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Why are Hillary supporters constantly saying she should win the nomination because she could beat McCain?

When virtually every poll shows Obama ahead of McCain AND Clinton?

Keep in mind, she'd have to steal the nomination as it is near impossible for her to catch up in pleged delegates.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Images/Surve...

and

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Images/Surve...

for example.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic...

Washington post shows Obama with a 12 point lead over McCain and Clinton with only 6 over McCain.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Hilary cannot beat McCain. Obama has a good chance. He leads in delegates and the popular vote, so if the super delegates push her over the top, she will be "stealing" the election. The voice of the voters should be what counts.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well it is true, she could beat McCain. More to the point, she's a solid known quantity and could be counted on to hold the White House for a second term. That's not quite pithy enough for a slogan, but it's an important consderation. Obama could also beat McCain but he'd go into the White House with such unrealistic expectations among those who voted for him that they'd feel betrayed when he didn't turn the country into a utopia in the first two years.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i haven't seen any polls showing Hillary beating McCain . it's McCain who is beating Hillary in the general election poll by 6% obama is leading them both by 12 %

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Those maps are not to accurate has Hillary loosing NH to McCain but Obama winning it highly unlikely

    NH refused to recognize MLK day till 1999 and they still were Reluctant

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  • 1 decade ago

    that is the whole reason for the superdelegates you know. to let them over ride the general concensus and put a national contender against a rep if the dnc feels like it would be in the interest of the party, to win that is. and regardless of the polls now, because i have seen it both ways, obama does not stand a chance against mccain once obama is in the spotlight. i think it is crazy to put a political rookie, who has not been fully vetted, in charge of the most powerful country in the world. call me crazy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She cannot beat McCain. He will whoop her. Obama is the only way the Dems can win at this point

    its really amazing too, because this should have been a landslide dem election.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Peculiar huh?

    and does any of that 6% in Clinton's 'win' include the AA vote that she has marginalized?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because they believe it.

    And you are WRONG... no one has enough delegates yet...if Hillary gets enough to win the nomination (with the super-delegates) she will NOT "steal" the election...she will have won it!

    Don't forget...Obama needs the super-delegates to win too! Will HE be "stealing" if he wins???

  • Julian
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Hill-ary supporters try to trick voters.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because it's true! Please Obama can NOT stand up to the GOP attack machine!

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