FOX POLL – LATEST – AT 1:08 P.M. ET:  Hillary Clinton does not fare well, at all, in the newest Fox poll, out today.  But bear in mind that we're more than a year from the election.  Also, candidates are never as popular as they are on the day before they announce.  If Biden jumps in, the scrutiny begins, and he'll have to defend a long and very erratic record.  From Fox:   

Vice President Joe Biden trails Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, yet he looks more electable than the former secretary of state against top Republicans.

As Democrats prepare for their first debate Tuesday evening, the latest Fox News national poll finds little movement in the primary. Clinton remains the front-runner among Democratic primary voters (45 percent), with Bernie Sanders (25 percent) and Biden (19 percent) behind her by about 20 percentage points. That's almost identical to where things stood three weeks ago.

Lincoln Chafee, Larry Lessig, Martin O'Malley, and Jim Webb each receive 1 percent or less.

Biden, who has yet to announce his candidacy, was invited to participate in the debate if he were to make it official; Lessig was not invited.

In hypothetical 2016 matchups with top-tier Republicans, Clinton trails all the Republicans tested. She trails Ben Carson by 11 points and Donald Trump by 5 points. Jeb Bush has a 4-point edge over Clinton, while Carly Fiorina is up by 3 points.

Biden fares better. He leads Trump by 13 points and tops Bush by 5 points. Biden is preferred over both Fiorina and Carson by 4 points. And Biden narrowly bests Marco Rubio by 1 point.

COMMENT:  Americans won't truly be focused on the presidential race until next year, but they are clearly focused on Hillary Clinton's legal problems, which accounts for Clinton's nosedive in the polls.

Much too early to say much, except that this will be a very competitive presidential election.  Our side has a good chance.  There is no truly magnetic Democratic candidate.

October 13, 2015