Many in the markets have seen the worrying analog of 2008 stocks to the current malaise, but for Hillary Clinton, there is a much more horrific deja vu-ness about the collapse in her 'lead' over Bernie...
Real Clear Politics compiles a running average of the polls that come in for 2016, just as it did in 2008.
As The Washington Post reports,
About five months before the New Hampshire primary (which was a month earlier in 2008), Clinton's lead was at about 15.
This cycle, that was a big plunge; in 2008, it was pretty much where she'd been. Then the lead in each cycle grew a bit, putting her back up into the 20-point range with about three months out. Then, quick drops, usually after voting happened. In 2008, the giant plunge came right after Iowa.
On Feb. 20, 2008, Clinton was already trailing Barack Obama, as she would permanently. This week, we saw a major poll for the first time putting Bernie Sanders in the lead.
It's different this time, though... right.