for a faithful roman catholic like joe biden, who appears to be on the verge of another momentous decision on whether to run. hillary clinton at 43%, bernie sanders at 23% and joe biden in 18%. but in election matchups, joe biden does better against the four republican front-runners than hillary clinton does. ben carson, carly fiorina and jeb bush comes out ahead. while joe biden comes out ahead of every republican except ben carson who is in a tie. joining us now, the florida state director for barack obama s 2008 campaign and an adviser to draft biden. also with us again, e.j. dionne. these polls have a mixed message, hillary clinton a very solid lead in national polls.
run. hillary clinton at 43%, bernie sanders at 23% and joe biden in 18%. but in election matchups, joe biden does better against the four republican front-runners than hillary clinton does. ben carson, carly fiorina and jeb bush comes out ahead. while joe biden comes out ahead of every republican except ben carson who is in a tie. joining us now, the florida state director for barack obama s 2008 campaign and an adviser to draft biden. also with us again, e.j. dionne. these polls have a mixed message, hillary clinton a very solid lead in national polls. we have other polls in new hampshire showing bernie sanders in a very big leagd over the matchups there. but it s in one-on-one matchups that joe biden will probably be
like joe biden, who appears to be on the verge of another momentous decision on whether to run. hillary clinton at 43%, bernie sanders at 23% and joe biden in 18%. but in election matchups, joe biden does better against the four republican front-runners than hillary clinton does. ben carson, carly fiorina and jeb bush comes out ahead. while joe biden comes out ahead of every republican except ben carson who is in a tie. joining us now, the florida state director for barack obama s 2008 campaign and an adviser to draft biden. also with us again, e.j. dionne. these polls have a mixed message, hillary clinton a very solid lead in national polls.
mentor. another wrote #chattanooga on twitter it can t be hmm. dating back to 2013 showed he agreed with the teachings of an what al awlaki who has inspired a series of terror attacks in the west. on the day before the attack data from abdulazeez s smart phone showed searches about becoming a martyr according to an official briefed on the investigation. the fib believes he acted alone on the day of the attack, but investigators are still searching for individuals he may have been in contact with leading up to thursday s shooting. the fbi will explore every possibility, and every relative and associate he has, no matter where they are located. our thanks to alina machado in that report. a new poll shows hillary clinton lagging behind three top republicans in a hypothetical election matchups. potential voters are also changing their opinion of the
but the groups where there s the biggest difference between gingrich and romney in the general, and i know we ll talk about the head-to-heads in a little bit, independents, suburban voters, you know, white voters, chuck in the midwest, i mean, there s a chasm between looking at mitt romney and right now saying newt gingrich isn t our cup of tea. bill, fred brought up the election matchups, two things about president obama, the dual electability issues of romney and the primary, gingrich in the general. president obama has a seems to have two issues that you see come through in both his job approval rating and with the matchup against mitt romney and that s with seniors and independents. tell me about it. well, that s you know, the president has this incredibly strong support. i think he gets 44% in a two-way race, three or four-person race but he s got a ceiling and that ceiling is around 48%, and he s got electoral troubles with two