elections 2006

Barack Obama is increasingly seeming like the more strategically astute choice for those who want a viable alternative to Hillary Clinton.

First posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.

Polling information reported a couple of weeks ago by the Washington Post indicates that Hillary's approach on Iraq has not hurt her with most Democrats.  The Washington Post reported that:

Her position on the war in Iraq does not appear to be hurting Clinton among Democrats, even though she has faced hostile questioning from some voters about her 2002 vote authorizing President Bush to go to war. Some Democrats have demanded that she apologize for the vote, which she has declined to do.

The Post-ABC News poll found that 52 percent of Democrats said her vote was the right thing to do at the time, while 47 percent said it was a mistake. Of those who called it a mistake, however, [only] 31 percent said she should apologize. Among Democrats who called the war the most important issue in deciding their 2008 candidate preference, Clinton [still] led Obama 40 to 26 percent. WaPost

Update: And, on the morning after, TX-23 wakes up to Ciro Rodriguez as their new Rep. (with 54% of the vote). One more Dem pick up and a surprise one at that!

Update: At 10 PM: 67% of vote in...Ciro pulls FURTHER ahead.

With 55% of the precincts reporting, Ciro Rodriguez is solidly ahead. Ciro was not the best campaigner, and yet it looks like we might have an upset win for Dems and one more House seat pick up!