NH-2008: More info on Hillary's drop in New Hampshire polls

Last night and this morning I alluded to two polls that will be released later this weekend that will give bad news about Hillary Clinton's support in New Hampshire.  Although a few bloggers have been shown the polls in advance, a gag order has been requested until Sunday.

However, The Atlantic blog is telling us a little bit more about Hillary's decline:

Two new reputable polls of New Hampshire Democratic Primary voterswill show statistically significant drops in support for frontrtunnerHillary Clinton, Democrats who have seen those polls said today.

The polls will be released this weekend and are embargoed; thoughI'm not privy to the embargo agreement, I'll be a little vague out ofrespect for the polling organizations.

One of the polls shows that the gap between Clinton and Barack Obamanarrowed by more than 10 points. Her biggest decline was seen amongolder voters.

The other shows Clinton's lead over Obama reduced by approximately 9 points.

John Edwards remains at about 15 percent in both.

Barack Obama is making his move, and over the next week you will see Hillary be much more aggressive in pointing out the perceived "lack of experience" on the part of the Illinois Senator.  Sparks should fly in Wednesday's debate.

I will post these two polls as soon as they become available tomorrow.

Comments

[Kimberly Peacock]

It‘s amazing to me that with little real evidence the crowd is willing to rip a person apart. The people that instigate, agitate, and accuse, say look out for that person over there, when we should be looking at the accuser. How many innocents suffered at the hands of the inquisitors? Nothing has changed from then until now. People can throw mud, and even if false some of it will stick. People shout out lies and point their crooked fingers at Hillary and care little about truth. They get a perverse sense of joy bringing someone down. They feel inspired. I guess it’s true, if the same lie is repeated often enough, it becomes truth. Hillary is a good person and if she has a fault it is in trying too hard. As a woman if she shows an emotional side, she is weak. She is smart and in this day of misleading by making emotional appeals she insists on making a rational argument. I think the biggest problem in U.S. politics today, is that we do not demand more from candidates. When is the last time a noted scientist was elected to public office? Where are our modern day Madison’s or Franklin’s? We rarely elect a person of ideas, who will implement real change into public office. I myself am having a hard time separating emotion from rational choice. As a woman who is in her 40’s, I do think it’s time for a woman to be President. I’m sure Obama supporters feel that it’s time to have a non-white man in the Oval Office to represent the diversity of modern America. What does it say about America when we will vote for any man as long as it’s not a woman? Obama talks about unity and it’s a wonderful idea. The problem is that ideologically I am passionate about Personal Liberty, and Free Trade. What does free trade and economics have to do with freedom? Everything! Without financial strength we do not have freedom and are but indentured servants. Money does not buy happiness but it’s hard to be happy destitute and starving. A President can call for a bridge to be built. That bridge can be education, and investment. We are never going to compete with Chinese labor on a manual basis. We want a better standard of living. We can automate and use technology as leverage but that means that industry changes and jobs will be re-allocated. We need a bridge from here to there. We need to understand that most people are uncomfortable doing something new. It is why training and the support structure need to be built in. I do believe that anything is possible if we set a goal and work together. A pre-requisite of this is that people really understand the issues and act in best interest of the group instead of selfishly. This is amazingly difficult to do on a large scale. The media is part of the problem with the sound bites but its being mediated by the internet media. The problem is that American’s in general don’t read, don’t ask questions, and do not discuss ideas. Every American should have a basic understanding of economics? Why because it’s vital to our liberty? Why have the media not made teaching economics to all of an America a priority? It does not need to be dry and impersonal. The media can take the issues of the day and demonstrate why this economic data matters to them. If you were pitching a start-up company you would lay out your vision and also show a timeline with milestones. You would demonstrate your knowledge of the competition and where the industry is today. You would also submit a budget showing how you would allocate funds to achieve your objective. Why do we ask less from the President of our Country? No investor would let you get away with selling blue sky without providing the rational bridge between now and there. We should demand no less than those in charge of managing our public affairs.