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By Reid Wilson

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Plenty Of News From CNN Poll

Plenty of headlines available from this morning's CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll [pdf]. Whether it's John Edwards polling better against Republicans than any other Democrat, or John McCain polling better against Democrats than any other Republican, several campaigns will be sending this survey around to its big donors.

There are some negatives, though: Edwards and Barack Obama will make the argument, again, that they are more electable than Clinton. Every Republican will point out that they are more electable than Mike Huckabee. And any GOP campaign could point out that one rival, Fred Thompson, has fallen so far, so fast that he is not even included in the questions.

The poll, conducted 12/6-9 surveyed 912 registered voters for a margin of error of +/- 3%.

General Election Matchups
Clinton 51 (nc)
Giuliani 45 (nc)

Clinton 54
Romney 43

McCain 50 (+3 from last, 6/24)
Clinton 48 (-1)

Clinton 54
Huckabee 44

Obama 52 (+7 from last, 9/9)
Giuliani 45 (-4)

Obama 54
Romney 41

Obama 48 (nc from last, 6/24)
McCain 48 (+4)

Obama 55
Huckabee 40

Edwards 53
Giuliani 44

Edwards 59
Romney 37

Edwards 52
McCain 44

Edwards 60
Huckabee 35