Hillary's 2016 Lead Disappearing Faster Than Her 2008 Advantage

[ABX]

In 2008, Hillary Clinton saddled up for the Kentucky Derby on a thoroughbred that was a sure thing. Her campaign was the finest colt in Kentucky, at odds that barely made it worth betting on her. The race began, and she was up by a quarter mile. Then, as another jockey started to gain, she slipped out of her saddle. She was barely hanging on, bumping along against the dirt, bruised and struggling and still hanging in there a half-a-length back. And then she lost and grudgingly wished the victor luck in winning the Triple Crown.

So you have to figure that, when 2016 rolled around and everyone was saying, "No, this horse is a sure thing," she was a bit wary. But she got on. She ran strong. She did well. And now, in the final turn, there might be something wrong with the saddle.

If we compare where Clinton is now in the Real Clear Politics polling average, the 2016 picture and the 2008 picture aren't really all that similar. Nationally, she was doing much better in 2008 than she is right now, perhaps in part because the anti-Clinton vote in 2008 was still split between two people -- Barack Obama and John Edwards -- instead of just one. But that recent trend line, a function of two new national polls that were close after a bit of a lull, is not very good news.



https://pjmedia.com/election/2016/01/14/hillarys-2016-lead-disappearing-faster-than-her-2008-advantage/

[Scottftlc]

...there might be something wrong with the saddle.

That graph looks more like a shattered leg and the jockey falling off.

Three things happened...one big, two more subtle that reinforced the big one.  Hillary got slammed across the face with a cast iron frying pan (ala Throw Momma From The Train) when Trump counter-punched on sexism (Bill Cosby being there didn't hurt that blow...err bad word with Clinton).  Then the whispers from the FBI investigation moving into the area of corruption (money laundering), then the focus on the Benghazi movie that's coming out.

I have been totally wrong when it comes to her - she is bleeding badly from everywhere, like an Ebola patient.  6 weeks ago I didn't think this possible and threw cold water on those like aligncare and flowers who were saying it then.  They were right.  She's in really big trouble.

[GourmetDan]

     

[PzLdr]

Not fast enough for me.

[alicewonders]

Not fast enough for me.

If she watched the Republican debate tonight - she's crying in her beer.

[aligncare]

I bet she's sorry she made that dumb gesture. (If she's capable of contrition--even for herself.)

[HAPPY2BME]