In any political election, rallies and speeches are nothing more than a job interview. A very long and expensive job interview where candidates stand in front of a large group of people and talk about how they can make a difference if made a part of the business of running the government. Most candidates have no shame in bringing their spouses and other family members to the interview and in many cases it helps their cause.
As the gap between her poll showings shrinking with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, New York Senator appeared at an Iowa rally with her mother and daughter in tow. This was on the heels of Obama's appearance with talk show star Oprah Winfrey a day earlier, while in Iowa waiting for a severe weather system to pass through the state.
Clinton's numbers in Iowa, according to figures posted at usaelectionpolls.com have fallen in Iowa to just 29 percent while Obama took the lead at 35 percent. North Carolina former Senator John Edwards remains a distant third at 18 percent. However, polls that show the voter's preference against Republican candidates, available at PresidentElectionPolls.com compare the leading Democrats against all possible Republican contenders as a sign of national electability.
These polls also show how the candidates are faring in state by state match-ups as well as in regional competition. They pit candidate against candidate of both parties to offer a look at how the country views each one's chances of being election to office if they were that party's candidate.
