March 16, 2007
White House 2008 Rankings: The Democrats
With so much tumult on the Republican side, Democrats should be pleased that their field is starting to stabilize. The top tier of Clinton, Obama and Edwards seems secure, with Richardson and Dodd solidifying a strong second tier.
The "Draft Gore" stuff seems more of a media and blogosphere dream than a true movement among the Democratic elite. Gore would need key donors and activists to begin to sour on two of the top three candidates in order to truly fill a need. Right now, that doesn't appear to be the case.
As we did last week with the Republicans, we've added a current Iowa projection.
These rankings are ordered by likelihood of winning the Democratic Party primary and are based on a number of factors, including organization, money, buzz and polling. Click here for Republican rankings. Chuck Todd is now the political director of NBC News. Marc Ambinder covers politics for the Hotline and other associated entities.
1. Hillary Clinton Last Ranking: 1 -- Clinton's team has struck a nice balance between staying on message and policy. And her firefighters speech showed some ability to do the dramatic re: 9/11. But it's hard to say whether the press will allow her the luxury of sticking to policy and message. In New Hampshire, her "invisible Americans" speech was rewarded with a day of cable coverage about her (alleged) self-comparison to J.F.K.
Fundraising Projection: $35 million +/- $5 million.
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