article_snippet.sent: Thursday morning brought better news for Paul, as a Quinnipiac University Poll was released that showed Paul beating possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton in a general election match up in two swing states that President Barack Obama won by several points in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Paul has consistently performed well against possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton in surveys, but Paul now leads possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton in Iowa and Colorado by one and three points, respectively.
article_snippet.sent: Hurting possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton is the perception among voters that possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton is 'not honest and trustworthy,' Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, explained in a statement accompanying the release of the survey.
article_snippet.sent: Reviewing survey data, Brown said, 'it is difficult to see possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton's slippage as anything other than a further toll on possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton image from the furor over possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton e-mail.'
article_snippet.sent: That Paul and other probable GOP contenders have gained so much ground on possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton since GOP became public knowledge that possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton exclusively used possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton private email address during possible Democratic competitor Hillary Clinton tenure at the State Department, Brown said is 'ominous.' '