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It's Gingrich's to Lose (Zogby '08 White House Poll Shows Tancredo 4th)
US News and World Report ^ | August 28, 2006 | Paul Bedard

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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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008polls; allen2008; gingrich2008; hillary2008; mccain2008; newtforfoxnewspundit; warner2008
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To: chuckles
hillary parades with homosexuals, a lot.

Are you saying Rudy dresses in drag and marches with those creepy activist perverts?

241 posted on 08/28/2006 10:25:45 AM PDT by Republic (I have AMAZING CONFIDENCE and TRUST in our PRESIDENT! I LOVE HIM and his ENTIRE TEAM!)
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To: gopwinsin04
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, 4.9%

Wonder if they mentioned he was a Vietnam war hero?

242 posted on 08/28/2006 10:27:52 AM PDT by Always Right
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To: gopwinsin04

I can not think of anyone around today who would do a better job than Newt. I have met both McCrazy and Newt and McCrazy is NO Newt.


243 posted on 08/28/2006 10:35:40 AM PDT by John D
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To: Republic
...."Are you saying Rudy dresses in drag and marches with those creepy activist perverts?"......

Absofreakinlutly!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/feastoffools/75055550/

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/07/giuliani_in_dra.html

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/5295/

http://www.jtf.org/america/america.2008.election.disaster.htm

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49595

Looks pezidential to me!

244 posted on 08/28/2006 11:50:23 AM PDT by chuckles
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To: gopwinsin04

I don't think McCainiac ever came close to knocking off GWB.


245 posted on 08/28/2006 11:51:50 AM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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