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2008 GOP Primary: Giuliani 26% Rice 24% McCain 21% (Rasmussen)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | November 13, 2005

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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Rasmussen Reports was the nation's most accurate polling firm during the Presidential election and the only one to project both Bush and Kerry's vote total within half a percentage point of the actual outcome.

During Election 2004, RasmussenReports.com was also the top-ranked public opinion research site on the web. We had twice as many visitors as our nearest competitor and nearly as many as all competitors combined.


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To: teenyelliott

I think enough do unfortunately.


61 posted on 11/13/2005 2:51:17 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: RWR8189

The only pols I've seen in the last 12 months that are even remotely interesting are Allen and Tancredo. Just my two cents...


62 posted on 11/13/2005 2:51:18 PM PST by Venerable Bede (Watch it, I say, watch it fizz, boy.)
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To: RWR8189
McCain is the leader among the minority of Republicans with an unfavorable opinion of George W. Bush....Wonder why that could be??
63 posted on 11/13/2005 2:52:06 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: mainepatsfan
I can't imagine the shrieks they'd make if Newt even got close to the White House.

An excellent example of it is "Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom" by Arianna Huffington

When I listened to it on tape, it was the first clue I had that she was a certifiable leftist moonbat.

She stuck the knife in deep against Newt...comparing him unfavorably to Clinton. Being married to her, I can understand why her husband chose to become a homo instead.

64 posted on 11/13/2005 2:54:56 PM PST by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

We need to worry about Mark Warner, southern, democrat, governor. If the Dimwitrats have learned one thing, its that Northeast Liberal Senators dont win.


65 posted on 11/13/2005 2:55:14 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: rhombus
... - no way public would support another Bush - sorry. ...,

I agree with you. With the extreme hatred in this country of George Bush, I doubt that Jeb would have a chance of being elected. Also, Jeb has too much garbage ... wife who brought back undeclared merchandise from abroad ... daughter who tragically has drug/legal problems.

If the Bushes want to continue the dynasty, perhaps they better wait and see if George Prescott Bush [called "P"], Jeb's son, can hold it all together and stay clean. The boy's mother is mexican, so he is half-hispanic. That might be a selling point in our increasingly hispanic nation. They have been grooming this boy for public life for many years.


66 posted on 11/13/2005 2:55:45 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: ez

Why anyone but her??


67 posted on 11/13/2005 2:55:50 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: RWR8189

LOL, imagine a Giuliani/McLame ticket...OTOH it would NOT be funny.


68 posted on 11/13/2005 2:56:54 PM PST by Tarkin (Janice Rogers Brown to the SCOTUS)
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To: GregoTX

If Giuliani was motivated by poll numbers he would have thrown the NYPD under a bus a while back, sometime in the late 90s, when the NY media was screaming for him to come down hard on a couple of cops who killed a black man while doing their jobs. Instead, Rudy stood by the cops and told the media to go have sex with themselves. Doesn't sound like being motivated by polls to me.


69 posted on 11/13/2005 2:57:50 PM PST by frankiep
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To: peyton randolph

I think he was the only GOP candidate that lost that night.


70 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:03 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: H. Paul Pressler IV

"All three are Pro Abort!"

By the summer of 2008, that may be less of an issue, particularly if Bush has re-made the Court with strict constructionists.

In addition, pharmaceutical abortion will replace the traditional procedure in the near future, making Roe largely obsolete. When a doc can prescribe an abortive drug for another approved use, the issue moves out of the court's reach.

Changing hearts and minds is the only real answer, but there will always be the hard-hearted and the wicked among us, regardless of who is in office or who is in robes.


71 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:18 PM PST by Jedidah
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To: sinkspur

I've heard this rumor that Cheney is resigning in 2006, to put a new face on for the Republicans, and to give Bush a chance to set someone up for 2008. I say Condi or Allen.


72 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:19 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: RWR8189

The MEDIA is the group that is pushing mcvain etc. The MEDIA for some reason keeps discounting George Allen, who I think they fear.

It's way too early and they are in speculation overload. Goodness!


73 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:34 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: H. Paul Pressler IV

Actually McCain is pro-life (or at least, he says so...)


74 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:41 PM PST by Tarkin (Janice Rogers Brown to the SCOTUS)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

They haven't so don't worry.


75 posted on 11/13/2005 2:58:41 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: appleharvey

Yep.... I think and hope it will be Guliani.

Abortion is in the hands of new SCOTUS. I think Roe will eventually be overturned.

So that leaves the WOT...in which I believe he'd be the best..

PLUS I think he is the only one who can beat Hillary


76 posted on 11/13/2005 2:59:00 PM PST by Blackirish (Jeez)
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To: rhombus

Really... and who do you think will be?


77 posted on 11/13/2005 2:59:18 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: RWR8189

Giuliani, Rice, and McCain?

Abandon all hope.


78 posted on 11/13/2005 2:59:18 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! --kellynla)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

"We need to worry about Mark Warner, southern, democrat, governor. If the Dimwitrats have learned one thing, its that Northeast Liberal Senators dont win."

and that southern democrat governors do!


79 posted on 11/13/2005 2:59:45 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: mainepatsfan
I know all about what happened with Newt and I still like him. There may be better candidates but if I'm reading things correctly the left will be trying to throw up candidates preferred by moveon.org and Soros that will make us all cringe at the thought of these people in the White House.

We all want the person who truly aligns with the conservative agenda but it may be a choice of A versus B and B being totally unacceptable under any condition.

I like Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. but hardly anyone knows who he is and he wouldn't have a chance.
80 posted on 11/13/2005 3:00:24 PM PST by TheForceOfOne
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