FOX News Poll: Voters Most Comfortable With Rudy Giuliani as President

FoxNews.com ^ | 2/1/2007 | Dana Blanton

[Dark Skies]

More voters say they would be comfortable with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as president than other top 2008 contenders, though majorities would also be comfortable with other leaders from both parties, according to the latest FOX News Poll. In addition, of all the 2008 hopefuls — announced or frequently mentioned as a possibility — voters want to hear more from one candidate specifically: Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

Opinion Dynamics Corporation conducted the national telephone poll of 900 registered voters for FOX News from January 30 to January 31. The poll has a 3-point error margin.

[baubau]

Go Rudy Go!

Oh yeah!

[Beagle8U]

http://www.gunowners.org/mccaintb.htm

Check the hit piece GOA has out on McCain. They devoted a full page on slamming him.

Wait until they get around to the other 2 in the top 3...lol

[DKNY]

"He is a candidate. You feel this behavior should be ignored that's fine. I'm a realist, it can't be ignored."

What part are you not understanding, it was a roast. An annual event held in NYC where journalists and politicians have a little fun at their own expense.

Now if he had walked the streets of NYC like that on a daily basis then yes I would say that couldnt be ignored!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Your chart is the typical dishonest stacking of the deck. You include every issue he isn't in full agreement with the GOP platform, while leaving out all but 3 of the far more numerous issues where he is in agreement. Such as vouchers, school choice, anti-affirmative action, smaller gov't, budget cuts, tax cuts, line item veto, gov't reform, anti-corruption, anti-featherbedding, anti-Davis-Bacon, anti-union tactics, privatization, social service reform, entitlement reform, etc.

Lying by ommission is a media tactic, you must be really scared and insecure in the strength of your argument to resort to such dishonesty.

[kinoxi]

I wasn't aware that this was a one time event. Please correct me if I am wrong but it appears to be more.

[DKNY]

You just made me spit out my coffee!!!... LOL

[DKNY]

Don't leave out the rest of us, send! LOL

[Delphinium]

I would hope thatin the general election they would vote for a fiscal conservative over a fiscal liberal.

I might, but I doubt if this liberal can win the primary anyway. Most informed primary voting Republicans won't like phoney Romney, McCain, or liberal Rudy,but if by some chance a liberal was to win it would be a disaster.

The general is when the real "One issue" voters come out, and those one issue , issues generate the bases vote. Gun rights, family values, pro-life, private property rights, secure borders for national security etc.

These one issue voters aren't that committed to political parties, as they are their issues.

We need to have a candidate that can fire up the base.

[My GOP]

"You know, Scalia is a terrific judge."

Confident

[Delphinium]

Some on FR underestimate the "gun rights" folks.

And usually gun rights, prolife, pro-family, (anti-homo) go together.

[HitmanLV]

I think that the only thing one can say about this poll is that, those that want him for president will believe it, and those that don't, won't.

Just like the 2006 election polls. Those that believed them ended up being right. Those that didn't believe them ended up falling flat on their ass.

[onyx]

Thanks.

[finnman69]

thanks

I can see now I will have to take a lot of attacks as the likelihood of Rudy getting the nod reaches certainty.

And for those who say "I wont vote if such as such is the nominee", they should go bury their heads under their pillows permanently. American does not need your vote then.

[My GOP]

You can't say Rudy didn't cut taxes because Dinkins raised taxes before Rudy took office. What Dinkins did does not cancel out what Rudy did. You are really grasping for straws there.

Secondly, Rudy inherited a deficit. By the end of his first term that deficit was a surplus. The only reason he left office with a deficit was because of the recession of 2001 and the economic impact of 9/11.

I think its great Rudy outsourced government jobs to the private sector. I'm very much pro- free market and believe the free market is much more effective than government.

[hosepipe]

[ Conservatives are realistic and pragmatic! ]

Conservatives are socialists.. that are NOT traitors...
Democrats are socialists...... that ARE traitors..

[DKNY]

Well, all of us disqualified may just get him elected!

[My GOP]

Conservatives are socialist?

[Delphinium]

And for those who say "I wont vote if such as such is the nominee", they should go bury their heads under their pillows permanently. American does not need your vote then.

Statements like this lead me to believe you'd rather see a democrat win.

Why not get behind a candidate that can fire up the base, and win?

You must be a one issue,(pro-abort)voter.

[Beagle8U]

"And usually gun rights, prolife, pro-family, (anti-homo) go together"

I think it depends on where a person lives how much they think the social issues effect voting. For someone living in a big city they may think its no big deal. In the rural ares and the heartland its a very big deal.

[DKNY]

It is an annual event, I do not know if he attended every year.