http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
In some head-to-head match ups, McCain leads Clinton by four points (47 to 43 percent) and Obama by five points (43 percent to 38 percent). But — in an interesting twist — the Arizona senator trails Edwards by two points (43 percent to 41 percent).
H A R T / M C I N T U R F F
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey
Study #6069
December 8-11, 2006
Interviews: 1,006 adults
Dates: December 8-11, 2006
If the next election for president were held today, and John McCain was the Republican candidate and John
Edwards was the Democratic candidate, for whom would you vote? ** +
John McCain ..................................... 41 [238]
John Edwards ................................... 43
Depends (VOL) ............................... 2
Neither/other (VOL) ........................ 7
Not sure .......................................... 7
Unfortunately the bad news is that democratic primary voters, nationally, are picking Hillary, which IMHO is not good for November 2008.
THIS TABLE HAS BEEN RANKED BY THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
Hillary Clinton ............................................ 37 [223-224]
Barack Obama .......................................... 18
John Edwards ........................................... 14
John Kerry ................................................. 11
Joe Biden .................................................. 4
Evan Bayh ................................................. 3
Bill Richardson .......................................... 2
Tom Vilsack .............................................. -
Other (VOL)............................................. 3
None (VOL) ............................................. 3
Not sure .................................................. 5
THIS TABLE HAS BEEN RANKED BY THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE
Rudy Giuliani ................................................ 34 [227-228]
John McCain ................................................. 29
Newt Gingrich ............................................... 10
Mitt Romney .................................................. 8
Sam Brownback ............................................ 2
Mike Huckabee ............................................. 2
George Pataki ............................................... 1
Tommy Thompson ........................................ 1
Other (VOL) ................................................ 2
None (VOL) ................................................. 3
Not sure ...................................................... 8
Hopefully, this article is accurate..
http://www.qctimes.com/...
Poll: Iowa party likes Edwards
By Ed Tibbetts | Thursday, December 14, 2006
Edwards, who has traveled to the state several times since the 2004 campaign when he was the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee, won the support of 36 percent of those polled.
Clinton, who recently has made inquiries to political figures in the state, had 16 percent, while Obama came in at 13 percent.
Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack finished fourth at 9 percent...
Obama’s third-place finish in this new poll is notable because it was conducted Oct. 12-19, a few days before he said he would seriously consider a presidential bid.
Update with Hat Tip to MeanBoneII: a GOP web site http://race42008.com/
has caught onto the challenge McCain would face from Edwards.
"The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll on the 2008 presidential race seems to highlight just how apparently weak a John McCain candidacy would be in the general election.
A month ago, SurveyUSA’s 50-state electoral polling surprised us all by showing John McCain defeating John Edwards by a margin of only 272 to 266 electoral votes, which is only one electoral vote more than the margin that Bush won in 2000. To illustrate just how fragile McCain’s lead over Edwards is in this polling, take Minnesota for instance. In SurveyUSA’s poll, McCain wins Minnesota and its 10 electoral votes by a margin of only 45% to 44%. Should anything go wrong in Minnesota, with a few thousand swingvotes going the opposite way, Edwards would win the state and thus the Presidency by 276 to 262 electoral votes...
Were it not for this and other polls that show John McCain bleeding his “moderate/independent” support by the buckets full in the wake of his attempts at repositioning himself as the “common sense conservative,” this latest NBC/WSJ Poll might seem like a fluke. But there is just too much established evidence at this point to ignore the fact that there is something about a John Edwards candidacy that puts McCain seriously at risk.
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