May 09 2008
Rasmussen Reports drops Clinton
Pretty much speaks for itself…
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Rasmussen Reports has been tracking the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination daily for nineteen months… since November 2006. For the last few months, the most remarkable feature of the race has been its consistency and stability. Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are both running historic campaigns and both have captured the votes and hearts of distinct and important constituencies within the Democratic Party. Obama has won Primaries in states where the demographics favor his campaign and Clinton has won in the states that favor her campaign.
However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
At the moment, Senator Clinton’s team is busily trying to convince Superdelegates and pundits that she is more electable than Barack Obama. For reasons discussed in a separate article, it doesn’t matter. Even if every single Superdelegate was convinced that the former First Lady is somewhat more electable than Obama, that is not enough of a reason to deny him the nomination.
With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Barring something totally unforeseen, that is the choice American voters will have before them in November. While we have not firmly decided upon a final day for tracking the Democratic race, it is coming soon.
I have always maintained that Hillary Clinton had every right to remain in this race so long as neither candidate garnered enough delegates to claim the nomination and her money and her husband held out.
It appears that her money and her husband are about done for and those who are much better at mathematics than I have declared that her chances of winning enough delegates are almost nil.
Bill and Hillary Clinton
A graceful and civilized exit is called for. The nominee of the Democratic party now needs to turn his attention full time to crushing the Republican opposition in November.
4 Responses to “Rasmussen Reports drops Clinton”
Amen to that!
When even the pollsters start abandoning ship, wow, that’s a blow.
You’re right . Hillary has to bow out . I suppose it must be hard ; this time last year she looked a cert, but Obama needs a unified party behind him because the race issue will be used by the Republicans, albeit subliminally, before November and a Democratic win is no sure thing . Unity ( or the impression of it ! ) is strength .
I think it’s important that, at this point, Hillary waits until after the West Virginia and Kentucky primaries to bow out, because it would be a bit of a psychological blow to the Democrats, as a party, to have the nominee lose the next two primaries.
Immediately after those two primaries though, she needs to gracefully step aside for Obama.