Primary Season has taken a huge Toll on Senator Clinton's Approval Rating in New York

According to Survey USA's report from mid May, Hillary Clinton's Approval rating is now 52% with 46% that disapprove. On the other hand Chuck Schumer is enjoying a 61-32 approval rating. In April, her numbers were 57-40. In December of 2007, her rating was 60-37. 47% of African Americans disapprove of her and 47% approve. Back in December of 2007, 67% approved and 27% disapproved.

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=c6216eb2-dcd2-473e-8858-9143c929af52

Unconstrained ambition often leads to disaster.

with her black constituency, but, more than that, they're pissed about her "white voters like me" comment.

Craven pandering will very often unleash the hounds of hell.

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Clinton's Reputation Suffers Sharp Drop among Black Voters

June 6, 2008 10:22 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Some polls in recent days have painted a mixed picture of how Hillary Clinton and her reputation emerged from this year's hotly-contested and often bitter nomination battle. One said her favorability rating among Democrats had remained reasonably intact while others presented a more fixed view about perceptions of her and her motives.

But according to a Gallup analysis based on data collected May 30-June 2, Clinton suffered a big hit when it came to her image among black voters. Her favorability rating among blacks had been 84 percent in June, 2007 with just 10 percent seeing her unfavorably. Now, that favorability score has fallen to 58 percent with 36 percent viewing her negatively. At one point during the campaign, South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, one of the most influential black political leaders, criticized Bill Clinton's campaign trail rhetoric as "bizarre" for the way he took on Obama during the primaries. Many blacks felt that the Clinton campaign was at times tinged with racial innuendo and Clinton herself caused anger late in the campaign when she suggested that Obama would have a problem keeping white working class voters in the fold.

As for John McCain, his image among black voters has also worsened. In June 2007, a third of black voters had an unfavorable opinion of him, 26 percent had a favorable one and 41 percent had never heard of him or had no opinion. In the latest survey, 58 percent of blacks viewed him unfavorably, 27 percent had positive views and 15 percent had no opinion or never heard of him.


http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2008/06/clintons-reputation-suffers-sh.html

I'm a NY native and resident, and honestly she hasn't done that much for us. She promised a lot of things campaigning that never showed up, and has basically been using us as a springboard for her presidential run. I'm actually a bit surprised that she hasn't suffered more, particularly among African Americans.

Still, I'd put money on her having a serious primary challenger in 2012.

Had she run in '04, she would have lost to Bush AND would not have won re-election in '06...

People would have seen her for the opportunist she is/was, and would have voted her out..

I see her quitting the senate soon anyway..It was her "on the job training class", and I don't think she enjoys it much.. She's not a 1-of-100 type of person..

a challenge to her is very unlikely to be a serious problem and the GOP will have the zing taken out of them for a vain going after the Clintons. It might eat into her margin but the primary challenge and real GOP competition still look like dim prospects. The main thing missing will be all the massive warchest dough. She has automatically entered a whole lower bracket.