If Hillary Clinton wants to be president, Jeb Bush might be the candidate she most wants to run against.
In a CNN poll out Tuesday , Clinton beats Bush in a hypothetical general-election matchup by more than any candidates tested (save Ted Cruz) — 51 to 43 percent. (She beats the rest of the field, too, but by less. She narrowly leads Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, 49 to 46 percent, and is in a statistical dead heat with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, with Clinton holding a statistically insignificant 48 to 47 percent lead.)
What's that all about? As in an NBC/WSJ poll from earlier this year that showed Clinton more represents change than Bush, this CNN poll found Clinton more represents the "future" — and by a wide margin.
Americans said 51 to 45 percent that Clinton represented the future. But just 34 percent said so of Bush, while a whopping 62 percent said he represented the past. That's a 34-point difference.
But there are problems for Clinton in the poll, too. Her favorability numbers are the lowest they've been since 2001. And a significant majority (57 percent) said they don't see her as "honest and trustworthy."
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