Clinton Leads in Two Out of Three Recent Iowa Polls

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In the latest Reuters/Zogby poll, Hillary leads Obama by four points and Edwards by seven points. .

Reuters/Zogby:

Hillary 31%
Obama 27%
Edwards 24%

The American Research Group's latest poll shows Clinton leading both Obama and Edwards by seven points:

American Research Group

Clinton 31%
Edwards 24%
Obama 24%
Biden 5%
Richardson 5%

McClatchy/MSNBC differs from the other two polls by showing Edwards, Clinton, and Obama with only a one- or two-point spread:

McClatchy/MSNBC:

Edwards 24%
Hillary 23%
Obama 22%

Clinton’s Electability Onstage in Iowa

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Jeff Zeleny in today’s NY Times reports Hillary Clinton’s answer to questions from reporters in Iowa about electability. Clinton began by responding to Obama’s claims that he can unite the party and win back the White House for the Democratic party:

“He {Obama} can make his argument, that’s clearly his prerogative. I’ve been around awhile. I’ve seen a lot of elections come and go and whoever our Democratic nominee is will be subjected to the full force and effect of the Republican attack machine.”

“What you know with me is that I already overcome it,” she said. “I have withstood it and not only survived it, but thrived over the last 16 years. So there is very little guesswork.”

Clinton was accompanied by Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio, who has endorsed her candidacy. Zeleny noted that Governor Strickland reminded voters here how critical his battleground state would be in the fall election.

With Gov. Ted Strickland at her side – and a giant American flag behind her – she {Clinton} offered a few examples of the Democratic elected officials who support her candidacy, including the governor of Arkansas and nine senators.

“They are not on a political suicide mission. They are professionals,” Mrs. Clinton said. “They are assessing each and every one of us and they are concluding No. 1, I would be the best president and No. 2 that I am the Democrat that is most likely to be elected.”

Clinton Reclaims Lead in Iowa

After all of the media uproar and the premature celebration of the extreme left on behalf of Barack Obama’s short-lived three or four point lead in Iowa, you’d think Clinton would at least get front-page coverage for the recent AP-Pew telephone poll results showing her now five points ahead.

The coverage of her success is much more muted than that of Obama, the darling of the extreme left – no screaming headlines for Clinton on the front page of the Huffington Post. But here’s the score from the new AP-Pew poll for Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina:

Iowa:
Clinton 31
Obama…26
Edwards 19

New Hampshire
Clinton 38
Obama 19
Edwards 15

South Carolina
Clinton 45
Obama 18
Edwards 10

I believe that means Clinton leads Obama in 49 of the 50 states. Evidently, he's still ahead in Illinois.

Hillary Leads in Iowa

THOMAS BEAUMONT AND JONATHAN ROOS -- Des Moines Register October 7, 2007

Hillary Clinton has climbed into first place in a new Des Moines Register poll of Iowans expected to participate in the state's Democratic presidential caucuses, with John Edwards and Barack Obama both in striking distance. Read More