Posted on 05/08/2005 11:51:58 AM PDT by CHARLITE
Marist College has some new polling data on possible 2008 presidential race match-ups:
Not surprisingly, Hillary Clinton leads the Democratic field with 40 percent support. John Kerry comes in second, with 18 percent, followed by John Edwards with 16 percent.
Rudy Giuliani leads the GOP pack with 27 percent of polled Republicans backing him. John McCain places second with 20 percent and Jeb Bush taking in 10 percent. Marist says their data shows Giuliani’s approval numbers steadily climbing since the Bernard Kerik scandal last December. 71 percent of Republicans would at least like to see him run.
However, Marist has some interesting party match-up numbers. Though more Republicans support Giuliani, John McCain plays stronger with the general electorate. McCain comes out ahead of both Clinton and Kerry in possible electoral showdowns. However, the Democrat who fares best against the Republicans is John Edwards.
Edwards comes out 3 points ahead of Giuliani and 3 behind McCain. Clinton would lose to both Giuliani and McCain.
Marist polled 1,007 voters. 838 of the respondents are registered voters, including 376 Democrats and 352 Republicans.
Yep, if the Republicans want to win in 2008, they should stop attacking Hillary until she has the nomination - she is actually the weak candidate as far as a national election... her strength is in the primaries.
Paul from Atlanta
BWAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAH!
If McCain beats Hillary, it's without my vote. Probably the same case with Rudy too.
We don't want Guiliani. He's pro-abortion. I absolutely REFUSE to vote for a pro-abortion candidate. If the Republicans choose a pro-abortion candidate, they are going to lose a huge portion of their vote.
If I was the dems, I'd be pushing for Mark Warner or Bill Richardson - especially against a gun grabber like McCain.
I'd like to see him run again only if Kerry does so as well. Seeing those two go at each other in a debate would be fun.
But, he has pretty hair.
Hillary might throw them the V.P. bone. If they're smart they'll sit this one out and try again in 2012.
I'm not even sure if she is strong in the primaries.
Those left wing lunatics, aren't to keen on her either.
She has somehow managed to do the impossible.
Alienate her base while still enraging her opposition.
The only support she has at this moment is the media, and thats pretty much it for now.
as much as I dont really pay attention to polling something 3 years away, we gotta know that this is all name recognition stuff only....
Is it me or did the race for the Presidency in 2008 begin the day after Bush was reelected?
I find it interesting that George Allen from VA is not mentioned in this article. From what I've read the past week or two, he's coming way up in certain polls.
Any thoughts?
FMCDH(BITS)
Heh heh!
Don't go by the DUmmies and the sodomites. Hillary will have overwhelming minority support and that will guarantee her win in the primaries. Blacks remember the Clinton years very fondly.
As for Edwards he does not carry the Clinton baggage and he ran on economic populism. I think the smarter Dems are realizing that Kerry's waffling on trade and outsourcing cost him Ohio. They realize that this cost them Joe Sixpack. Even Kerry recognized it by rebuking the Mass Dem adoption of a sodomite marriage plank. Even he knows that if he is tagged nationally as the candidate of sodomite marriage he doesn't have an ice cube's chance in hell.
Edwards is a political baby. His sole government experience consists of one 6 year term as Senator and he wasted 2 years of that running for VP.
Now if we needed a President who could talk to dead kids Psychically then maybe he would be the man.
Richardson is the correct choice. With Rep. Harold Ford as Vice President.
Regards, Ivan
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