… For Clinton, it is the concern about her general-election vulnerability that is causing wandering eyes and some pining for Biden. In national polls of all voters, not just Democrats, there is no question that Clinton’s favorable ratings have taken a big hit. There’s hardly a national poll that doesn’t show her unfavorable or negative ratings higher than her favorable or positive ratings. …
To the extent that there is worry among Democrats, it’s that Clinton’s numbers have plummeted so far before the campaign has really begun, before any measurable amount of negative advertising has taken place. While there is considerable truth in the argument that her favorable and positive numbers were unrealistically and unsustainably high during her period at the State Department, this decline was far more precipitous than expected. CONT.
Charlie Cook