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.
So, this is more important than finding a Real Conservative candidate that can get this country back on track?
We are now allowing the media to dictate to us who the GOP candidate should be ?
Give me a break !
a) this is early days yet b) candidates and their positions are not well known by the electorate c) the M$M wants Rudy for the Rs, 'cause he's going to be easy for them to destroy d) time to find the R party a real conservative
The Quinnipiac Poll tends to lean Democrat, so the news is probably even better for Rudy and the GOP.
I wish Rudy were more conservative, but the fact remains that he is the candidate who give Hillary nightmares.
I'd rather beat Hillary with Rudy than lose to her with Gingrich.
Anyone but McCain in the primaries and anyone but Hillary in the general. I could vote for Rudy. McCain and Hillary, not so much.
It is a New York site... :)
what you said!
Not voting for him.
Rudy is the candidate who will give the Republicans nightmares - tell the base that they get to pick between two NY liberals, and plenty of them will just stay home.
Why would the media want you to nominate Giuliani if he can beat Hillary?
We've lived with someone in the White House who's far from conservative for the past six years. Why poo-poo someone who can beat a communist?
He needs to pair himself with a republican vp that will satisfy the base, IMO. (Condi or Newt?)
Maybe Ruddy should run as a Democrat, then.
(Or is it democratic?)
You really do not understand the main stream media do you?
McCain was their man in 2000 and now they've turned on him. If they help to get Rudy nominated, they'll turn on him like rabid dogs.
Moreover, Rudy would have to have a very Conservative running mate for the South to take a second glance at him.
No, Rudy is not the right one for the GOP.
"So, this is more important than finding a Real Conservative candidate that can get this country back on track?"
A "real conservative" among the living breathing choices we have now isn't going to get the country on any kind of track because he's not going to win. It's easy to say "we need a conservative candidate who can win." I heartily agree. But saying that doesn't change the fact that candidates like Duncan Hunter and Newt Gingrich constitute the weakest lineup of conservative candidates in my lifetime. Don't get me wrong- they are good conservatives. But you win elections by persuading the 10% of swing voters and neither Hunter nor Gingrich will do that.
This is a tough time for any conservative to win a battleground state- Santorum was a GREAT conservative Senator and he got crushed by a poor candidate in a battleground state. That's the reality of the political situation now.
We've been handed a candidate in Rudy with extraordinary leadership ability in the WOT who can win. And he promises to appoint judges like Scalia if elected. That's a package I can support.
All the Rudy bashing seems to stem from the fact that he's not for outlawing abortion. We've had a Republican pro-lifer in the White House for six years and a Repbulican House all that time, as well. Abortion is still legal. Even if Roe v. Wade is overturned in the courts, there are still going to be plenty of states who will continue to keep it legal.
Personally, I hope Roe v. Wade is overturned so that it can stop being a national issue every GD election. It's time to return the power of self-determination to the states as the founding fathers intended. But, it's also time we stop voting for or against someone on one issue.
Is Condi interested as running for VP? (to netralize Obama or Richarson)
"In fact, PA was a BLUE STATE and went for KERRY."
PA is just the kind of state that Rudy will put into play for us.
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