Posted on 11/13/2005 2:28:18 PM PST by RWR8189
November 12, 2005--Unlike the Democrats, there is no clear frontrunner for the Republican Party's 2008 Presidential nomination.
Three candidates, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Senator John McCain all are favored by more than 20% of GOP voters. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist are the only other Republicans to reach the 5% level of support.
McCain is the leader among the minority of Republicans with an unfavorable opinion of George W. Bush.
If the three leading candidates do not run, "Not Sure" takes over the Republican lead at 30%. In that scenario, Gingrich is the top choice for 27% of Republicans and Frist is next at 11%.
Senator Chuck Hagel, Senator George Allen, and Congressman Tom Tancredo were also included in the survey. None of them reached the 5% level of support.
A plurality of Rice supporters favor Gingrich if the Secretary of State is not in the running. A plurality of both the McCain and Giuliani supporters move to the Not Sure category.
New York Governor George Pataki attracts more of Giuliani's vote than any other Republican.
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A separate survey conducted earlier this year found both McCain and Giuliani leading the Democrat's frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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"No way will a third Bush get elected. Much too dynastic for my taste."
Just going by the Governors get elected theory.
Im not into it either. I like him a lot more then McCain thats for sure.
But if it came down to Hillary or Jeb?
Im pretty sure every red state would vote again for a Bush.
I mention Jeb because he is a Governor. The public seems to prefer Governors or ex Governors for President. There are plenty of other Republican Governors though.
We need history on our side, Governors usually win.
I don't think it tarnished him.
Kilgore wasn't attached to Allen's hip as Kaine was to Warner's.
Warner's future rested on getting his successor elected.
And Warner bowed out of the Senate race in 2006, I don't think Allen will have any serious challenge.
We need a candidate that we can rally around, and support him because we support him, not because of his opponent.
I somewhat agree.
But a Presidential choice is like two items on the menu.
Neither may be your favorite, but one is going to be better than the other.
Given the choice, I would vote for any of the three discussed here before I would vote for any Democrat.
Newt did lose any election. He resigned as Speaker and from the House because the 98 election results were seen as a repudication of his leadership (kinda like a parliamentary system).
That should be "Newt did not lose any election...."
I definitely am not ready for a female President.
As a Republican woman born and raised but not being a feminist I prefer a male Conservative, Prolife ,President!
None of the three mentioned would be my choice.
What are some of our other choices?
Everything according to plan.
Lucky guy.
No offense but this is a serious discussion about our next President what the heck is a picture of Chelsea doing here and what relevance does it have to this discussion? Besides I don't believe in attacks on other Presidents children. That should be off limits.
LOL, I just imagined Ann Coulter as POTUS :-D.
You are right. With the introduction of Abortion Pills Roe will be obsolete within a year or two. After that the Abortionist will be working at Walgreens or for Fed Ex.
I can think of a few Red States that voted for Bill who might go for another Clinton.
Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, & Ohio come to mind.
If you read the prior threads, it was a string of comments about how George P. Bush (Jeb's son/W's nephew) is being groomed for Tex. Attorney General and Tex. Governor with an eye on putting him on a national ticket. The other poster commented that George P. could run against Chelsea. Not out of the question given that she is being groomed for public office too.
Besides I don't believe in attacks on other Presidents children.
B.S. She is an adult. She is active in Demonrat political campaigns. She has a six-figure Wall Street job handed to her upon graduation. She is fair game because she is staying in the public limelight. Do you really think it ends with Bill and Hillary? No way in Hades.
Because of people like you, Condi Rice a great candidate. Aside from the fact that she's sharp as razor wire, attractive, and as hawkish as they come, her gender and ethnic background would be the fulcum that allows her to annihilate any Democratic opponent. Whatever 'gender penalty' she'd pay from a few throwback males would be offset several times over.
Say 5% of Americans would never vote for a woman. I refuse to believe the number is that high. (Most peole can't name another person they know that wouldn't vote for a women, but are convinced 'they're out there'.) But say there are 5%. 51% of the country is female. What percentage of them will vote for simply for the first woman president? What percent of minorities will vote for the first non-Caucasian president? Every vote we peel away from the Democratic base and add to ours hurts them far, far more than every airheaded swing voter we bring in.
Bigotry does exist, but it cuts both ways, and the blade is considerably sharper on the side facing the Democrats. They have a vested interest in keeping ethnic and gender tensions going. Their favorite urban legend is that they're the party of the minorities, and it keeps their numbers strong election after election, no matter how bankrupt their ideology is. If we take that puff of wind out of their sails, they're done for.
Last time I posted something like this, some uninformed soul posted back ... "why should he veto bills passed by a Republican House and Senate"?
It ridiculous to think that it does.
James Webb, Reagan's Navy Secretary, has been talking about running as a conservative Democrat. I don't know how much of a challenge he'd give Allen, but he's the type who might do well in VA. The Democrats appear to be serious about trying to figure out how to win in the South again.
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