Wash. Post 's Abramowitz claim Clinton is "one of the most
 
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:38:04 -0400

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<p><b><em>Wash. Post</em>'s Abramowitz claim Clinton is "one of the most
polarizing figures in politics today" contradicted by <em>Post</em> article </b></p>
<p><a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200710240002?src=item200710240002">http://mediamatters.org/items/200710240002</a></p>

<p>During an October 23 washingtonpost.com "Post Politics Hour" <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200710240002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fdiscussion%2F2007%2F10%2F21%2FDI2007102100930.html">discussion</a>,
<i>Washington Post</i> White House reporter
Michael Abramowitz asserted that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is
"one of the most polarizing figures in politics today." However,
Abramowitz&#39;s own paper reported in an October 4 <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200710240002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2007%2F10%2F03%2FAR2007100302036.html">article</a> that while
"[m]any Republicans have said that they are eager to run a
general-election campaign against Hillary Clinton, describing her as a highly
polarizing candidate who would unite and energize the opposition," based
on a <i>Washington Post</i>-ABC News <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200710240002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-srv%2Fpolitics%2Fpolls%2Fpostpoll_100307.html">poll</a>, there is no "potential
Republican nominee who appears significantly less polarizing" than
Clinton. The article added: "Americans currently view the top four
Republican candidates in equally or even more negative terms" than they
view Clinton.
According to the poll, conducted September 27-30, 41 percent of respondents said they "definitely would not" vote
for Clinton. By
contrast, regarding Republican
candidates, 44 percent said they definitely would not vote for
former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, 45 percent said they definitely would not vote for Sen. John
McCain (AZ), 54 percent said they definitely would not vote for former Sen.
Fred Thompson (TN), and 57 percent said they definitely would not vote for
former Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney. The poll had a margin of
error of +/- 3 points.</p>

<p>From Abramowitz&#39;s October 23 "Post Politics Hour"
discussion: </p><blockquote>

<p><b>Silver Spring, Md.:</b> Do you think it helps or hurts Sen. Clinton to have the GOP
candidates focus on her so much? It solidifies her position as the Democratic
frontrunner, but the accumulated criticism may start negatively affect her in
the national race.</p>

<p><b>Michael Abramowitz:</b> I don&#39;t
think it either hurts or helps -- it just is the way it is given her out-sized
presence in American politics. <b>She is one of
the most polarizing figures in politics today</b>, and it&#39;s hard to see
that negative feelings towards her could grow even more than they are now in
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