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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This is exactly the problem. President Bush is hell bent on not fighting back against the Democrats in any meaningful way. His attempts to rise above it and be the better man are commendable, but ill advised. He's in a knife fight, but acting like he's being mugged. The Democrats aren't playing around. This is about impeachment, and ensuring the war in Iraq ends in failure.
The Democats would like nothing better than an image of U.S. soldiers being airlifted out of Baghdad the same way we left Saigon. They'd also intend to have President Bush either impeached, or to make him resign like Nixon. It'd be 50 years of political ammo to them, and it would launch them back into power.
Sadly, President Bush is unlikely to get his act together in time. Iraq, while still a mess, will sort itself out in time. If he can keep his good name, he will be vindicated by history. If not, then the changes in Iraq will be treated as an unexpectedly good side effect of an otherwise odious conspiracy, the Republicans will be discredited for years, and the entire War on Terror will be jeopardized.
Anyway, they've been screaming 'Bush lied' for so long, it's starting to stick. His adamant refusal to get tough with his critics, and his inability to articulate to the American people why the war in Iraq was important even though no WMDs were found means that the 'Bush lied' thing may become the de facto reality. When you don't defend yourself from bitter accusations, people assume you're guilty. And THAT means doom, folks. So plan accordingly.
It's ridiculous to pretend that it doesn't.
People wouldn't admit they vote for the taller, or the better-looking candidate either, but they do...
Warner's only riding high right now becuase none of the GOP has gone after him in Virginia and the media praises and fawns me, make no mistake come campaign time if he were to go up against allen for senate or for president they would hit him hard.
Lol, imagine the sight of a 6'4 Allen during the presidential debates walking up and shaking hands with the 5'4-5'5 hillary.
It's naive to think that appearances don't enter into people's decisions about voting...even if it's subliminal.
I stood in a class of 18 people who were asked "Thowe who would never vote for a woman for Pres, go to that side, others on this side."
Only two people went to the side that would never vote for a woman, but that's two out of 18...over ten percent. Imagine if Hillary had a ten-point disadvantage starting out.
Would it neutralize the vote from morons who vote for her just because she IS a woman? Dunno...but I bet Hillary's pollsters do.
heehee. . .funny way to put that
Many others suffered unto death.
Yes, many others suffered unto death, but they won't be on the ballot. (Ironically, if they're buried in Detroit, they may be still be voting Democratic).
Look, I've spent the last few years bouncing around between dirty foriegn countries looking for terrorists, so I realize it's not all flowers and sunshine out there. I realize that some people suffered more. There are a lot of reasons why I don't like McCain, but the guy spent 5 years in a Communist prison camp getting the bamboo body massage. He may be a wishy washy, glory hounding RINO today, I'm not going to hate on his time in Hanoi.
They are the Rino's, the other 79% of Republicans are not.
Not looking forward to 2008 with this bunch.
Hmm...
Warner vs McCain?
Warner vs Guiliani?
Bill Clinton didn't appear in the Gallup archives about the DNC primaries until February 1991.
| Question qn36_1 (February Wave 3) | 2/14/1991-2/17/1991 |
| I am going to read through the list of names once more, this time please tell me which one of these persons you would like to see nominated as the Democratic Party's candidate for President in 1992 -- Lloyd Bentsen, Senator from Texas; Bill Bradley, Senator from New Jersey; Bill Clinton, Governor of Arkansas; Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York; Richard Gephardt, Congressman from Missouri; Albert Gore, Senator from Tennessee; Jesse Jackson, non-voting Senator from the District of Columbia; Robert Kerrey, Senator from Nebraska; George McGovern, former Senator from South Dakota; George Mitchell, Senator from Maine; Sam Nunn, Senator from Georgia; Jay Rockefeller, Senator from West Virginia; Douglas Wilder, Governor of Virginia? [FIRST CHOICE] (1635 answered question) | |
| Other (specifiy) (0.82%), Don't know (14.29%), Refused (1.51%), None (22.81%), Lloyd Bentsen (14.21%), Bill Bradley (9.71%), Bill Clinton (3.03%), Mario Cuomo (17.42%), Richard Gephardt (17.27%), Albert Gore (12.70%), Jesse Jackson (16.59%), Robert Kerrey (2.70%), George McGovern (14.07%), George Mitchell (7.04%), Sam Nunn (11.46%), Jay Rockefeller (9.03%), Douglas Wilder (4.04%) | |
| Question qn35c (February Wave 3) | 2/14/1991-2/17/1991 |
| I'd like your opinion of some Democrats who might run for president in 1992. As I read off each Democrat's name, please tell me whether you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of him. You will probably have never heard of some of them. Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of...Bill Clinton, Governor or Arkansas? (1635 answered question) | |
| Favorable (10.02%), Unfavorable (12.28%), Heard of but no opinion (17.28%), Never heard of (60.09%), Refused (0.33%) | |
The rest is history.
I would wirte in another candidate if Condi won the nomination. Btw...where is George Allen in these polls.
If you want an unpopular conservative economist, it's hard to beat Phil Gramm.
Yes. Thank you for the follow up on this topic.
Me thinks we need more common sense Economist-type folks in the WH. I guess I am biased in that regard. In my mind's-eye, Economics is a 'religion' of cause and effect. A concept that too few people do not understand.
Both of our children were leaning left.
I told them that all of their electives would be in Economics & Accounting. Otherwise funding would be shut down. (Implicit laws of supply & demand ... hehehe).
Today... my daughter is working full time for a n oil-related company; and taking night cources towards her MBA. Our son is a business major, with Economics as his minor.
They are really leaning toward Conservative principles... Within a year, I believe they will be far to the righ of me; and I am to the right of Ghengis Khan.
I'm apparently the only one here that thinks she's got a hot bod. Therefore I appreciated the pic. :D
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