Pollspot: A Different Kind of Poll

Here's a different type of poll that we haven't seen courtesy of Political Wire.

From National Journal’s latest Political Insiders poll:

Who is your party’s most OVERRATED presidential candidate?

42% of Democratic insiders named John Edwards, while Barack Obama came
in a close second with 40%. The verbatim comments from some respondents were
particularly critical of Edwards.

58% of Republican insiders picked Fred Thompson. The next candidates
named were John McCain and Mitt Romney, both with only 14%.

Who is your party’s most UNDERRATED presidential candidate?

32% of Democratic insiders picked Gov. Bill Richardson with Sen. Joseph
Biden a close second with 28%, and Sen. Christopher Dodd at 22%.

46% of Republican insiders chose Mike Huckabee, with Mitt Romney in
second with 25%.

I was quite happy to not see Hillary's name mentioned in the overrated collumn. It's interesting that Barack Obama was so high up in the overrated column though I'm sure, as a frontrunner, she is 3rd most overrated though with Edwards and Obama making up about 82% of that question she really could not have scored too high which is definitely a plus for us Hillary fans. I definitely think Gov. Richardson is stealing Barack's thunder and will continue to see a rise in the polls and Kevin has a popular theory which could just pan out. On the GOP side, it was funny how Mitt Romney ranks in both overrated and underrated.