A poll released on Monday shows that the presidential prospects of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continue to improve, while Hillary Clinton's numbers are on the skids.
Forty-eight percent of those surveyed told a Siena College/Hearst survey that they'd back Dr. Rice if she decides to seek the White House in 2008. That's up from 42 percent last year.
But Clinton's poll numbers seem stuck in reverse. Forty-four percent of voters nationwide now say they wouldn't back Clinton - up from 37 percent last year.
In a recent Gallup survey, 51 percent said they were opposed to making Clinton commander-in-chief.
Still, the newer survey wasn't all bad news for Hillary. Fifty-one percent told Siena that Hillary should run for president - with 48 percent saying Rice should do the same.
Four out of five respondents said they back a woman for the White House, including 91 percent of Democrats and 68 percent of Republicans.