(angus reid) - In a three-person contest, many Democratic Party supporters in the United States select Hillary Rodham Clinton as their preferred presidential nominee in 2008, according to a poll by the New York Times and CBS News. 43 per cent of respondents would like to see the New York senator as their candidate, down five points since June. Illinois senator Barack Obama is second with 24 per cent, followed by former North Carolina senator John Edwards with 16 per cent.

Earlier this month, former defence under-secretary Eric Edelman questioned Rodham Clinton’s call to start planning for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, claiming it "reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq" and "unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks." Rodham Clinton said she was "shocked by the time-worn tactic of once again impugning the patriotism of any of us who raise serious questions (about the Iraq war)." Read More

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