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Hillary struggles to span party divide
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 Hillary struggles to span party divide
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton often boasts that many New York Republicans who chose President Bush in 2004 crossed parties and voted for her re-election bid.Sen. Barack Obama says some voters on the campaign trail whisper to him: "I'm a Republican, but I support you."
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton often boasts that many New York Republicans who chose President Bush in 2004 crossed parties and voted for her re-election bid.Sen. Barack Obama says some voters on the campaign trail whisper to him: "I'm a Republican, but I support you."These are catchy stump lines that primary voters remember, but they also send a key message as polls tighten and party members select their presidential candidate: I can win the general election in November 2008.Mrs. Clinton, New York Democrat, says she worked to win over those skeptical Republicans, and even drops former foe Newt Gingrich's name as proof she knows how to cross the political aisle."I've learned if you want to get things done, you have to know when to stand your ground and when to find common ground," Mrs. Clinton says in a new ad touting her work with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina to get health care for National Guardsmen.But Mrs. Clinton has more ground to cover to charm Republicans than her chief rival, Mr. Obama, many polls show. A new Fox 5-The Washington Times-Rasmussen Reports survey shows 64 percent of Republicans, 42 percent of third-party or independent voters and 17 percent of Democrats said the candidate they most want to keep from the White House is Mrs. Clinton."Nationally, there is certainly no evidence that Hillary Clinton has any crossover appeal," said pollster Scott Rasmussen. "Feelings aren't as intense about Obama, so there is at least the potential that he could appeal across party lines, but so far no proof that he could."
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