The front-page of Daily Kos posts more useless puff pieces on Hillary Clinton, while ignoring the really troubling news from two new national polls.
In a new ABC/Washington Post Poll, Hillary's favorable and trustworthy #s have fallen dramatically:
Clinton’s favorability ratings are the lowest in a Post-ABC poll since April 2008, when she was running for president the first time. Today, 41 percent of Americans say she is honest and trustworthy, compared with 52 percent who say she is not — a 22-point swing in the past year.
Clinton’s favorability rating has fallen steadily since she left the Obama administration in early 2013. Today, 45 percent see her positively while 49 percent see her negatively. That compares with ratings of 49 percent and 46 percent two months ago. Just 24 percent have a strongly favorable impression of her — down six points in the past two months — while 39 percent have a strongly unfavorable impression, up four points.
A new
CNN Poll also released today shows the same troubling #s for Hillary:
More people have an unfavorable view of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton now than at any time since 2001, according to a new CNN/ORC poll on the 2016 race.
While Clinton remains strikingly dominant in the Democratic field, the poll shows that her numbers have dropped significantly across several key indicators since she launched her campaign in April.
A growing number of people say she is not honest and trustworthy (57%, up from 49% in March), less than half feel she cares about people like them (47%, down from 53% last July) and more now feel she does not inspire confidence (50%, up from 42% last March).
What makes matters worse is Hillary's polling history. Her
favorable numbers have plummeted while campaigning and since she has not really started campaigning seriously yet, her current #s are likely to fall again.
She is still leading GOP candidates in polls but those #s are falling and are inflated by the fact that she is the only candidate running with 100% name recognition.
There stands a very good chance that she wins the Democratic nomination in a walk and can't win the general election due to Independent and Republican voters having unfavorable views and finding her untrustworthy.
Putting our heads in the sand and ignoring these polls is not going to to make the problems Hillary is facing go away.