{"id":1078,"date":"2011-10-27T18:12:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T01:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2011-10-27T18:12:55","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T01:12:55","slug":"hillary-clinton-leads-gop-presidential-candidates-poll-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/hillary-clinton-leads-gop-presidential-candidates-poll-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton leads GOP presidential candidates, poll says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

People can’t help but wonder what might happen if Hillary Rodham Clinton ran again for president.<\/p>\n

A new Time<\/em> magazine poll<\/a> shows Clinton easily defeating the major Republican candidates, were she somehow to become the 2012 Democratic nominee for president.<\/p>\n

Clinton leads Mitt Romney, 55% to 38%; Rick Perry, 58% to 32%; and Herman Cain, 56% to 34%, among likely voters in a general election.<\/p>\n

(Time<\/em> magazine notes, “The same poll found that President Obama would edge Romney by just 46% to 43%, Perry by 50% to 38% and Cain by 49% to 37% among likely voters.” Clinton’s leads are bigger.)<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s easier to be popular when you’re a global diplomat rather than a down-in-the-pit politician.<\/p>\n

Clinton — who lost the 2008 nomination fight to Obama — says she has no interest in another White House run.<\/p>\n

But there’s always the 2016 election …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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