Posted on 12/16/2005 4:58:58 AM PST by areafiftyone
CNN) -- If the results of a recent poll pan out, voters will see two big names from the Big Apple on the ballot in November 2008.
Those names are Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican.
The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Thursday indicated Clinton and Giuliani were the early favorites to win their respective party's nomination.
But those polled said they believe the former first lady would have a smoother path to the nomination than her GOP counterpart.
Conducted December 9-11, the telephone poll asked 393 registered voters who described themselves as Republicans and 446 registered voters who described themselves as Democrats who they were most likely to support in their respective primaries.
The survey had a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Clinton snared the majority of the Democratic voters polled. And with more than two years before the primaries, she was ahead of her two nearest potential competitors by nearly 30 percentage points.
Giuliani, on the other hand, edged out Sen. John McCain of Arizona by only 8 percentage points, 30-22.
Another 18 percent of those polled selected Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, despite her repeated assertion that she has no plans to run.
Bringing up the rear on the GOP side were Sen. George Allen, of Virginia, 7 percent; Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee, 3 percent; Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 3 percent; and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, 2 percent.
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Interesting article. What will they think, though, when Giuliani and McCain get hammered in the primaries?
Once again, they didn't ask me.
Don't think they will get hammered unless there is a Republican who can do better than 7% in the polls. Right now the only one who can beat McCain or Rudy is Condi Rice.
Good! Maybe then we can get her to address the rape accusation against her husband?
Actually that will be tough and won't work - it didn't work in her Senate Race and it won't work for the presidency. Don't forget Hillary got the "I'm the poor abused wife vote" which is partly why she won. If you attack her on her husband's crimes then she will win the sympathy vote. We need to attack her on her crimes - NOT HIS!
Anyone think to ask what Rudy's chances would be against Hitlery next year?
Giuliani only looks good from a distance. Up close he is a thin skinned control freak who supports the sodomite agenda.
Rudy would slap her silly in the run for Senate but he's not running (but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that he might).
Rudy is a RINO but he'd be far better than the Witch of Washington in the Senate.
We need to attack her on her crimes - NOT HIS!
And her shrill voice.......Rush has great audio of her screaming her views. Most men recoil when hearing those tones.
I wish he would run for Senate. Pirro stinks! She was a good DA but she stinks at running for Senate.
Heh heh! Glad he saved it because I really think she is going to run. I know Bubba wants to be in the White House again soo badly he drools every time he is invited.
Is it too late to draft Rudy for the Senate?
Actually it is not too late - Lazio got in very late in the game last time.
"Most men recoil when hearing those tones."
Not just men women like me can't stand that shrill either.....ugh
Let's get the show on the road, then!
he drools every time he is invited.
Not sure his invite is open anymore. He has been a jerk to W lately.
Not just men women like me can't stand that shrill either.....ugh
Rush played a new one last week when she tried to shout over some anti-war people. I had to turn down the volume on the radio. The guys eating lunch with me couldn't bare to hear it again.
Yea but he's Bush Sr's adopted son!
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