The Shot!

While Senators Barack Obama and John Edwards continue to lead their Republican counterparts, in a new Zogby poll released today, Hillary Clinton, the democrat front runner, loses to all top five republican presidential contenders. In their July poll, Senator Clinton did lead McCain by two points, Guiliani by five, Thompson by six, and Romney by 10. Huckabee was not matched against Ms. Clinton in the July poll.

Some Democrats have expressed concerns about the former first lady’s electability in a race against Republicans. The survey showed Clinton not performing as well as Obama and Edwards among independents and younger voters, pollster John Zogby said.

“The questions about her electability have always been there, but as we get close this suggests that is a problem,” Zogby said.

Obama, an Illinois senator, and Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, both hold narrow leads over the Republican contenders in the hypothetical 2008 match-ups.

“It all points to a very competitive general election at a time when many people think the Democrats are going to win the White House,” Zogby said.

The poll of 9,355 people had a margin of error of plus or minus one percentage point.

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