I encourage folks to read the cover article in the Sept. issue of The American Spectator about a possible Giuliani candidacy.
Posted on 09/07/2006 3:11:47 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
Giuliani, Clinton favorites for 2008 nominations
(CNN) -- Republicans favor former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, while Democrats are looking toward Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York for their nominee, according to a CNN poll released Thursday.
Thirty-one percent of the 432 poll respondents who identified themselves as Republicans chose Giuliani from a list of potential 2008 nominees, according to the survey conducted by Opinion Research Corp. on behalf of CNN.
The next closest choices were Sen. John McCain of Arizona, with 20 percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, with 12 percent. (View the complete poll results for all potential GOP and Democratic candidates -- PDF)
No other Republican broke out of the single digits, and 14 percent of respondents said they were unsure about their choice.
Among the 517 identifying themselves as Democrats, 37 percent chose Clinton, and 20 percent favored former Vice President Al Gore.
The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, and Kerry's running mate, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, trailed with 11 percent each.
All other Democrats fielded 3 percent or less in the survey, while 8 percent of the respondents said they were unsure about their choice.
Asked if they would only vote for a candidate who opposed the Iraq war at its inception in 2003, 56 percent of Democrats said no, and 41 percent said yes.
In a separate survey conducted of 1,004 adult Americans, 86 percent said they favor Congress passing legislation that would raise the minimum wage.
The surveys were conducted by telephone August 30 to September 2.
The overall margin of error was plus or minus 5 percentage points, except for the minimum wage question, where the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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I encourage folks to read the cover article in the Sept. issue of The American Spectator about a possible Giuliani candidacy.
Laura Ingraham really likes Mitt a lot.
Ha! Bush's approval rating is higher than Hillary's support among Democrats.
if he comes around on abortion, homo agenda, and social issues, maybe. Not until then.
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I'm considering him.
And otherwise you'll go with Hillary? :)
Yuck. The first person on that list that appeals at all is Newt.
Rudy's smarter, tougher, and more articulate than all the rest combined.
Ping
McPain, Pro-life moderate conservative.
Some freepers may be asked to make a very hard choice..
And there's not a conservative bone in his body.
NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT! NEWT!
The media has finally determined who they will allow to be the next President Of The Ununited States.
The Real Rudy Giuliani:
Read more about Giuliani's liberal positions here and here.
- Pro-abortion - He even opposes banning partial birth murder.
- Anti-2nd Amendment - supports gun grabbing legislation including the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapon Ban
- Pro-big government - amassed unprecedented debt as Mayor of NYC
- Pro-radical gay agenda
- Supports gay marriage
- Attended every gay pride parade in NYC while mayor (even one in 1992 that included a NAMBLA contingent of pedophile activists)
- Has received many awards from radical gay groups
- Attends and supports many functions and fund-raisers held by radical gay organizations (even did a cross dressing act at Pride Agenda fund-raiser)- Pro-illegal immigration - said no one in New York City is going to assist the federal government with the enforcement of immigration law, sued Feds in 1997 to be able to ignore immigration law, lost in court, vowed to ignore law anyway
- Endorses liberal Democrat candidates over Republicans - endorsed liberal Dem Mario Cuomo over Republican George Pataki in NY Governor's race
- Ran for NYC Mayor in 1994 on Liberal Party ticket. Appointed Liberal Party State Chair to a Deputy Mayor position. Endorsed 3 times by the Liberal Party for his liberal views.
- Holds many other liberal views
- Republican In Name Only - opposes many major planks of the GOP Platform
It's a ridiculously small sample and it might be true if the rest of the country thought like New York City but, since they don't, I can't imagine this could possibly happen.
I'd respect Rudy more if he had run against Hillary in 2000 or 2006, but he didn't. He ducked both times. That's not presidential material. I'd still vote for him over McCain but I'd have to hold my nose and swallow some Maalox before doing it.
Given George Allen getting the media pummelling lately,
I'd go with Mitt Romney as our last best hope for an actual conservative candidate. Newt may run but
Guliani had a chance to do a "Lincoln" and run against Hillary in NY in 2006 ... he blew it. He also chose not to run for Governor. He also wasnt picked for AG ... all good stepping stones for becoming Prez. I'd say Rudy would make a great member of any administration.
"I'd say Rudy would make a great member of any administration".
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