Posted on 08/27/2006 9:01:53 AM PDT by 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.
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Perhaps Zogby's wishful thinking is the fuel on the fire of 'stolen elections'. The Dems think they are going to win and then when they don't they whine 'it was stolen'. Along with bogus exit polls on election day.
The MSM will savage any Republican--including their present darling, McCain. He'll find out they don't really love him after all.
"As a Republican voter, I do not think that I could go to the polls and vote for Giuliani or McCain."
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My thoughts exactly....which leaves Newt as my choice.
Or a manifestation of groups derangement by narcissism
Zogby has too many Muslim relatives to trust his polls and he has been nothing but wrong for some time now.
Stupidity loves company?
Newt is brilliant, imho, his strategy and hard work brought the conservatives in the house their first majority in over 40 years or so.
But Newt is not an ethical man in his private life and this matters to me.
Don't know much about Tancredo except that he is outspoken on the immigration issue, something sorely needed in our nation as things sit today.
Don't know much about Rudy's ethical bearing either-but truly believe no one would be stronger on our determination to keep our nation secure and to slaughter terrorists as necessary.
True.....I think (& blame) the American Public Inattention. :^(
....the American Public, don't realize the outright falsehoods ('RAT Talking points') advanced by the Drive-By Media.
Newt would be fine by me, but he has such a big negative image with enough Americans that he's probably a non-starter.
Actually, the allegation was that Rudy was carrying on with a female aide when his first marriage busted up. Don't see his current wife as a 'home wrecker', because by the time she showed up it was already wrecked....
that may not be my cup of tea, but I am not gonna start throwing those stones and neither should you.
Feminaziism means that perfectly good men can find themselves screwed in a bad marriage...
Wait a minute. What am I saying. There's a reason The Republican Party is also known as The Stupid Party.
Guliani's divorce wasn't all that clean either, and he's a Catholic. I've been married for 35 years to the same women, but that hardly makes me presidential material. McCain is on his second helping also. Tom Delay is about as Christian a man as there is, but you see what the MSM can make him look like. BTW, If Delay would run, I would vote for him also. Guliani WILL NOT WIN THE SOUTH! If it's Rudy or Mc Cain, I predict a humiliating defeat, not even close.
BTW, I have pics of Guliani in drag. I can't imagine how he could be president with those floating around. You remember what the Repub's did with the Kerry "bunny suit" pics?
Newt for Prez!
But I believe Rudy is brilliant, a man not easily fooled and a man with up close and personal experience with terrorism.
Newt is deeply brilliant. A true historian, a scholar and the author of our majority in the house.
I just do not believe that Newt could beat hitlery, nationally. I don't. The stuff about his wife and his girlfriend (now his wife) would kill him off...not to mention how much the libs hate him.
Rudy could pull from both parties, tho I do not like his pro-abortion stance and am unfamiliar with his stance on homosexuals.
The big stuff to me is security and our Supreme Court nominees.
Newt was an Army brat so I don't doubt his bonafides with security, and Newt knows what a Supreme Ct judge should look like. Guliani would just pick another Ruth Bader Ginzberg to keep aborting babies and get homosexual marriage legal. It's beyond me why you think Guliani would be tough on terrorists. His claim to fame was he was a better mayor than Dingle. Whoo hooo!
Make a note of this post. I'll bet within a week of Guliani looking like he might be a front runner, pics of him in drag will be all over the tube. His gallivanting with the queers in the gay day parades will cover the airtime.
That is not saying that I wouldn't support the guy.
Well Stated!
BTW, wasn't Curtis LeMay the guy that made Chesty Puller, Doug McArthur, and John Wayne look like wimps?
LeMay was the main proponent of "morale bombing." That is, targeting civilian populations to weaken the enemy's resolve to fight the war. He also advocated nuking Cuba during the missile crisis.
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