The Daily Background

If you’ll recall, the Clinton campaign not too long ago was touting its February 5th win in California saying that it was a “big state” (one with a lot of electoral college votes) and one that a Democrat would have to win to win the general election.

Since Obama didn’t win it in the primary (Clinton won 52% to 43%), that means he would have a tougher time winning it in the general election, the logic went.

Well a new poll out by the Los Angeles Times of California voters matches up both Obama and Clinton alongside John McCain in a general election. And the results are hilarious. Take a look:

Clinton vs McCain
Clinton: 43%
McCain: 40%

Obama vs McCain
Obama: 47%
McCain: 40%

Looks like the candidate that won the CA primary is actually doing worse in that state than the candidate that lost it. Just goes to show how silly the Clinton campaign’s reasoning is.

Kos has some similar numbers to knock down this talking point too (i.e. Obama lost the New Hampshire primary but still beats McCain in the state according to a recent poll– same in Ohio).

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