Poll Shows Giuliani Love Across the Country (Rudy Beats All Dem Candidates by at Least 5%)

Gothamist.com ^ | 2.22.07 | Mary Ann Chastain

[meg88]

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani got good and bad news from the Quinnipiac Poll.

The good news: He beats Senator Hillary Clinton, 48% to her 43% in a national poll conducted last week.

The bad news: It's still over 18 months to go until Election 2008.

Quinnipiac drilled down to the red, blue and purple state level: Giuliani beats Clinton 55-38 in states that voted Republican in the 2004 election.

Interestingly, he ties her 46-46 in the blue states, while it's close in "purple states" (where the "margin in 2004 was less than 7%) - Giuliani has 44% while Clinton has 45%. Here are some more matchups:

- Senator John McCain edges Clinton, 46 - 44 percent

- Clinton tops former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 49 - 37 percent;

- Giuliani beats Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 47 - 40 percent;

- Giuliani tops 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards 48 - 40 percent;

- McCain ties Obama 43 - 43 percent;

- McCain gets 43 percent to Edward's 42 percent, a tie;

- Obama tops Romney 49 - 29 percent;

- Edwards beats Romney 48 - 32 percent.

Giuliani would win a Republican primary with 40% of Republican primary voters supporting him over McCain who would get just 18%, while Clinton would win a primary with 38% over Obama (23%). Furthermore, the Quinnipiac poll shows that Giuliani has the highest favorability rating of all candidates, with 57%, which Clinton has 46%, McCain has 51% and Obama has 44% (notably, 40% don't know enough about Obama to form an opinion.

Yesterday, Mayor Giuliani was campaigning in South Carolina. On the news last night, WNBC's Melissa Russo noted something unusual: While the crowds were very friendly to Giuliani, even reporters (from Southern papers) asked Giuliani to take pictures with him.

[OMalley]

LOL I know.

I love that argument that gun control cut down on crime as if every criminal just turned them over. Stupidest thing ive EVER heard.

When I live in WA we had home break ins all the time, no mater which city I lived in. Here its extremely rare. WHY? because everyone is armed to the teeth. buglars may be thieves, but they arent stupid;)

[Delphinium]

Have you no hope for a righteous man in office.

[EternalVigilance]

Well, we lost with a closer margin than dirtboy's candidate.

Right. Did your candidate have all the resources of the GOP arrayed against him? Or was he a powerful, moneyed incumbent who let his arrogance gain control of his mouth?

[Delphinium]

Here its extremely rare. WHY? because everyone is armed to the teeth

same here.

[TET1968]

A gang of Hillery loving hijackers, invalidating her only real threat 24/7 while at the same time endorsing some nobody named after a donut , all in the name of "True Conservatism", is so bogus it's laughable.

[Corin Stormhands]

My candidate was targeted by Soros, Hillary and MoveOn way back in 2005. This was 1) retribution for his work as chair of the NRSC and 2) getting him out of Hillary's way.

Sure, he made some mistakes. But he also dealt with an onslaught of all out lies about his background, about his character, about his record.

We spent WEEKS debating a disclosure of stock issue. TODAY the Senate Ethics committee admitted Allen made no mistake.

WE faced The Washington Post who wrote over 300 articles on "macaca" alone and ingored Jim Webb's documented racist/sexist past.

So that's what we faced.

And, on a night where Republicans were losing across the nation, we lost by 7,000 votes.

Hell yes it was painful. It still is. It's like a death in the family.

But you, to show your "moral superiority" wear it as a badge of honor.

We know all about your "principled conservatism" EV. It lasts all the way to the bank.

[OMalley]

makes ya sleep better at night for sure;)

[EternalVigilance]

Is that a *grunt* I hear?

[dirtboy]

Another fact-free Rudy booster post, brought to you by RINO brand sunglasses. RINO glassess are a lovely rose-colored hue that filter out all facts that might lead you to believe that Rudy truly would cause electoral disaster in 2008 if nominated.

[EternalVigilance]

We know all about your "principled conservatism" EV. It lasts all the way to the bank.

The Allen supporter still showing arrogant ignorance.

[dirtboy]

Either that or a brain fart.

[EternalVigilance]

But you, to show your "moral superiority" wear it as a badge of honor.

Actually, I'd have never commented on it if you hadn't made claims about me, my record, and my motivations. Just stuffing it back in your face.

[dirtboy]

It's always amusing how they come into these threads swinging and then complaing about the ensuing bar fight.

[Delphinium]

Yes it was painful, we all love Allen. He did not lose because of the social conservatives, he lost because the of his social conservatism, and leadership abilities, they were afraid of for the presidential election. They brought up the racism lie to slander his good name, and were able to pull it off. We also lost many because many stayed home because of all the big spending in congress, and people upset , misinformed, whatever about the war.

We really lost because of the media lies.The Republicans as a whole didn't get their message out, and when they did many didn't believe it anymore.

Bill Sali was really aided by all the media and RINO attacks. It showed him for the backboned principled guy that he is. They though they were attacking him, but they drove the message home that he would not go along to get along and had been proving it for 16 years.

Thats what people want.

[Delphinium]

But you, to show your "moral superiority" wear it as a badge of honor.

Would you like him better lukewarm?

[Delphinium]

You are right and I hardly touch a gun. I'd never want to be in one of those liberal gun confiscating cities without one.

[EternalVigilance]

Yep.

[Corin Stormhands]

I would never have made the claims about you, your record or your motivations if I hadn't been reading your posts for over a year.

Maybe, just maybe, if you want people to stop calling you on that you could consider dropping the terms like "rutards."

Because, as much as you don't want to admit it, there ARE principled conservatives who are supporting Rudy. Right here on FreeRepublic.

Known numbers ranging (at guesstimate levels) somewhere between 200-300.

And that includes people who have been here for years, who fought through the Clinton impeachment battles, who fought through the Sore/Loserman battles, who fought to keep Elian safe and sound and in America and who have invested their time and money to keep this site running.

I've been called a rutard, a rudybot, a rudophile, a RINO, a liberal, a baby killer, a gun grabber, a Democrat. and I've had my faith questioned and more, just because I have a different view on the best candidate to lead our party in 2008.

And THAT's just by the Christians, my supposed brothers and sisters in Christ.

I'm making a very strong effort not to criticize the other candidates (okay maybe except for McCain...and Gilmore, but I'm a Virginian). I WILL support the GOP nominee.

I don't CARE who you work for. I don't CARE who you support.

But don't question my values. Don't question my intelligence. Don't question my morals. And DON'T question my faith.

[Peach]

That name calling is actually kind compared to some of the immature third grade names I was called last week because I support Rudy. I'm embarrassed to post what was said to me a few times last week by men who clearly have serious issues with women.

What they don't get is that it says more about them than it does about us.

When I showed my husband, he told me if I ever gave a thin dime to this web site, he'd cut up the credit cards. He's never said that to me before so I'm taking him at his word :-)

[Corin Stormhands]

Oh no! Not the credit cards!