This is all the more stunning since she has no announced opponents, and not a single ad has been run against her. This is simply Hillary doing Hillary in, as she did in 2008. And — here’s the kicker — the polling period ended Aug. 7, before her disastrous attack and retreat on the White House on Syria. It’s brutal when a liberal middle-aged woman (that is, someone in her best and most loyal base) such as New York Times columnist (and member of yet another key Clinton demographic group) Gail Collins says that “Democrats have gotten so used to thinking of her as the next president that they’ve stopped seriously evaluating her as a candidate for their nomination.” Interestingly, the candidate who has had nearly as bad a pre-2016 campaign season as Clinton, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), has moved only minimally within the margin of error (from 40 to 42 percent). His standing against the rest of the GOP field has also plummeted. “Jeb Bush and Chris Christie each receives 13% while 10% support Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan and Florida Senator Marco Rubio are close behind with 9%. Texas Governor Rick Perry and Senator Rand Paul are backed by 7%. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal trail.” The MSM, which never carefully analyzed Paul’s foreign policy extremism and the backlash on the right against isolationism, may have vastly overestimated his staying power. He seems to be losing the one block essential to his campaign. (“15% of [tea party] voters now back Cruz, up from 6% in April. In contrast, Rand Paul’s support among the Tea Party has fallen from 20% in the previous poll to 7% currently.”) Disgust with Obama’s foreign policy and enthusiasm for strikes in Iraq may hurt both Clinton and Paul. As the Fox News poll reports: