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A new CNN poll on the popularity of former presidents shows Bill Clinton with a sky-high favorable rating (66 percent), Jimmy Carter with a favorable rating of 54 percent and George W. Bush with a favorable rating of only 43 percent and a negative rating of a whopping 54 percent. In my latest column, “Hillary for vice president,” I suggested if Obama puts Hillary on the ticket he would defeat Mitt Romney and elect more Democrats to the House and Senate. In a May Gallup poll Hillary Clinton's popularity was a stunning and powerful 66 percent, identical to Bill's numbers, which should be a stunning and powerful message to both the president and those who predict his demise.

Isn't it wonderful that President Carter runs ahead of the last Republican president by a margin of landslide proportion?

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