If we have to vote for an Arizonan
................Goldwater '08
Posted on 12/14/2006 9:13:07 AM PST by Courdeleon02
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 11:15 a.m. EST McCain Beats Hillary in New Poll
Sen. John McCain would easily defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head race for the White House in 2008, a new poll reveals. In the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey, half of those polled said they would vote for Arizona Republican McCain, while only 36 percent said they would choose New York Democrat Clinton. The rest said they weren’t sure, or would vote for someone else. The poll also found that Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would give Clinton a tough fight – 42 percent of respondents picked Clinton over Romney and 36 percent picked the Republican. The poll results "lend credence to some Democrats’ fear that despite Mrs. Clinton’s clear strength within the party, she would prove too polarizing a figure to win the White House,” the Times reported. The poll also demonstrates that McCain "would be a strong general election candidate because of his appeal to independent voters,” the Times also noted. Half of the independents surveyed said they would vote for McCain, compared to 32 percent for Clinton. Also, 49 percent of respondents said they would prefer to see a Democrat win the White House in 2008, and 41 preferred a Republican. That means some respondents who prefer a Democrat said they would vote for McCain rather than Clinton in the general election.
They better retool the machine or it will blow up.
Dear GregH,
"Rudy is actual a liberal even though he is very loyal to the party,..."
Mr. Giuliani may be acting as a loyal Republican now, but in the not too distant past, he endorsed the Democrat candidate over the Republican in New York's governor race, and did the same thing in New Jersey's governor race.
In [barely] endorsing Mr. Dole in 1996, he said that he was also fine with Mr. Clinton's policies.
He is now "loyal" because now he needs other Republicans.
sitetest
Don't fall for anything the liberal media is pimping..................
Precisely!
I seriously recommend that you seek psychiatric help as soon as possible!
The 2002 polling was so bad that some of us figured the 2006 (the next off year would be as bad)
I would really have to hold my nose to vote for McLame!
I recall that the 2002 polling going into the election was showing close wins for the GOP, which is pretty much what happened.
2006 polling showed a sound defeat for the GOP, which is pretty much what happened.
2002 polling had Coleman winning Minnesota?
2002 polling had Chambliss winning Georgia?
2002 polling had Sununu winning in New Hampshire?
Prior to 3 days before the election?
I stand by my contention that by and large the pollsters consistently got it wrong in '02 understating Republican strength.
Now they were dead on in 2006. Who knew.
Polls in 2002 showed close races leaning GOP - turns out that almost every close race that year went GOP. Good for us.
Polls in 2006 showed races not being close, and they weren't close in most cases.
Mao Tse-Tung would get 36% in today's America if he promised free health care. ;)
I guess they just found a way to make the vote fraud match the polls. ;)
HitmanLV is right about 2008 - no star power, no Republican win. Republican bench strength looks mighty thin - there are no "conservative" candidates with anything like the media profile and presence they would need to win, except maybe the 2008-unelectable Jeb Bush.
Jeb would be a wonderful candidate if his surname wasn't 'Bush.' We need a star to win, for better or for worse.
Never let your prejudices get in the way of good common sense.
There is a very good possibility that the eventual nominee for BOTH the Dem'crat and Republican national conventions in 2008 will be somebody we have not heard very much about already, and not on the first rank being considered.
I do not believe McCain has any principles other than whatever promotes McCain.
I am not at all sure I can vote for him under any circumstances.
Well RINO IS great compared to socialist. Politics is about comparative choices. Hopefully we will get a better choice than McCain.
I agree that McCain is much more the conservative than Guiliani. He has been one of the few saying that legislative republicans have abandoned their conservative values...granted he was probably speaking more of the fiscal end of thing, but nevertheless....
Yup! Either one will destroy this country!
Is there anyone? Please let there be someone!
Strange that they didn't ask about Rudy. I'm betting he'd beat her by as wide a margin, and though I dislike many of his issue positions, I trust him, and I don't trust McCain.
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