Posted on 08/27/2006 11:26:15 AM PDT by Saint Louis
1. Giuliani Leads McCain in Iowa
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has pulled well ahead of Sen. John McCain among Iowa Republicans likely to take part in the state’s early caucuses, a new poll reveals.
In the survey by Victory Enterprises, Giuliani received support from 30 percent of Republicans expecting to attend the 2008 caucuses, which are scheduled to launch the 2008 Republican presidential nominating cycle.
McCain was second at 17.3 percent.
A similar Victory Enterprises survey a year ago had Giuliani and the senator from Arizona tied at 21.7 percent.
Giuliani is viewed as favorable by two-thirds of those surveyed, the highest rating among the eight Republicans listed as potential candidates.
But two-thirds said they would be unlikely to support a candidate whose position on abortion differed from theirs, a potential problem for Giuliani, who supports abortion rights.
Seventy percent of the poll's respondents identified themselves as "pro-life."
In the new poll, about 29 percent of the 400 surveyed said they were undecided about whom they would support.
“The poll shows single-digit support for the remainder of the large field of prospective GOP candidates, all of whom have made multiple visits to Iowa this year,” the Des Moines Register reported.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee received 6.5 percent, followed by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 4.5 percent, Virginia Sen. George Allen with 3.5 percent, New York Gov. George Pataki with 3.3 percent, and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback each with 2.5 percent.
I'll second that motion. Can we get a vote?
I'd like to hear responses. I think Rudy is tough enough to handle corruption and a very hostile press. Rice would be good for the party, and is brighter than most of the other usual suspects in Congress.
I think most Republicans see Sen. McCain for what he really is; a RINO with a chip on his shoulder because the President buried him in the primaries. If he gets the GOP nomination for President God help us. It will be a victory for the Democrats rather than the Republicans.
Opinion polls now are completely irrelevent and based soley on name reconition. Clinton didn't lead in any poll about the democratic primary back in August 1990.
My selection:
Rudy at the top of the ticket.
A strong, proven conservative for VP, that would balance Rudy's moderate (liberal) social views, i.e. George Allen or Rick Santorum.
"I think most Republicans see Sen. McCain for what he really is; a RINO..."
And what is Rudolph Giuliani? Chuck Hagel? There are more RINOs who need to be stopped in the primary aside from the famous backstabber, John McCain.
My preference is for a ruthless SOB for President in 08.
BTW... in today's paper, Garrison Keilor has a column where he implores the 9/11 audio tapes of calls made from the WTC be released. I agree... But in the same column he implies that Guiliani was a coward that day on September 11th, and only started looking tough when he thought he could gain political capital. This on the surface makes no sense as he was no longer eligible to run. Maybe some of you Nyers could expand?
In so many ways is Keilor wrong on these statements. Everything I've read, Rudy really came to life during those critical hours. (Dennis Smith's book, Report From Ground Zero verifies that.)
The libs are already on the attack.
Another reason I stopped listening to A Prairie Home Companion a long time ago.
What's Tony Blair doing in 08? ; )
Actually, he has a heavy lisp.
Given the choice of McCain and Juliani, I would go with Juliani hands down.
All the other issues like abortion, balancing the budget (etc) mean nothing if we are all dead.
He's got my vote!!!!!
What a bummer, another liberal running on the Republican ticket.
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