Why isn't Barack Obama way ahead of Hillary Clinton in the Polls?

Question

I have a hard time understanding how such a smart intelligent person could not be way ahead of the political machine of the Clintons. Can't Americans see that Hillary wasn’t even smart enough to vote against the Iraq war? Can't they put aside a persons name and color and listen to what he has to say. Can’t we pick up his book and read about his background and education. We have a chance to vote for an intelligent person here. We have a chance to vote for change. We have a chance to get a mentally challenged president out of office. We have a chance to get someone in office that got higher than a 1.2 GPA. WAKE UP.!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Without insulting anyone, you have asked a fine question here.
There has been manifested NO reason for Hilary Clinton, on the basis of anything she has said, done, or achieved in her life why she should right now be a "major candidate" at this stage of any legitimate election.
The veteran minds--Christoper Dodd, Joseph Biden, Bill Richardson and the attractive younger males Barack Obama and John Edwards are all arguably more qualified mentally, characterwise and conceptually than she is to be president.
Look, an election is about trying to find out who would do the best job when elected as a chief executive of a nation's legal system that serves individuals; we're not electing a charisma, a caesar, a public image or a liar here---at least we're not supposed to be doing so.
So what makes Hilary Clinton "major" is undoubtedly the mount of money corporate interferers in elections and the amount of meaningless words that tlying newstwisters have wasted in making her a "front-runner", in a system where intelligence, consistency, writing your own words, speaking your own ideas,presenting yourself honestly to individual voters etc. no longer is allowed to determine credibility, preferability, nor perceptions of ability.
I will vote for anyone who opposes present Republican extremists' positions; but I prefer my candidates to earn front-runner status--by getting individual mind to believe in and agree with their ideas. Anything else is in my judgment a sick joke, not an election.
And we surely can agree we don't need another sick joke in this country.

Answer 2

Both have stellar credentials. Next time you look at the polls, notice they factor Gore in the race as if he were running. This takes away from the true poll numbers. The other hidden issue is that their are some who don't want it to appear possible for Obama to win, because he just might. When I read that people talk about Obama's lack of experience and age, I shake my head in disbelief. It's like they haven't even seen or heard what we have all experienced in the last 6 years. It seems like a double standard. Hold up Bush's political experience before he ran for office. He managed theTexas Rangers baseball team longer than he was in politics. Despite his graduation from Yale, it is settled fact he is a mental lightweight. He could not hold a candle to either Hillary or Barack, by delivering a compelling, substantive message that would convince any non partisan. It is for these reasons he has been heavily choreographed especially in his first 4 years.
Lastly, many people are in denial, a good friend of mine wouldn't vote for Barak Obama because of his name. He states that's just the way it is. I told my Republican friend to try not to embarrass himself again voting for someone who has a more acceptable name.
People vote by their pocket, their are two types of voters....never forget this. They are the investor and the working class. And they will vote along party lines on this single issue, no matter how inept or capable a President may appear. It is this singular reason we arrived to this point, today. Investors are having a record year, the working class are too, it's just that they are at two ends of the spectrum. All of America has performed best under the Clinton years. Complements of former Commerce Secretary Robert Reich. A Democratic President and a Republican Congress will do the trick.

Answer 3

Hillary Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads John McCain with the aid of 9 factors in a head-to-head presidential matchup, in accordance to an linked Press-Ipsos ballot that bolsters her argument that she is greater electable than Democratic rival Barack Obama. Obama and Republican McCain are working approximately even. Helped with the aid of independents, youngsters and seniors, Clinton won floor this month in a hypothetical tournament with Sen. McCain, the GOP nominee-in-waiting. She now leads McCain, 50 p.c. to 40-one p.c., on an analogous time as Obama maintains to be only approximately tied with McCain, 40 six p.c. to 40 4 p.c..

Answer 4

Well, the more they debate, the better her numbers are. He is good with the quick 'sound-bite' answers and not as good with detailed explanations. In the debates he's stumbled a few times during his longer answers. And, his lack of experience has many questioning whether he is ready for the job.

She is terrible at the quick sound bites, but is quite compelling in the debates.. because she can clarify and comes across as authorative. Most democrats believe that she is more experienced and ready for the job.

Also, she has the political 'machine' and the fund-raising to out-campaign and out-spend Obama, so I think she is likely to get the nomination.

Which, if you are a democrat, is probably bad news. She has polled more negatively than any candidate running for the presidency since polls were first taken. I don't think the Dems really understand the level of animosity against her in the 'red' states.

Answer 5

The election's still over a year from now, and the primaries don't start until February, so calm down. Hillary may be in the lead now, but there's no guarantee that she'll win the nomination - just ask DNC chairman Howard Dean, who led in many opinion polls until the first primaries in 2004.

Answer 6

You can't go by what the polls say because they are rigged in favor of Hillary because she is backed by (Money Bags) George Soros. I don't know who I'll vote for yet, so far Obama is more honest than Hillary, Edwards is a self made man (also smarter than Hillary), Richardson has been around for a while and has experience (also smarter than Hillary). I think this Presidential campaign is going to have a lot of surprises and who knows what dark horse candidate will pop up

Answer 7

Hillary graduated from Yale Law School. In Oct. 2003, 77 senators voted to go to war in Iraq. Just 23 senators voted against it so Hillary wasn't alone on that vote. Obama is too wishy washy. He wants to keep illegals out and help the ones who are here illegally now. He's an attorney and is bound to uphold the laws, not help people break them.

Answer 8

You can't believe polls, especially early ones. Obama IS a far better candidate than Clinton. If people would bother to research the candidates and their voting records, and what they did in their respective states if they held office there, it would be a different story. We'd actually have INFORMED voters !

Answer 9

It must be on account of "political machine of the Clintons"! Barack's race is also a negative to some voters, as are the lies that have been circulated about his Muslim beliefs and education at a radical Muslim grade school.

Answer 10

Quick lesson for you, the Clintons run the Democratic party.