QandO

July 20, 2004

In case you were wondering about '08
Posted by McQ

We haven't even put the '04 election to bed and already the Democrats are talking about '08. And who is their leading candidate?

Well, no surprise here:

Delegates to next week's Democratic National Convention already have an idea about 2008 if presidential candidate John Kerry should lose this fall: They would favor Hillary Rodham Clinton over John Edwards as their next standardbearer.

Although the choice wasn't overwhelming, it was telling. It also identifies Ms. Clinton's closest rival ... at least as this point:

Among the more than 3,000 delegates interviewed, or roughly 70 percent of the 4,300-plus who will attend the four-day event beginning Monday in Boston, most were reticent to offer a favorite, optimistic about Kerry's chances on Nov. 2. Some 36 percent said "none" when asked whom they would like to see as the party's candidate in 2008.

Clinton was favored by 26 percent overall and Edwards 17 percent. Among women, Clinton led Edwards 34 percent to 16 percent. The breakdown among men was Clinton 22 percent, Edwards 21 percent.

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In the AP survey, Clinton was more popular than Edwards among delegates who were white as well as those who were black or Hispanic. She also was the choice of those who said they were in a union.

Of course when asked about all this, Ms. Clinton said that in '08 she'd be hard at work on the reelection of Kerry/Edwards.

Of course, Hillary ... of course.

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