Posted on 05/05/2005 8:23:39 PM PDT by kingattax
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The majority of New York voters said Hillary Rodham Clinton deserves to be re-elected to the Senate next year, but want her to pledge to serve a full, six-year term if she runs, a statewide poll reported Thursday.
The Democratic former first lady made such a pledge in 2000 when she ran for the Senate. Clinton, leading in the polls for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, has yet to offer such a pledge this time around.
Sixty percent of New York voters surveyed by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute said she should pledge to serve a full term if she runs for re-election. Forty-one percent said she should run for president, including 17 percent of Republicans.
There was no immediate comment from Clinton.
Clinton had 2-1 or better leads over several potential Senate opponents and 67 percent of voters said she deserves to be re-elected.
"There doesn't seem to be oomph behind any of the Republicans mentioned as possible challengers," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Hamden, Conn.-based polling institute.
New York Republicans have been struggling to find a big-name opponent to take on Clinton next year. Republican Gov. George Pataki has said he's not interested and a top political aide to Rudolph Giuliani said recently the former New York City mayor was too busy with private business interests to run for office next year. Both Pataki and Giuliani are believed to be eyeing possible 2008 presidential runs.
Quinnipiac's telephone poll of 1,191 registered voters was conducted April 28-May 2 and has a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Yeah. I mean, she's done so much for the State of New York.
Name one thing.
Kinda puts her in a pickle, don't you think?
Aren't thesepeople ever goingto wise up and kick her out on her big a$$.
The pollees here are out of their minds if they're expecting full term from the abortion candidate
no... she sez: yes, i'll serve my entire term ... ny votes her in .... 40 days later she runs for prez ... what's ny going to do?
sure does put her in a pickle......if you look in the article there was "no comment" from her fatness. LOL
Maybe they will elect her Queen, and crown her!!
Her Thighness would love that.
"New Yorkers Want Full Term From Clinton"
Scared me, man. I thought for a moment that she was pregnant again.
If there is ANY truth to this story, it just proves how stupid NY voters are...
A simple look at the Clinton history reveals that Bill campaigned for Governor the last time in Arkansas, he PROMISED to complete his term.... and look what the entire country got out of that.
Anyone think Hildebeast would be any better about keeping such a promise??? Yeah, right.
This will certainly put her on the spot. She will either have to outright lie or evade the issue like she evaded all issues the last time she ran.
She'll probably decline to run for re-election to the Senate and spend all her time running for President.
I spoke to a guy I know from NY, who's folks still live there, he's transplanted to Texas, after her election. I began the conversation by asking, 'What were they thinking?' His response was they voted for her as the lesser of two evils presented. Apparently the GOP candidate was considered to be a crook by most.
I was dumbfounded, still am, but I expect no less from the first state to legalize abortion.
Where, oh where, did the Rodman go?
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