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42% of Dems Say Hillary Strongest Candidate for 2008
Rasmussen Reports ^
| November 22, 2004
Posted on 11/23/2004 12:01:41 PM PST by RWR8189
Forty-two percent (42%) of Democrats say New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the party's strongest Presidential candidate in 2008. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 16% think 2004 nominee John Kerry would be the best bet for Democrats in the next Presidential contest. Thirteen percent (13%) named Kerry's running mate, John Edwards.
Among unaffiliated voters, 27% named Senator Clinton as the Democrats' strongest candidate. Sixteen percent (16%) named Senator Edwards and 10% Senator Kerry.
No other candidate reached double digits among Democrats or unaffiliated voters in the Rasmussen Reports survey. None of the three "Red State" candidates reached 5%. Those potential candidates were Evan Bayh from Indiana, Bill Richardson from New Mexico, and Mark Warner from Virgina.
Senator Clinton is seen most positively by liberal voters. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of liberals believe she is the Democrats' best bet.
The support for Senator Clinton may create a conflict with another perception of Democratic voters--51% of the nation's Democrats say it would be best for their party to nominate a more centrist candidate in 2008.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
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To: RWR8189
Senator Clinton is seen most positively by liberal voters.Go ahead, you stupid RATs...re-live 2004.
21
posted on
11/23/2004 12:07:04 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(Get Out The Gloat!!)
To: RWR8189
Oh please, oh please...run, Hillary, run!
22
posted on
11/23/2004 12:07:12 PM PST
by
nina0113
To: Prime Choice
"Well, the Massachusetts liberal didn't work...hey, let's nominate a NEW YORK liberal! Yes, there's no comparison at all! That'll work!"
23
posted on
11/23/2004 12:07:23 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(<----still tired and red-eyed from this weekend's BAYWATCH marathon on TV Land.)
To: RWR8189
I would love to see sKerry run again in '08, and it appears that he is laying the groundwork for it by preparing to introduce a bill to guarantee health care for all children. It should be fun to see sKerry and Piano Legs jockeying over that one.
To: RWR8189
A better headline for this article:
58% of Democrats say Hillary NOT the strongest candidate.
That would be the "man bites dog" headline.
25
posted on
11/23/2004 12:07:40 PM PST
by
Antoninus
(Santorum in '08)
To: RWR8189
Kool Aid!!! And when she "convinces" all us Christians that she's got a direct pipeline to God, her base will dump her. Looks like the Dims still don't get it.
26
posted on
11/23/2004 12:07:52 PM PST
by
trebb
(Ain't God good . . .)
To: RWR8189
She can hurl a lamp or an ashtray with the best of them.
27
posted on
11/23/2004 12:09:09 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Nil illegitemus carborundum est)
To: ReeseKev27
From another neophite: people are sending messages to others they believe will be interested. There are many "ping" lists. I always think of Sean Connery: "one ping."
28
posted on
11/23/2004 12:10:12 PM PST
by
cvq3842
To: Conspiracy Guy
"And today, in what many believe is a cynical attempt to whitewash her background for her upcoming Presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton denied ever having served in the United States Senate and said that as far as she knows, there is no actual place called 'New York.'" "I am so confused by all this," she said, "I've been at home baking cookies and watching Father Knows Best reruns for the past few years."
29
posted on
11/23/2004 12:10:41 PM PST
by
TheBigB
(<----still tired and red-eyed from this weekend's BAYWATCH marathon on TV Land.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
How does it do that?
I mean, you are already reading the thread. I don't understand the ping thing either.
30
posted on
11/23/2004 12:10:54 PM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: RWR8189
"51% of the nation's Democrats say it would be best for their party to nominate a more centrist candidate in 2008. "
And that's exactly where Ms. Clinton is moving.
31
posted on
11/23/2004 12:11:28 PM PST
by
AuntB
( A people only understand the concept of democracy if they've fought and died for it.)
To: nina0113
Oh please, oh please...run, Hillary, run!
===
Yeah... Hitlery v. Condi !!!
32
posted on
11/23/2004 12:12:05 PM PST
by
GeekDejure
( LOL = Liberals Obey Lucifer !!!)
To: cvq3842
neophyte
33
posted on
11/23/2004 12:12:06 PM PST
by
cvq3842
To: TheBigB
You forgot "corrupt,dishonest,self adoring" NEW YORK liberal.
34
posted on
11/23/2004 12:12:08 PM PST
by
Apercu
("Rep ipsa loquitor")
To: bill1952
alerts everyone you want to see it, whether they are reading it or not.
35
posted on
11/23/2004 12:12:56 PM PST
by
cvq3842
To: Prime Choice
Yes, but they aren't going to play it that way.
Actually Hilda is from the mid west, and moved to Ark.
That's how they will spin her, and the NYorkers would vote for Chirac or Osama if they could run on the Democratic ticket.
And she will have the Clinton machine. And that is formidable
36
posted on
11/23/2004 12:14:38 PM PST
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: woodb01; Tijeras_Slim
Bill Richardson from New Mexico would make me a little nervous...He makes a lot of New Mexicans nervous right now.
To: AuntB
The word is "TRYING" to move.
Its too bad Hillary has a LONG, LONG list of speeches where she is obviously the anti-everything good and decent in the world.
The picture of Hildabeast with Arafat's wife will make a great poster for a campaign.
Hillary still has to survive '06 if Rudy or another popular Rep runs against her. If she loses or doesn't run, her chances in '08 are none.
38
posted on
11/23/2004 12:15:18 PM PST
by
xusafflyer
(Keep paying those taxes California. Mexico thanks you.)
To: bill1952
Actually Hilda is from the mid west, and moved to Ark. She's the Senator from New York. Her Arkansas past is now ancient history as far as the rest of America is concerned.
39
posted on
11/23/2004 12:15:30 PM PST
by
Prime Choice
(I like Democrats, too. Let's exchange recipes.)
To: trebb
40
posted on
11/23/2004 12:15:50 PM PST
by
puppetz
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