It's Gingrich's to Lose (Zogby '08 White House Poll Shows Tancredo 4th)

US News and World Report ^ | August 28, 2006 | Paul Bedard

[gopwinsin04]

Washington Whispers

It's Gingrich's to Lose in 2008

Sorry, Hillary. And Big John, you might have missed your chance in 2000.

That's because a new and innovative poll from John Zogby about 2008 presidential candidates finds former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich way out front of fellow GOP-ers like Sen. John McCain and also finds moderates like former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner far ahead of libs like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Here's the unusual thing about the Zogby poll released to Whispers: When questioning likely primary voters, only brief biographies and not names were given.

In other words, voters picked the one with the best experience. Without her name recognition working for her, Clinton came in a miserable sixth out of 10.

"It looks like the Democrats want to grab the middle," says Zogby, who says outside-the-beltway Democrats lean moderate.

Surprises on the GOP side: Harsh immigration critic Rep. Tom Tancredo ranks fourth, showing the power of the anti-immigrant issue.

Is the poll important? Big time. In 1999, Zogby's "blind bios" poll identified "maverick" McCain as a very attractive candidate in primary states long before he almost knocked off George W. Bush.

The Democratic order and percentage: Warner, 14.8; retired Gen. Wesley Clark, 14.2; Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold, 12.2; Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, 11.1; former Sen. John Edwards, 10.4; Clinton, 5.6; New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, 5.3; former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, 4.9; Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, 4.9; Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, 3; Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, 2.8.

The GOP rankings: Gingrich, 21.4; McCain, 13.3; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 11.2; Tancredo, 9.9; Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, 6.1; Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, 5.8; Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, 5.6; Virginia Sen. George Allen, 4.9; Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback,4.3; Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 3.8; New York Gov. George Pataki, 2.8.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL....

yeah that naming the drivers is just a joke, but I think it was applicable about 20 years ago or so :)

[Coldwater Creek]

That's ridiculous.

[MikefromOhio]

I wouldn't be surprised if there is one somewhere out there...

I don't really follow NASCAR but I did watch most of the night Bristol race last night.

[JRios1968]

[gcruse]

"a guy from Georgia has no southern accent."

Yet, I'll bet you like Dubya, who stammers and trips over his tongue like he has a mouthful of peanut hulls and can't pronounce nuclear. I hope the electorate votes based on more substance than accent.

[MikefromOhio]

Someone with Photoshop skills could do something with this one....

[Reagan Man]

WOW! A poll that shows Newt ahead of the entire GOP pack and by a substantial margin too. Wonder what the Giuliani supporters gonna have to say about this one. LOL

[bigfootbob]

ditto!!!

[Prost1]

Zogby, a tool of the democratic left...

Were Gingrich to run or even not run, since Zogby is pushing his name, is to trump up Gingrich's moral problems

Since the democratic party is a believer in moral equivilance, then Gingrich is to the republicans what the Clintons (Bill & Hillary) are to the democrats. Thus, both sides have equal moral problems, but that is OK since we are picking Leaders and not moralists.

Expect Zogby and other henchmen to attempt to promote morally imparied republicans as a way of improving the status of their own creeps.

[hosepipe]

[ You would vote for someone with Newt's moral character? You would vote for someone that has teamed up with Hillary on healthcare issues? Just because he has (R) behind his name doesn't mean he's worthly of a conservative vote. Newt's washed up....he's a has been. ]

Newt plays politics well.. Only way.. "good" morality will SURFACE IN ANY PARTY IS.. Never... Republicans have a majority(in Congress) BECAUSE of Newt.. not in spite of him.. Carl Rove is a moron compared to Newt..

Its true, everybody should love each other, and their should be no war.. won't happen either.. Utopian Schemes are and should be the property of democrats.. AND RINOs.. which are democrats in drag.. Morality in Washington D.C. is a hindrance(always was and will be).. We need someone that will shoot the wounded(republicans).. and torture the democrats.. Its WAR in foggy bottom and the world is held in the balance.. Simply.. Newt is the best single candidate for American President.. The boy is morally flawed in some ways.. as is George Bush(Globalist/immigration).. but Bush has a beautiful graceful wife.. Very important to republican women.. Most of the democrat party (WOMEN) could care less about that..

The best President?.. The one with the most testosterone.. Bush has some, but not enough.. Only Newt has the proper amount of the "right stuff".. America women are mostly ditz's.. not all, but mostly..

Will we get another RINO in the White RINO House in 2008?... probably.. Newt is the answer but America->> (becoming more socialist NOT less) does not want a real Republican.. pity but its true..

[mhx]

I hope it'a Russ Feingold. It would be a fair fight and a very clear choice.

[Coldwater Creek]

I live in the state next to Hucksbee's. From everything that I have seen about him he is a fighter. He has convictions and stands by them. Check him out.

[jrooney]

The character of a man is more important than how he speaks. Just look at Clinton. Bush has a stronge character than Clinton, yet Clinton could talk a snake out of its skin. Speaking well is a farce.

[RegulatorCountry]

I like Newt, too. Unfortunately, he was the object of a very thorough political character assassination at the hands of the liberal newsmedia back in the nineties, and on top of that, he himself handed them the mud to sling regarding his personal life. I just don't see it happening as a result. If he gets the nomination, I would vote for him, but it strikes me as being highly improbable.

[cmsgop]

Well said, I agree %150......

[metesky]

Mark my words, young lady.

[ark_girl]

Oh, don't worry, I'll take happy hiney down to the polls for primaries. I'll put up signs in my yeard. Stickers in my cubicle. Whatever for primaries for WHOEVER against McCain for primaries. Heck, depending on how things go, I might even be up for donating time to a Huckabee campaign if it's based out of Little Rock.

But, short of Lucifer himself being the Democrat (or the Democrat having a 666 on his campaign posters) in the general election, I will NOT vote for McCain. Can't stand that man....can NOT stand that man.

[deport]

Here's the unusual thing about the Zogby poll released to Whispers: When questioning likely primary voters, only brief biographies and not names were given.

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Yep a blind poll with absolutely no correlation to what the voters will do when a name is placed on the ballot.... Worthless as teats on a boar hog.

[originalbuckeye]

Count me in agreement here. Zogby would love to see Gingrich get the nomination because he figures that the core conservatives (family values) will not vote for him He is right. Zogby is first, last and in between a Dem.

[gopwinsin04]

Shake n' bake!