Posted on 04/06/2007 1:24:31 PM PDT by areafiftyone
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Rudy Giuliani remains the top contender in the race for the Republican Partys presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by RT Strategies for the Cook Political Report. 34 per cent of respondents would vote for the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 17 per cent, followed by actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson with 10 per cent, former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with nine per cent, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with six per cent. Support is lower for former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former New York governor George Pataki, Kansas senator Sam Brownback and former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore.
Yesterday in South Carolina, Giuliani discussed his views on abortion, saying, "Ultimately I believe its an individual right and a woman should make that choice. I tell people what I think. I tell them (to) evaluate me as I am and do not expect them to agree with me on everything. I dont agree with me on everything. If thats the most important thing, then Im comfortable with the fact you wont vote for me."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
I am going to read a list of people who might seek the Republican nomination for president in 2008, and I will read the list twice. I would like you to tell me who would be your first choice for the nomination.
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Apr. 2007 |
Feb. 2007 |
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Rudy Giuliani |
34% |
32% |
John McCain |
17% |
23% |
Fred Thompson |
10% |
n.a. |
Newt Gingrich |
9% |
13% |
Mitt Romney |
6% |
10% |
Tommy Thompson |
3% |
1% |
Mike Huckabee |
2% |
1% |
George Pataki |
2% |
4% |
Sam Brownback |
1% |
2% |
Jim Gilmore |
1% |
1% |
Tom Tancredo |
-- |
2% |
Chuck Hagel |
-- |
1% |
Duncan Hunter |
-- |
1% |
Other |
1% |
n.a. |
Unsure |
13% |
8% |
How many times must I say FR is a conservative site? We do not support abortionism, homosexualism, feminisim, environmentalism, gun control, liberalism, socialism, etc, etc, etc. When I say I suspect we will become even more conservative than we already are, possibly via attrition if nothing else, what do you think Im referring to? When FR starts pushing hard and I mean hard against abortion, gay marriage, homosexual education forced on our school children, pandering to illegal aliens, gun control, McCaine-Feingold type usurpation, global warming, etc, etc, even if supported or advanced by the GOP, then I fully suspect certain types of moderate/liberal Republican supporters are probably going to be a little uncomfortable here. We will be fighting for traditional American conservatism no matter who we have to fight against and Im afraid thats going to piss off some folks.
Jim Robinson, 3/2/07
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1794037/replies?c=1072
Source: RT Strategies / Cook Political Report Methodology: Telephone interviews with 290 Democrats and Democratic leaners, conducted from Mar. 29 to Apr. 1, 2007. Margin of error is 5.8 per cent.
Democrats like Rudy better than the other Pubbies. Who knew? :)
Oh, I see it was caught. My bad. :(
Areafiftyone is certainly not a liberal. Does it not occur to you people that there are many kinds of conservatives: Fiscal, law and order, social, etc.?
Areafiftyone: I’m thinking that those people who are not putting national security first but instead focusing exclusively on social issues should be called liberals. After all, they aren’t OUR kind of conservative and turn about is fair play, is it not?
I'm conservative across the board. I've been all over Bush and the Republicans for spending money and expanding government.
And, and because I am, I oppose a liberal like Giuliani, who is only conservative on TWO issues while radically liberal on virtually every other.
It's disgraceful any conservative could have such little principles as support a candidate that is 80%-plus liberal. And, even more disgraceful knowing how such a nominee would tear apart the Republican and conservative base.
“The poll wasn’t taken before the gaffe this week.”
What gaffe???
80% liberal? You know what's disgraceful? That you know so little about Rudy that you think he's 80% liberal. He's a social liberal but he's a fiscal and law and order conservative.
Giuliani is:
Pro-abortion
Pro-Homosexual agenda
Anti-Second Amendment
Pro man-made global warming
Pro illegal immigration
Some that appointed liberal judges by an 8-1 ratio in New York
Pro McCain-Feingold
Against school choice
A big government Republican that spent so much money that New York had the largest debt in the nation other than Federal deficit
For minimum wage increases
“Give us this day, our daily polls.....and forgive us our obtuseness.”
All the anti-rudy's will post his past actions and proclaim, "Yes, Yes!".
They continue to ignore what Rudy said about 9/11 - "Priorities have changed". That and the fact that he'd be President of the United States, not Mayor of New York.
Rudy loses on National Security and Law and Order when he’s trying to disarm the American People.
The next time you’re in a shopping mall, take a good look around you and think about someone getting Sudden Jihad Syndrome. Think about what you could do to prevent it.
Rudy is completely against you doing anything about it except to die like the rest.
There was no gaffe. This is about his recent comments on abortion. The liberals and their waterboys on the far far right are trying to turn it into a “gaffe.”
I live in NYC - I think more about tall buildings being taken down rather than shopping malls in suburbs. Nothing can be done to prevent it. The next hit will be another major city not a shopping mall it will be in a subway system or a building. There are millions of people there and the damage is worse.
You RuBots are so funny...
It seems the ultra conservatives have forgotten 9/11 just like the Ultra Left - Out of sight out of mind.
Guns are not going to stop a terrorist with a bomb - they will accomplish their task regardless.
Sorry, forgot a sarcasm label. I’m one of the good guys and believe these comments about gaffes are silly rantings of the day by the anti-Rudy people.
That’s what I thought!
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