Posted on 02/23/2007 11:35:52 AM PST by LtdGovt
In a match-up between the early 2008 frontrunners, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 52% to 43%. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Giuliani’s lead growing in recent months. His current nine-point advantage is up from a six point lead in January and a four-point lead in December.
Clinton is viewed favorably by 50% and unfavorably by 48%. The last four times that Rasmussen Reports has polled on a Giuliani-Clinton race, Clinton’s support has remained unchanged at 43%.
While both candidates draw reasonable levels of support from within their own party, Giuliani has an enormous 64% to 27% advantage over Clinton among unaffiliated voters.
Clinton leads all Democratic Party hopefuls seeking their party’s nomination trailed by Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards. However, Edwards and Obama tend to do better in match-ups against Republican prospects. In the latest survey, while Clinton trails Giuliani by nine percentage points, Edwards trails only by two points, 46% to 44%. An earlier survey found Obama trailing Giuliani by six points.
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Rudy ping.
"HE CAN'T WIN! HE CAN'T WIN! HE CAN'T.....oh, nevermind..."
((((((RUDY PING))))))
Thanks for the pingaroo I'm on it! :-)
McCain is old, nutty and not trusted by Conservatives.
Rino Rudy can't beat Comrade Hillary, which is why the MSM is attempting to push him as the GOP candidate. The MSM will turn on Rudy after they've gotten him nominated.
Bump!
"They pumped up McCain only to beat Bush; now that he can beat Hillary they portray him as old, nutty and not trusted by Conservative."
Except for Pickering, who just endorsed him.
Not that I do, just sayin'...
I look at the race for President as contest in management skills. The winner is the one who has brought to bear the best skills to out-distance his opponents. There are so many variables one has to consider as a candidate, such as the vagaries of the MSM, local and regional political differences, ideologies of varying stripes, fund-raising, gaining (or losing) endorsements, building an effective campaign staff and last, but not least, effectively addressing the major issues of the moment.
The major issues of the moment are to defeat the dems and win big with a successful candidate who will vigorously prosecute the WOT.
I have volunteered for Duncan Hunter's campaign because I like his ideology. But, I haven't heard word one from anyone associated with his campaign.
I also expressed interest to Giuliani's campaign and I have been contacted by them.
While his ideology is much more acceptable to me, Hunter is doing a lousy job---for whatever reason, it's incumbent upon him to eliminate his shortcomings---in running his campaign. He is polling single digits at best, with numbers which are consistently below the typical margin of error. He is not doing those things he needs to do, like getting newsworthy events and raising the gobs of cash (around 100 million dollars) necessary to conduct a proper campaign. Some say, "just wait and Hunter will..." Why wait? The guy is getting off to a terrible start and shows no indication he will be able to catch up with the pack.
So, I've decided not to carry Hunter's water. He will have to do the hard work himself, and if he finally gets competitive, I'll be voting for him in the primary.
However, since the goal is not to lose to the dems, I'll vote in general for the GOP nominee, and I suspect that will be Rudy Giuliani.
... and most people won't care.
Thanks for the ping and the good news!
http://wwww.joinrudy2008.com
I decided today that I'm going to send Duncan Hunter some money. I don't think Rudy or Hillary will be the nominees. Its still very early and people are only going by Name Recognition. You have to remember in 2004 when Kerry was polling in low single numbers and everyone thought Dean was getting the nomination. There are still a lot of surprises yet to come.
Duncan Hunter is a true Conservative. He has a lot of work to do, but as Rush said on the Radio today it is still very early.
If Hillary and Rudy traded party affiliation, would you then vote for Hillary so the dems don't win?
Rudy is the new Howard Dean.
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