MONKEYS ATOP THE FLAGPOLE

Bad Poll Week For Billary (Dotty Lynch, Douglas Kiker and Steve Chaggaris, 6/06/03, CBS News)

Sammy Sosa, Martha Stewart and Howell Raines may have had bad weeks, but in the world of imaginary campaign polls, the Clintons didn't fare too well either.

A Marist poll conducted in New York on May 12 (but not released until June 5) showed that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani would beat Hillary Clinton in a Senate race, 56 percent to 39 percent. Of course Hillary is not up again until 2006, and most believe that Rudy is more interested in running for governor in 2006 as a stepping stone to the White House in 2008. Nonetheless, it shows that HRC has some vulnerabilities in her home state.

On the question that former President Clinton raised about amending the Constitution to allow presidents to run more than twice, only 20 percent agree with him while 75 percent disagree. The survey by Opinion Dynamics for Fox also showed President Bush trouncing former President Bill Clinton, 53 percent to 32 percent if that election were actually held now.

Cases in point... Posted by Orrin Judd at June 6, 2003 02:06 PM