at the bottom of this diary - if you have followed the HuffPost
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
there is a better answer to who did the web redirect.
anyway the original Diary was on this Poll with very good news for Edwards re: Hillobama.
McCain, Giuliani Fare Well Vs. Top Dems, While Edwards Might Be Toughest Rival
http://www.investors.com/...
Posted 1/5/2007
A new IBD/TIPP poll gives Republican front-runners Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani an edge over top Democratic contenders and shows that John Edwards might be their toughest opponent.
In a potential presidential matchup, McCain led the former one-term senator from North Carolina and 2004 vice presidential nominee by 44% to 43% but had a more comfortable margin over the two Democratic heavyweights expected to run. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton trailed McCain 48% to 41% while Illinois Sen. Barack Obama was down 48% to 36%.
Edwards Strong
While Clinton and Obama have been cast as the Goliaths of the Democratic field, "when you look at the numbers, they're not the strongest in the general election," said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion.
The poll of 951 adults for IBD by TIPP, a unit of TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, was conducted Jan. 2-4.
"After six weeks of Hillary-Obama, Hillary-Obama, what you have is just further confirmation that Edwards is a major player in all this," said independent pollster John Zogby.
No Miss Independent
Despite Clinton's perceived shift to the center as a senator, she garners less support from independents and Republicans.
In the matchup vs. McCain, Edwards polled 11.9% among Republicans and 38.4% among independents compared with 5.4% and 37% for Clinton.
Against Giuliani, Edwards had support of 10.6% of Republicans and 39% of independents compared with 8% and 37.3% for Clinton.
Whether those numbers reflect impressions of Clinton from her days as first lady or misperceptions of Edwards' political bent isn't clear. Polling by Rasmussen Reports finds that 41% of Americans see Edwards as politically moderate and 39% say he is liberal. Those numbers place him to the political right of Clinton in the minds of Americans, according to Rasmussen.
What's interesting is that while Edwards will run to the left of Hillary voters will likely perceive Hillary to the left due to decades of right-wing messaging....
Also, interesting is that Romney does horribly against Edwards, I'd imagine the Morman thing might not help him.
Finally, Edwards gets twice as many republicans and more independents against McCain compared to Hillary.
Could Hillary be in a lose-lose situation, perceived as too right for liberals, and too liberal for wingers?
UPDATE: this is not a "Zogby" poll as far as I understand it. It is a TBD/IPP poll with commentary by Zogby . Maybe someone else who knows more can explain.
Also, hat tip to dkmich
Interesting Huffpost
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
a edwards like name redirects you to Hillary Clinton's website. Unclear whether a prankster registered it or Hillary did... seems like maybe Hillary's campaign didn't do it.
registered to Mike Davis... If this is Michael Scott Davis of Arden NC, Buncombe County he is a registered republican and this is probably a prank ...
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/...