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New York, New York (Rudy vs. Hillary in 2008?)
wsj opinionjournal ^ | 2 9 07 | Peggy Noonan

Posted on 02/09/2007 5:49:02 AM PST by flixxx

According to polls, Hillary Clinton holds an early and significant lead among Democratic voters (43%, compared with 22% for Barack Obama, according to a Fox News poll 10 days ago). She is of course the killer fund-raiser of the race, with one of her contributors crowing this week that she'll raise more money than all the other candidates combined. So let's call her the likely Democratic nominee, even though Mr. Obama hasn't even announced yet. On the Republican side it's Giuliani time, with Fox News putting him at 34% among GOP voters and John McCain coming in second with 22%. He hasn't announced yet either, but this week he filed all the papers.

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Not one of Noonan's best efforts, but a nice editorial for a Friday.
1 posted on 02/09/2007 5:49:02 AM PST by flixxx
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To: flixxx; Liz

Hey, maybe this time Hillary will get prostate cancer.


2 posted on 02/09/2007 5:50:30 AM PST by TommyDale (Who do you trust? An ex-mayor? Or the ranking member of the House Committee on Armed Services?)
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To: TommyDale

She certainly has the tools....


3 posted on 02/09/2007 5:53:12 AM PST by Jake The Goose
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To: flixxx
Peggy makes a good point about Hillary's social ascendancy. This wasn't a piece written for us, it was written for the cocktail party circuit in NYC.

I guess Peggy is thinking about the lesser of two evils here, and highlighting some differences.

4 posted on 02/09/2007 5:55:05 AM PST by tcostell (MOLON LABE)
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To: flixxx

Maybe Hillery & Rudy will knock each other out.


5 posted on 02/09/2007 5:55:24 AM PST by alicewonders (I like Duncan Hunter for President - 2008!)
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To: flixxx

Hillary is no NYer!


6 posted on 02/09/2007 6:37:13 AM PST by Roccus (Able Danger??? What's an Able Danger????)
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To: flixxx
..if the whole world was NY

But it's not...

7 posted on 02/09/2007 6:38:48 AM PST by WalterSkinner ( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
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To: flixxx

It could be a multi-New York race. Remember that Mayor Bloomberg is talkign about running for President as an independent.

Hitlery vs. Rudy vs. Bloomy?


8 posted on 02/09/2007 6:49:32 AM PST by TBP
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I doubt Bloomberg would run if Rudy gets it. That would be two candidates of the same. If Rudy gets it there will most likely be a strong third party conservative candidate, but not a 3rd party liberal like bloomberg.


9 posted on 02/09/2007 7:07:26 AM PST by Brownback08
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