political reporter Christina Bellantoni.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that 29 percent of Democrats would support Sen. Hillary Clinton running as an independent in the fall:

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democratic voters nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House. That's up slightly from 34% in late April, 32% earlier in April and 22% in late March.

p>However, if Clinton does not win the Democratic Party nomination, 29% of Democrats say she should run an Independent campaign for the White House. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Democrats disagree. Clinton supporters are evenly divided on the question.

Surber takes it a bit further with the following analysis.

The main reason she took West Virginia by 41 points is that it is the oldest state in the nation (average age 38.9). You toss in Florida (38.7) and Pennsylvania (3 , add her home states of Arkansas and New York, and she starts with 90 Electoral College votes.

She beat Obama by 8 in California, by 9 in Ohio, and by 10 in New Jersey. ThatÂ’s another 90 Electoral College votes.

Clinton would be trouble for McCain in Texas, especially if the Bushes continue to cold-shoulder McCain. That could bring her up to 214.

Without Texas and Florida, McCain is dead.

Without California, Obama is dead.

And with 214 Electoral College votes at the starting gate, an independent run by Clinton is viable.

Running mate? Joe Lieberman.

Let’s be honest – this is a formidable ticket if it were to happen. Given her growth on the campaign trail, some of us on the Right have come to appreciate – if not agree with – Hillary Clinton. And the addition of Joe Lieberman to such a ticket would mollify a great many folks in the Center and on the Right. That could create a situation where we would have a WINNING independent candidate – and a true realignment of America’s politics.

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