sunday that said 50/38. we didn t believe she was at 50, we knew we were not under 40. everybody had to live with the poll because people held it up as evidence that the race was over. that there was no way hillary clinton could lose. no way donald trump could win. and by friday of the same week, it was a one-point race. and that was before the comey letter. also secretary clinton herself, the night of the day that comey letter was released on october 28th said at her rally, that she it didn t matter because americans had already decided what they thought about the e-mails. and that it was already baked in the cake. and this was a messaging point from her campaign. so at the time they said that, maybe it was wishful thinks. maybe they weren t being completely truthful, and now it s supposed to be the comey letter, and i have to say, donald trump turned over 200 counties that went for president obama in 2012 to donald trump 2016. that s because of messages that connect with people in
toward donald trump among women voters and the key demographic moves became before the letter came out. yes, the public polls showed what we reflected internally. for example, abc news released a poll on sunday that said 50/38. we really didn t believe that she was at 50. we knew we were not under 40. but then everybody had to live with the 12-point poll because people held it up as evidence that the race was over. that there was no way hillary clinton could lose. no way donald trump could win. and by friday of that same week, it was a one-point race. and that was before the comey letter. also, secretary clinton herself, the night of the day the comey letter was released on october 28th, said at her rally that it didn t matter because americans had already decided what they thought about the e-mails. and that it was already baked in the cake. and this was a messaging point from her campaign. so at the time they said that, maybe it was wishful thinking, maybe they weren t being comple
we ve got new poll numbers now on the potential november election matchups. let s go to the hardball scoreboard. according to a new fox news poll, president obama s leading all of his republican rivals now. he s over 4 over mitt romney, 46/42. against santorum, the president s lead is 12. 51/39. he leads ron paul by the same margin, 12 points, 50/38, in that case. and his widest lead is against gingrich, because gingrich is out of this, 53/35, 18-point spread between the president, which pretty much destroys newt s case that the republican party would ever turn to him in any kind of convention. we ll be right back.
let s go to the hardball scoreboard. according to a new fox news poll, president obama s leading all of his republican rivals now. he s over 4 over mitt romney, 46/42. against santorum, the president s lead is 12. 51/39. he leads ron paul by the same margin, 12 points, 50/38, in that case. and his widest lead is against gingrich, because gingrich is out of this, 53/35, 18-point spread between the president, which pretty much destroys newt s case that the republican party would ever turn to him in any kind of convention. we ll be right back. [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i m going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i m going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you re never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to get my car back. [ female announcer ] discover what s next in your life. get this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday.
public service. he always wanted to get involved. he would take a huge pay cut to do this kind of public service but he wanted to do it and he worked 24/7 all the time. i got to know him and his family and it s a sad story that he died so quickly. i d love to hear let s talk more about your memories next hour when we talk situation room but quickly, political ticker, what do you have today? on the political ticker, it s a different story right now. the president of the united states who just spoke at the holbrooke memorial service at the kennedy center is doing well in this latest poll. it s interesting right now the country, folks think the country is doing better than a month ago but on these hypothetical matchups between the president and various republican presidential contendors, potential ones, obama holds a 51/38 percent lead over mitt romney, 50/38 lead over mike huckabee, and look at this.