Posted on 08/03/2005 5:38:02 AM PDT by bitt
"Public's view of John Kerry growing more negative"
PRINCETON, NJ -- Even though the next presidential election is more than three years away, those who might pursue the office are already testing the waters in New Hampshire, in Iowa, and at other gatherings where party power brokers are present. The latest Gallup Poll assessed the public's overall views of four possible contenders for the office and tested how they would fare today in a hypothetical election.
A majority of Americans say they have favorable views of Republican and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. On the other hand, more Americans view Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., unfavorably than favorably, and his ratings have grown more negative since his loss to George W. Bush in last fall's presidential election. The trial heat matchups show the two possible Republican candidates holding an edge over the two Democratic candidates among registered voters.
Favorable Ratings of Contenders
The July 25-28 Gallup Poll asked Americans to rate four politicians whom many currently consider the early front-runners in the next presidential election. This is based in part on their relatively high public profiles, on the belief that they are thought to be seriously considering presidential runs in 2008, and also on early polling by Gallup and other organizations on Republicans' and Democrats' preferences for their respective parties' nominees in the next election.
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The polls didn't ask me about McCain and Giuliani.
When it comes to money and workers, those two will fail because what they get in the first won't be supplemented by numbers or fervor in the second.
A winning republican candidate will not be from a northeastern state and will not be a rino or rockefeller repub.
if McLame was running against Klinton would you work against her or stay home? Would you let Moveon.org motivate 2 million people under the age of 30 for HC, but tell the republicans I'm against him so - I'm voting for Perot? What would you do? Fighting evil is a messy business.
Go Rudy!
"Election 2008: Republican Candidates Fare Better in Early Trial Heats"
this is a misleading title. i see no republicans included in this poll, just a couple RINOs
I think you've forgotten the primaries. McCain won't get through them intact.
1. He violated the 1st amendment via campaign finance reform.
2. He violated the constitutionally mentioned presidential nomination & appointment power by supporting the extra-constitutional filibuster.
If Republicans have any hope to win New York, Rudy is their man. Had he not dropped out of the Senate race, there would be NO Senator Hillary. What a glorious thought. Instead, we have Hillary running for President. Just think about it, Hillary against Rudy.
I know it makes Conservatives sick, but not as sick as a Hillary win.
ditto.
if DFU's project goes well, and Rudy would take the time to run in 2006, the NY seat could go to a Republican and we could possibly remove her from the fray..........
see
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1454457/posts
I wish the project all the luck. It will need it. Exposing the clintons is near to impossible.
Rudy is not going to run for the Senate. I'm not sure he can beat Hillary for President either. Republicans will stay home as they did with Dole. I hope I'm wrong. Rudy is not Bob Dole. No male has ever had to go up against a women to fight for the presidency. Rudy is tough. His bravery during 9/11 may soften his image enough.
I can't forget Rick Lazio. All he did was hand Hillary a piece of paper. He was branded a bully. Will Hillary be able to brand Rudy as a bully? I don't think so.
We shall see.
"if McLame was running against Klinton would you work against her or stay home? "
If it looked like the GOP would keep the house and senate, I'd vote in those elections but not for Pres.
Let her face gridlock.
It might be the only way to push the GOP to the right.
McCain vs a Dem... what's the difference other than that the GOP would actually fight against the Dem. McCain would do the same crap but with 0 resistance.
Now you've gone and done it! Watch the black clouds of doom appear over the beauty of this sunny thread. I'm getting my umbrella out and making popcorn. Should be another interesting thread!
Someone has to begin the dialog to prepare ourselves for 2008. We don't know exactly who is going to get the nomination. We had better be pepared. The MSM will be a huge help for Hillary. We need all the help we can get. First, we must ALL be unified.
I agree.
I won't vote for McCain, Hillary or no Hillary. You're assuming Hillary is the benchmark of undesirability for everyone. I find the two on the same plane. And, yes, I'd work against him in an election. Almost anybody else I'm willing to consider, but mcCain is a deal breaker.
Where are the Republicans in this poll? Give me Condi or give me death!
That's an odd post, given that Condi -- who I love -- has expressed liberal or liberaltarian views on several subjects.
I'll match my disdain for McCain with anyone here, yours included. But gee golly whiz, when I think of the Clintons in the White House again, I know, for all my protestations now, I most certainly would vote for McCain. Or any other Republican.
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