FT poll: Britons would “vote” Hillary if they could

FT poll: Britons would “vote” Hillary if they could

One “poll” that we haven’t yet covered was one by Harris in the Financial Times yesterday where interviewees in several European countries were asked about who they would “vote” for in the Democratic race if they had a chance – Hillary or Obama. A total of 5,000 people were asked across five countries with Obama coming out the decisive winner in four of them. The French, Italians, Spanish and Germans all gave it to the black Senator by quite big…

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Should Gord have followed PB on Obama?

Should Gord have followed PB on Obama?

Does he regret snubbing Barack back in the summer? A story in the Times overnight has it that Brown is desperately trying to build relations with Barack Obama after snubbing the now Democratic front-runner during the summer. According to the paper a meeting had been tentatively fixed but then Downing Street “got the willies” and the possible future President of the United States was offered a drop by private meeting instead. President Sarkozy of France, by contrast, offered Mr Obama…

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How long can she go on being rejected?

How long can she go on being rejected?

Does another double-digit defeat mean that she’s nearly out? With Wisconsin delivering another sharp blow to the Hillary campaign it is beginning to look as though this might soon be over. What was startling in the latest primary was the sheer scale of Obama’s victory which was well in excess of almost anything that had been predicted by the polls. This suggests, as we have seen in the other post-Super Tuesday contests, that the Obama camp is much more effective…

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Only three Daves from ICM in the Guardian

Only three Daves from ICM in the Guardian

The poll that caught me by surprise My apologies for not getting a thread up earlier but the latest Guardian ICM poll has taken me by surprise – I wasn’t expecting it until next Tuesday which would have followed the paper’s normal pattern. Also the fieldwork took place at the end of the half term week in many places when a lot of people are away. Pollsters tend to avoid such periods because they have thrown up odd results in…

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What will this pic do for McCain’s White House hopes?

What will this pic do for McCain’s White House hopes?

Does it underline Obama’s “Bush-McCain” rhetoric? In recent weeks we have tended to focus on the battle for the Democratic nomination now that John McCain appears a near certainty to win the GOP race. But the real battle, of course, is the election in November and, at stake, is whether the Republicans can continue to occupy the White House. Whenever Democratic front-runner, Barack Obama, has the chance he uses the term “Bush-McCain” to describe his party’s likely opponent in November….

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Will the plagiarism charge hurt Barack?

Will the plagiarism charge hurt Barack?

Can Team Hillary stop Obama from making it ten in a row? On the eve of the Wisconsin and Hawaii primaries the Clinton team has put out the above video to suggest that Obama is a plagiarist. What you see is an Obama’s speech from Saturday in Wisconsin side-by-side with one made by the governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick speech in 2006. Interestingly the Obama speech is no longer available on YouTube. The big question is will it matter? Will…

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