I think it is interesting that a poll which may favor Republicans shows Obama performing better - makes since given his corss-over appeal.

Weird.  McCain beats both Edwards and HRC but Obama kicks his ass?  Both Edwards and Obama kick Romney's ass but HRC loses to him?  I don't know that I can make any sense of all that.

I kinda wish Edwards or Obama would co Kamikaze against Hillary, the way Gephardt did against Dean. That way, while bot candidates poll numbers would decline, either Obama or Edwards would end up the winner. I think Edwards would in a better position to do this, since he's already courted the left so much.

Or something.  God I hope Hillary Loses.

they like Obama more than Hillary but view Hillary as more electable than Obama ,all that needs to happen to turn those mistaken Hillary backers around(most of them anyways is simply show them polls that half of americans view Hillary as untrustworthy, unlikeable and that most general election matchups show her the worst possable nominee, right now many dem voters see her far differently than indies and other swing voters on both parties fringes, that said the fact that Hillary leads among dem voters on electability shows they are simply not informed or don't quite understand why she's such a rsdio-active candidate, I read an article today about how some dem leaders are becoming concerned about her numbers, well welcome to the party, better know than never.

Included are 1,056 registered voters, 449 Democratic Primary voters and 408 Republican Primary voters.

if you can. Your candidate is awful in the general.

And don't just reply that Democrats like her. I know they do. That is not the issue. The issue is that Hillary Clinton a worthless choice for the general election.

When are we going to change the debate from "Can Clinton win the general election?" to "Should Clinton be president?" I believe any Dem who wins the primary will win but I don't believe either Clinton or Obama are the leader we need coming off the worst leader in world history. We have a perfect storm of Global warming possibly peak oil and a right wing started religious war. Not to mention health care poverty and corruption. We need a LEADER not an "Ill wait for the polls then take a safe political position", kind of President. Can Clinton win OF COURSE, Should she win NO!

Real Clear Politics shows Edwards' Dem primary poll average having sunk from 17.8% in mid-April to 10.3% now.  None of the last six polls have had him over 12%, and two have had him in single digits.

His supporters like to talk about his strength in the early primary states, but really that just means Iowa; he's consistently running third in NH, NV, SC, and FL.

Meanwhile, Gore is moving up; he's been polling better in the past two weeks than he has all year.  If Edwards doesn't do something to reverse his slide soon, I'm going to rejoin the ranks of those imploring Gore to jump into the race.

The worst possible thing we could have electorally is a candidate that is perceived as conservative by the base, and either detestable or too liberal by the general electorate.  You need to draw to an inside straight to win the Electoral College, and down-ticket candidates are hurt.

That, my friends, is Hillary Clinton.

Or, you could have a candidate that actually is significantly left of center, but who strikes the general electorate as reasonable and likeable.  To me, this seems like the way to transform the country and govern with a true progressive mandate.  Down-ticket candidates are, at minimum, not hurt by the Presidential candidate, and in many cases helped.

That, my friends, is Barack Obama.  Even if he doesn't pound the table as much as you would like.

I was really surprised by this poll.  You guys seem pretty up on your polling results.  Do most of the national polls have Obama polling this strong?  

If other polls start to show Edwards is in single digits his campaign may not be able to keep any momentum going in Iowa.