Erosion Of Trust In Hillary?

Lost in the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign's aggressive attacks on Barack Obama in recent days is a deep and enduring problem that threatens to undercut any inroads Clinton has made in her struggle to overtake him in the Democratic presidential race: She has lost trust among voters, a majority of whom now view her as dishonest.

Wait, WAIT a minute here. NOW they view her as dishonest? It's taken people this long to now see her as dishonest?

What the hell were these people thinking before hand? She's been caught in lie after lie, and they still blindly thought she was trustworthy? But wait, it gets better:

Among Democrats, 63 percent called her honest, down 18 points from 2006; among independents, her trust level has dropped 13 points, to 37 percent. Republicans held Clinton in low regard on this in the past (23 percent called her honest two years ago), but it is even lower now, at 16 percent. Majorities of men and women now say the phrase does not apply to Clinton; two years ago, narrow majorities of both did.

So in 2006, a full 81% of Democrats thought she was honest. Take a moment to digest that. It's ok, I'll wait.

Even my most die hard Democratic friends have never trusted Hillary, so it makes me wonder what these people are thinking when they are so trusting of her.

Even 81% of Republicans didn't trust Bush when he took office or right after 9/11.

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com