i was reading on cnn.com about how obama is setting up a ‘presidential exploratory committee’ to see if a presidential bid is viable. i really like obama, he’s very charismatic and very well spoken and from the short articles i’ve read he seems very intelligent. at the end of the article i saw these poll results:

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted on December 5-7, Obama trailed only Clinton when registered Democrats were asked who their top choice for the party’s presidential nominee would be.

Clinton was the No. 1 pick for 37 percent of the Democrats polled, while Obama was the choice of 15 percent of those surveyed. Former Vice President Al Gore was the only other potential candidate who enjoyed double-digit numbers, with 14 percent.

Gore has said he does not plan to seek the 2008 nomination.

The poll’s margin of error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.

37% of registered democrats would nominate mrs. clinton?!? with only 15% for obama, and edwards not even in double digits?!? you guys are too fucking idealistic and need to start nominating people that can win a presidential race. hilary clinton will not win the presidency. 1 because she’s a woman, 2 because she’s a bitch. maybe as someone’s running mate, but not as the frontman. and at a distant second is a black guy. i know it seems to work in 24 but in the real america there are a lot of racists and people that would be uncomfortable with it. i would like to think he could win, but why run with an idealistic candidate? again as a running mate that’d be great, but who does that leave as a presidential candidate? gore came in #3 on that cnn poll, but he’s not even planning on running? anyway, you guys frustrate me.