From the Buffalo News
Spitzer nominated, Clinton ready to take stage
Party to renominate senator without anti-war statement
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will arrive in Buffalo today, assured of the Democratic nomination and free of an anti-war statement by party faithful that threatened to darken her big day.
But the war and its critics are not going away, and together they may provide the one hiccup in Clinton's strategy for winning re-election to the Senate and, ultimately, a run for the White House.
A new statewide survey of voters, released Tuesday by Zogby International, found Clinton vulnerable to a challenge from a strong anti-war candidate for U.S. Senate.
"A credible challenge from the left could embarrass Hillary," said pollster John Zogby of Utica. Zogby says the anti-war backlash probably won't be enough to derail Clinton's re-election, but it could cast doubt on her credibility as a presidential candidate.
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"The Democratic Party in this hotel does not want a debate about the war," said Jonathan Tasini, an anti-war and labor activist running against Clinton.
Tasini tried to get the party to debate and eventually adopt a resolution opposing the war, but the effort failed. He thinks Clinton was behind the opposition.
"We must bring our troops home now," Tasini said at the rally. "End the war. Stop the death and destruction. We want peace now."
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"New York Democrats tend to be liberal Democrats, and she fit in perfectly six years ago," he said. "Now, she's clearly positioning herself nationally and in the center."
Zogby's survey of 704 voters, about half of them Democrats, found Clinton with the backing of three out of every four Democrats. But the poll also revealed a large number - about 21 percent - of undecided Democrats.
The survey also asked voters, Democrats and Republicans, if the election were between Clinton and a challenger opposed to the war, who would they support.
Of those surveyed, 38 percent said they would vote for Clinton while 32 percent said they would back the unnamed anti-war candidate. Another 31 percent said they would support someone else or were not sure.
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