The LA Times says that America wants a Democrat in 2008, but not if it is Hillary Clinton. They polled it, but I could have told you that without a poll.
When registered voters were asked which party they would like to win the White House, they preferred a Democrat over a Republican by 8 percentage points. But in a race pitting Clinton against former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, the Republican was favored by 10 percentage points.
Clinton’s showing against Giuliani was the starkest example of how the general Democratic edge sometimes narrows or vanishes when voters are given specific candidates to choose between.
The poll also showed Clinton trailing when matched against two other Republicans, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The deficits, however, were within the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
They interview some of the pollees and find that they just don’t like Hillary, think she is dishonest, and don’t want the drama of her marriage for eight years in the White House. Some of this is, no doubt, the residual effect of a sustained Republican hit-job on her reputation. And it is all part of a rather annoying ‘electability’ argument. But I maintain that Hillary can only win a narrow victory (if at all) while other candidates could carry 40 or more states and sweep in Dems throughout the country on their coattails. Plus, I don’t want the drama of her marriage either.