Posted on 02/22/2007 7:09:41 AM PST by 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.
Why, yes he did.
He and quite a few "solid conservatives" found themselves unemployed last year. Hmmm.
Doesn't matter who be pairs up with. Rudy does not play well with others. His photo is in the dictionary next to the definition of anal compulsive.
First of all, if Rudy loses, it will be his fault and the fault of those in the GOP who, in response to the loss in 2006 from drifting leftward, found the solution was to turn even harder to port. The history is there but the Leftward, Ho! pubbies refuse to learn from it, setting up a likely repeat.
Second, a lot of conservatives will probably unenthusiastically vote for Rudy. But to win, the GOP will need those people motivated and enthused to donate and volunteer to drive the GOTV effort. Which is another reason why Rudy is such a bad choice.
Ask Rudy. He never outpolled Hillary in the 2000 NYC Senate race, even though he was sitting mayor of NYC and she was a cankled carpetbagger.
Uh, no. The Rudy bashing arises from the fact that Rudy is anti - RBKA, pro gay rights, pro abortion and pro-illegal aliens.
Aside from that he's wonderful. < sarcasm off >
While he loses the Red states in droves, and moves the GOP further left.
Please ... try ... to ... keep ... up.
I was discussing the pro-life Dem vote in PA. That is a vote that Rudy will NOT be able to swing over. Santorum lost that vote because the Dems finally ran a pro-lifer.
"The bad news: It's still over 18 months to go until Election 2008."
Yes, and the polls and people that waste any time with them are stupid if they think they mean anything.
I will start looking around summer of next year.
We owe it to our men and women in uniform to make SURE that the beast does win the white house...we've hoped for a strong candidate with name recognition to beat her, but the reality is there IS only one who can beat her and that's Rudy. My vote is what's best for our national security and for our troops. They know they'll get support from Rudy, but Hillary hates the military and treats them like scum!
"While he loses the Red states in droves, and moves the GOP further left."
Loses the red states to Hillary? Please.
And Bob Dole was the most "electable" candidate in March of 1996. So we were told. The Dems can't wait for us to nominate this guy. The Stupid Party strikes again.
Once again, please show how Rudy could atract pro-life PA Dems.
You are now being absurd. Candidates can be in favor of a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and not be looking to put gays in prison. You are now debating dishonestly without stupid hyperbole - unless that's all you've got.
A Rudy-triggered GOP split would put a fair number into play.
Please show where I said Bob Casey Lite was a real conservative. I said he was a pro-life Dem.
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