Trouble In The Clinton Campaign: Hillary Nose Dives In New Hampshire Poll
Hillary isn’t the obvious winner anymore. It seems that the Oprah effect has changed the dynamics in the Democrat party’s nominating process. The Clintons and the campaign operatives are none too happy.
Poll: Clinton Loses Lead, Romney Out In Front
Sphere: Related ContentA new poll shows that while the frontrunner for the Republican nomination for president holds a comfortable lead in New Hampshire, the Democratic race has tightened dramatically.
According to the latest WMUR/CNN poll, Hillary Clinton’s 20-point lead has vanished. She now has 31 percent support, with Barack Obama in a statistical tie at 30 percent. John Edwards is third with 16 percent, and Bill Richardson has slipped slightly to 7 percent.
The poll was conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center over the weekend. Oprah Winfrey held a rally for Obama on Sunday, and it might have given him a bounce, analysts said.
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Much of the political world’s attention in recent days has been focused upon Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama and how he might benefit from the so-called “Oprah Effect.” Conversely, little attention has been paid to the impact of the “Okra Effect” — that is, until now.
During the last weekend of September, Republican presidential candidates traveled to Irmo, S.C., to participate in the Okra Strut, an event described in a Boston.com article as “a parade and festival celebrating the slimy green vegetable so beloved in the South.”
While some might scoff at the notion of the Okra Effect, I do not. Why not? Because I’ve analyzed events that have transpired during the two and a half months since the Okra Strut took place.
For instance, the above-referenced article, among other things, included a statement that Rudy Giuliani was looking at South Carolina as a springboard to win Florida on Jan. 29. Apparently, the former New York City mayor’s board has lost some of its spring since then as Real Clear Politics shows Rudy leading the Palmetto State GOP race in only one of five polls.
The article included a mention of Fred Thompson as a native Southerner, popular actor, and former senator from Tennessee, is aiming to jump-start his campaign by sweeping the South, with South Carolina a virtual must-win. And he’s still waiting. A Real Clear Politics poll average today shows Thompson in a virtual third-place tie with Giuliani.
Mitt Romney was said to have spent more time and money in the state than Giuliani. After spending that much money (and missing the Okra Strut due to a brief illness), the former Massachusetts governor finds himself mired in second place.
And, finally, the article gave mention to Mike Huckabee as a Baptist minister and former Arkansas governor who has drawn some excitement from evangelicals and conservative activists, but remains far back in the polls and fund-raising. Since then, however, Huckabee has surged into first place in South Carolina.
An Associated Press article four days ago might help explain his rise in popularity.
Huckabee is quoted as saying, “Carrots. I just don’t like carrots. I banned them from the governor’s mansion when I was governor of Arkansas because I could.” Nowhere in the article, however, does one find Huckabee expressing any disdain for the slimy green vegetable to which he might owe his success.
That’s why, I think it’s safe to conclude, that this one-time long-shot candidate does indeed owe his success to something — most likely, the Okra Effect.
I won’t be surprised if his campaign rallies begin to feature segments during which throngs of Huckabee supporters chant a new slogan, “ALL HAIL OKRA!™“
12 Dec 07 at 9:29 am
MY GOD!!!
Where did you ever get that picture of Hillary on
top of this page?
I want one, I want one!
How do I get one?
That’s the best, MOST ACCURATE picture of Shrillary
I’ve ever seen!
Jim Whittaker
Hemet, California
12 Dec 07 at 11:55 am
There sure have been a lot of Hillary lesbian stories circulating around the country on e-mail. That and because she is a total %^%$# might have something to do with it.
12 Dec 07 at 1:40 pm
I think you may be celebrating a little too soon. The idea that all of a sudden Clinton’s huge lead has disappeared because of Oprah seems a considerable stretch. There also seems to a huge disconnect between the fundamentals of a lot of the national polls which have far larger samples on issues like electability and leaderships. Maybe it’s my natural scepticism but somehow I don’t see a lot of NH women going for Obama over Clinton. But we’ll see.
12 Dec 07 at 2:55 pm
Why when the polls benefit Hillary they are accurate, but when the polls have Obama in a dead heat with Obama, then the polls are not accurate. Hillary is the candidate that the media is pushing, I, as a voter do not like having a candidate shoved down my throat;therefore, Obama has my vote. I despise the Clintons. I am sick of both of them.
12 Dec 07 at 3:24 pm
Here’s another story making the rounds:
Someone mentioned Hillary’s involvement with the Black Panthers back in college. Here’s more details: Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers decided that a fellow black panther named Alex Rackley needed to die. Rakely was suspected of disloyalty. Raclkley was first tied to a chair. Once safely immobilized, his friends tortured him for hours by, among other things, pouring boiling water on him. When they got tired of torturing Rackley, Black Panther member Warren Kimbo took Rackley outside and put a bullet in his head. Rackley’s body was later found floating in a river about 25 miles north of New Haven, Conn. Perhaps at this point you’re curios as to what happened to these Black Panthers. In 1977, that’s only eight years later, only one of the killers was still in jail. The shooter, Warren Kimbro, managed to get a scholarship to Harvard, and became good friends with none other than Al Gore. He later became an assistant dean at an Eastern Connecticut State College. Isn’t that something? As a 60’s radical you can pump a bullet into someone’s head, and a few years later, in the same state, you can become an assistant college dean! Only in American! Erica Huggins was the lady who served the Panthers by boiling the water for Mr. Rackley’s torture. Some years later Ms. Huggins was elected to a California School Board. How in the world do you think these killers got off so easy? Maybe it was in some part due to the efforts of two people who came to the defense of the Panthers. These two people actually went so far as to shut down Yale University with demonstrations in defense of the accused Black Panthers during their trial. One of these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee. Mr. Lee, or Mr. Lan Lee, as the case may be, isn’t a college dean. He isn’t a member of a California School Board. He was, however, head of the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, appointed by none other than Bill Clinton. O.K., so who was the other Panther defender? Is this other notable Panther defender now a school board member? Is this other Panther apologist now an assistant college dean? No, neither! The other Panther defender was, like Lee, a radical law student at Yale University at the time. She is now known as the “Smartest Woman in the World.”.. She is none other than the Democratic senator from the State of New York, our former First Lady, the incredible Hillary Rodham Clinton.
12 Dec 07 at 3:32 pm