No Matter How You Cut the Mustard

See this? The strongest contender against President Bush is none other than Hillary Clinton at 41% against Bush’s 48%. All others fall woefully short.

As a Presidential candidate, Senator Hillary Clinton attracts more Democratic votes than other contenders but still trails President Bush 48% to 41%.

If the Democrats nominate Senator John Kerry, the President leads 45% to 36%. Against Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Bush leads 45% to 34%. Senator Kerry formally announced his candidacy earlier today.

The national telephone survey of 1,499 Likely voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports August 29-September 1, 2003. Margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Rasmussen Reports measures the economic confidence of consumers and investors on a daily basis. As part of this process, we measure, employment, job satisfaction, interest rates, and more.

Doesn’t seem like a biased poll at first glance, which means that I am inclined to believe its findings. Looks like a strong start for the President, and rightly so.