Posted on 10/22/2006 9:14:03 AM PDT by wagglebee
It sounds silly, but when "Hillary Clinton" is matched up against Sen. John McCain in a hypothetical presidential election, she loses by a single percentage point. But if pollsters refer to her as "Hillary Rodham Clinton," she trounces the Arizona Republican by 7 percentage points.
According to an Opinion Research Corp poll conducted for CNN, which asked 506 adult Americans whom they preferred among potential 2008 presidential candidates, they chose Hillary Rodham Clinton to McCain by a 51 percent to 44 percent. But when the "Rodham" name was dropped, McCain had a 1 percentage point advantage, 48 percent to 47 percent.
It doesn't quite work if her opponent is former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Even though Clinton has an advantage over Giuliani with or without her maiden name, using "Rodham" tightens the race. Asked if they prefer "Hillary Clinton" or Giuliani, Clinton had a 4 percentage point advantage, 50 percent to 46 percent. But add "Rodham" and Clinton's edge over the former NYC mayor drops to 1 percentage point, 48 percent to 47 percent.
Keating Holland, CNN's polling director, said that the results are meaningless because the election is still two years away and no poll can accurately predict a race that far in advance. Moreover Clinton has always appeared on the ballot using her middle name, and there is no sign that she intends to abandon it in future elections.
The results are consistent with earlier testing that indicated Clinton's favorability rose when her maiden name was included in the question, Holland added.
Median in spin mode.
McCain is the media fav among GOP hopefuls.
There's no way Billary would win 51% nationwide. Ever.
This is an illustration on how stupid her voting block is. With out the Rodham some of her voters think its someone else.
How stupid can people BE?
Yup...spinning stupid stuff to confuse the issue.
Mrs. Clinton ... Mrs. Clinton.
Please allow me to introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
And I was round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around st. petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a generals rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
cause Im in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or Ill lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, whats my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, whats my name
I tell you one time, youre to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Whats me name
Tell me, baby, whats my name
Tell me, sweetie, whats my name
Ooo, who, who
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Oh, yeah
Wonder what happens to the tally when you add the word UNNNGH! to her name also?
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." -------- Winston Churchill
This ridiculous hypothesis only condludes how stupid the people were who were sampled.
So much for the "oh mccain and rudy will trounce hillary" crowd. Their 'electability' arguements are falling apart the closer we get.
What most people forget, is that in 1980, most of the gop challengers were pretty close to carter in the polls, but reagan was the farthest behind. Reagan was 30 points behind carter during the primaries, and his opponents said "hey look i'm more electable than so and so". Funny how that turned out.
obvious solution:
john rodham mcain
rudy rordham giulliani
When Carter totally botched the hostage rescue attempt in the spring of 1980, he was finished.
The fact that new yorkers allowed this carpet munching carpet bagging lying sack of used tampons to become their senator is sickening enough. Even sicker is that people would vote for this evil woman for president makes me believe that we are destined for bad things.
Has anyone ever checked the back of hillary's head for the 666 mark of satan?
It sounds silly, but when "Hillary Clinton" is matched up against Sen. John McCain in a hypothetical presidential election
STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT with the McCain/Hillary match-up! NOT GONNA HAPPEN~Unless the GOP wants a "get-out-the-vote" equivalent to "herding cats". Any discussion of a McCain/Hillary match up is (choose one or ALL) liberal misinformation/misdirection/wet dream.
Interesting link. Marking for further reading.
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