Why not? By the end of September, Davis will have greater name recognition than most of the announced candidates...and he may be looking for a new gig.
The recall is going to have some ripple effects on the Democratic race. Davis is going to have to raise a lot of money fast and that is going to cut into the fund raising efforts of the Presidential candidates. California has historically been very fertile ground for them.
A new national poll of Democratic voters is out today and Joe Lieberman tops the list. Clearly a function of his run in 2000. Toss Hillary Clinton into the mix and she is the preference of 48 percent of the Democratic voters. American Spirit continues to maintain that it is only Republicans that are talking up Hillary. If Hillary decides to run she would wipe the floor. There has actually been some talk of a Clinton-Clark ticket.
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Poll: Lieberman Leads Democratic Hopefuls
By The Associated Press
Joe Lieberman (news - web sites) had the most support from Democratic voters in a national poll released Thursday, followed closely by Dick Gephardt (news - web sites), John Kerry and Howard Dean.
Lieberman, a Connecticut senator, was at 21 percent and Gephardt, a Missouri representative, was at 16 percent — just within the error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points in the Quinnipiac University poll.
Kerry, a Massachusetts senator, was at 13 percent and Dean, a former governor of Vermont was at 10 percent. Other candidates in the nine-member field were at 6 percent or lower. More than a fifth, 21 percent, were undecided.
In several recent national polls, Lieberman, Kerry and Gephardt were grouped very close together at the top. Lieberman led early national polls, at least partially because of his higher name recognition.
As usual, if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (news - web sites) of New York is added to the field, she dominates, taking 48 percent to 11 percent for Lieberman, with others in single digits.
When President Bush (news - web sites) is matched head-to-head against top Democrats in the poll, he leads by margins ranging from 7 points over Clinton to 16 points over Dean. Bush's lead against Kerry, Gephardt and Lieberman was about 10 points.
The poll of 1,055 registered voters was taken July 17-22, including 372 Democrats. The error margin for the overall sample was plus or minus 3 percentage points. |
