A new video ad for the Clinton campaign featuring the former president.

I am VERY SLOWLY getting the polling section of the site together but I thought I would point to a new WNBC/Marist poll. It shows not only does Sen. Clinton lead the other Democratic candidates with double digits BUT she also for the first time is polling ahead of potential Republican rivals. It is a slight lead but it is a lead at that.

This poll follows a recent Gallup poll (the first revealed after the debates) which also had Sen. Clinton leading double digits over Sen. Barack Obama & others.

Of course the comparisons have already begun between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Ségolène Royal who just ran for and lost the French presidential election. The comparison has been dismissed by the Clinton camp but it does hit an interesting point.

Political junkies, historians & pundits have a habit of comparing things. We love doing it! I mean LOVE IT! We like to find similarities, differences, fun quirky bits of information, numbers, whatever we can to take someone like President George W. Bush and see if he is more like President Harry Truman or President Herbert Hoover. Why? Because it is good geeky fun.

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As I pointed out during the Don Imus controversy Sen Clinton & Obama, who both called for the ouster of the radio personality, should & would face some tuff questions about whom they have associated with. Obama was caught in a photo with rapper Ludacris during a fundraiser & Sen. Clinton had a fundraiser thrown by rapper Timbaland which brought in $800,000.

Both wrappers have used explicit lyrics on their albums including the same language used by Don Imus. The Family Research Council & other groups are now calling on Clinton to return the money raised or her campaign.

Perhaps more unfortunate for Clinton the the association was how her campaign handled the response. The following is from the article:

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Some are according to the Times Online.

Also in the article a bigger picture of things, some Republicans are also defecting to other Dems like Hillary Clinton.

According to figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, Obama and Clinton have vacuumed up more than $750,000 (£375,000) in individual contributions from former Bush donors.