Yeesh!
Posted on 11/28/2006 12:45:01 AM PST by raccoonradio
John F. Kerry’s dead-last ranking in a poll of 2008 White House contenders has pundits saying he’s down for the count, but the beleaguered senator’s camp insists he’s still in the fight - and that’s no joke.
The Quinnipiac University popularity rankings - based on interviews with 1,600 voters - come as Kerry struggles to recover from his “botched” attempt at humor when he made a reference to soldiers serving in Iraq.
Kerry ranked 20th out of 20 politicians, lagging far behind a slew of Democrats expected to seek the party’s 2008 nomination.
Tops among Democrats was Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois), followed by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a former Connecticut Democrat turned independent; Kerry’s former running mate, ex-North Carolina Sen. John Edwards; New York Sen. Hillary Clinton; and former Vice President Al Gore.
Kerry received a dismal average score of 39.6 out of a possible 100 in the poll.
The veteran senator and former Democratic nominee was even outpaced by a Bay State novice on the presidential trail, lame duck Gov. Mitt Romney, who is expected to seek the Republican nomination. Romney was 13th on the favorability list.
Obama scored second only to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has already announced he will explore a GOP presidential run.
The poll is the latest bad news for Kerry, who has been on a steady decline since nearly pulling off the 2004 presidential election. He suffered yet another setback a few weeks ago when he infuriated military families by cracking that students should stay in school or risk getting “stuck in Iraq.” He later apologized, saying the intended target of his ill-fated zinger was President Bush, not the troops.
“I think his goose is cooked,” John Norton, a retired political science professor at Pennsylvania’s Lebanon Valley College, said of Kerry. “He wasn’t in a strong place to begin with and then his reaction to his most recent gaffe nailed the coffin.”
“He goofed up,” agreed Harvard Kennedy School of Government professor Elaine Kamarck. “That’s still fresh in people’s minds.”
But Kerry aide Amy Brundage downplayed the survey findings, saying, “Polls taken two years before an election aren’t worth the paper they are printed on.”
“He’ll make his decisions about the future based on the issues, not on meaningless polls,” Brundage said.
As for Romney, Norton expects the Bay State governor’s “clean” image to spur momentum as he gains more national exposure.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he moved up in these type of rankings,” Norton said. “He’s kind of well-positioned to be more of a front-runner - in the top five.”
The same meaningless early polls says this:
"Obama scored second only to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has already announced he will explore a GOP presidential run."
Obama has no chance at winning the democrat nomination for president in 2008.
Most would welcome that change!!!
Do you mean Sen. Barack Hussein Obama?
I am NOT going to be around much, in '08. I've already had my fill of the mordant idiots.
he is looking for another purple heart. ;)
And, neither does Rudy!
You better not leave me alone!!! ;)
Kerry would have to be an idiot to run again this soon.
His "strength" was his military background and that's shot to hell.
We're at war and the country will want somebody decisive - so he's out there.
Not to mention he came across like a total weanie who only got the nomination because Dean imploded.
Oh dear..............how can I ignore such a sweet opportuning? :-)
LOL
:-)
Yeesh!
Rudy could win the election but will have trouble winning the nomination. He's a gun grabbing baby killer, and those are the only two domestic issues I really care about.
Maybe if John released all his military records it would show the "hero" he really is.
One of my big fears is that he will decide not to run in 2008.
Attaboy, John! Don't give up the fight! Someone told me you were in Vietnam.
What John Kerry should be saying is: "Can I get me uh shopping cart here?" It also would be difficult enough to get John Kerry to have anything to do with Wal-Mart other than him trying to close all of them!
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