CNN National: Clinton beats Romney by 13 points

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http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/07/27/cnn.orc.poll.pdf

Clinton 55
Romney 42

So much for the Great Hope of Almighty Mitt.

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He also somehow manages to best Obama by a 53-44 margin due to pulling 16% of Democrats, 57% of Independents, & 46% of Moderates. Americans seem to have forgotten why they disliked him and view him through nostalgic rose-colored glasses.

If that were true, he wouldn't be trailing Hillary by 13.

Of course you're going to look better in the eyes of the public when nobody talks about you besides the occasional puff piece and 2016 speculation. The fact that Hillary still leads him by double digits even after having been through the media buzzsaw in the past few months just makes it all the more impressive.

And despite the imagination of Free Republic, Obama won't be running for re-election in 2016, so who really cares?

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Some of the crosstabs:

Men: 49-48 Romney
Women: 62-36 Clinton

Whites: 52-46 Romney
Nonwhites: 77-20 Clinton

Under 50: 60-37 Clinton
50+: 49-49 Tie

Democrats: 91-9 Clinton
Independents: 51-44 Clinton
Republicans: 85-14 Romney

Northeast: 62-35 Clinton
Midwest: 49-48 Clinton
South: 52-45 Clinton
West: 58-40 Clinton

Interesting that Clinton does better in the South than in the Midwest, which seems to confirm the state polls.

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Hillary served as SoS - even Condoleeza Rice had strong approvals as Bush's SoS, if I recall correctly.

Once a General Election campaign begins and Republicans are able to tie Hillary to Obama's policies, her numbers will go down - I think most of us can agree her leads won't hold. It is encouraging to see that there is some buyer's remorse from 2012.

As will Romney's numbers. He's gotten even less scrutiny in the past 1.5 years than Hillary has.