A New Low

And, for once, we’re not talking about George W. Bush’s poll numbers.  These are for Hillary Clinton and I’m sure they’re causing some consternation in the Clinton camp…

Rasmussen: Clinton Drops To New Low In NH

A new Rasmussen Poll of New Hampshire voters out today (772 LVs, Nov. 5, MOE 4%,) shows Clinton dropping to a new low in the state and Obama rising to within just 10 points. Here again we see that as Clinton has dropped since late September, Obama appears to have benefited the most. This is the first early state poll to come out since [...]

Chris Bowers broadens the view and looks at what may be happening and what its impact might be.

Clinton’s Downturn: Careful What You Wish For

…In this case, what appears to be a Clinton drop in the polls was largely fueled by the same media machine that, most of the time, happily reinforces Republican narratives as conventional wisdom. The lesson here, I think, is to remember that the corporate, established media is still very good at creating national convention wisdom as they see fit. While in this case that conventional wisdom might make many people in the netroots happy, most of the time it won’t. It is still a powerful [...]