While Hillary is continuing to outpoll many individual Republicans, Jim Geraghty is noticing something interesting. No matter who you put up against Hillary, she never gets above 48%. Ron Paul? 48%. Patrick Ruffini compares it to elections past.Basically, Republicans can run a stuffed animal against Hillary and still get 48% of the vote. Only worse. Ron Paul is widely despised by elements of the Republican base. A number of conservatives I know would bolt or sit on their hands ifAnd saying this will bring the Ron Paul fans out, but piling on Ron Paul is not the point. The point is that Hillary has a ceiling, it appears to be at about 48% and while she can get to that point fairly quickly, she needs %50 + a little extra to win.General Zod came down and made sureRon Paul were the nominee. So what does it say he trails by 10 points? In 1996, the paleocon candidate Pat Buchanan won New Hampshire and he was the subject of a number of head to head polls against Bill Clinton. He got crushed by 25 points or more, and Clinton wasn't even that popular at the time. And Pat Buchanan had communications skills, and a following in the conservative base.
HT to Ben Keeler"I want to see if John Edwards will say to Hillary Clinton in front of everyone: 'You're not electable, and you know it, and you're going to hurt people down the ballot,' " said Brazile, who hasn't endorsed anyone. "It's time to stop whispering. It's getting to be midnight."
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