I find it hard to believe that Edwards beats Giuliani and Romney.
Fewer negatives. That'll be fixed before the election. Edwards vs Romney would be slick vs slick.
“I find it hard to believe that Edwards beats Giuliani and Romney.”
The Republican “brand” is badly damaged. Some rightly and some wrongly.
It is burdened by unpopular Iraq situation, corrpution, government ineptness, etc. I’m sure immigration plays a role, too.
GWB is unpopular, which extends to all Republicans. His situation is further damaged by his communication weaknesses.
He has done a lousy job of impacting opinion about the positives—economy, our safety from further islamic attacks, etc.
For GWB the good news is he got a 2nd term. The other news is he squandered it much like his Dad.
You can have a bet that more than half of America doesn’t even know who Edwards is and think it is some unknown Dem guy and hence the polls say he is popular than Rudy or Fred. It is just a outlier and a misleading poll as it is unlikely a one term below average Senator is that popular.
When paired against known Dems like Hillary and Obama, Repubs like Rudy and Mccain win and this shows on a Presidential election the repub front runners have better favourability ratings.