For a long time in the Democratic race, there was a feeling that, if the goal was taking the White House back from the Republicans, then Hillary Clinton was the best candidate to do that. Not any more. Pollster John Zogby says “Obama would defeat both McCain and Huckabee, while Clinton would lose to McCain and only defeat Huckabee by a small margin.”
So, if a presidential race were held today, here's the pairings and the results:
McCain: 42% beats Clinton: 37%
Obama: 47% beats McCain: 36%
Clinton: 40% beats Huckabee: 37%
Obama: 49% beats Huckabee: 34%
Zogby surveyed 7,468 “likely voters” in an online poll conducted Feb. 8-11. The pollster says the results have a margin of error of +/- 1.2 per centage points.