New Poll - Democrats Hate Each Other In Increasing Numbers

USA Today has an interesting article out this morning, Heated campaign souring Democrats on rivals, that shows how divisive this campaign is turning - within the Democratic Party!

Voters increasingly dislike the Democratic presidential candidate they are not supporting, according to a new survey and exit polls, raising questions about the party's White House chances as Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama's contentious nomination battle drags on.

The Associated Press-Yahoo survey shows Obama supporters with negative views of the former first lady have grown from 35% in November to 44% this month — including one-quarter with very unfavorable feelings. Obama backers who do not like Clinton say they would vote for Republican candidate John McCain over her by a 2-to-1 ratio.

Among Clinton supporters, those with unfavorable views of Obama have risen from 26% to 42% during the same period — with negative opinions doubling to 20%. Those with unfavorable views say they would vote for McCain over Obama by a 3-to-1 ratio, though many have not made up their minds.

The nomination battle has dragged on for months, and is likely to continue at least through June, when the last of the primary contests will be held.

The article itself is fairly confusing. For instance, I can't find a link to the poll or survey that the above info is taken from; later on the article states that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama still have leads over John McCain based upon an AP-Ipsos poll that also isn't linked; the article closes by saying that poll respondents were "863 Democrats"; and when I independently go to the AP-Yahoo "Political Pulse" page where all of the poll (including raw data) are usually cross-posted, it doesn't have any poll results dated within the last 9 days.

As a result, I take this article as a warning shot from the AP, a reliable Democratic ally - get your act together Dems, you're hurting us all!

As Montgomery Burns would say, "Excellent!"