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% |
The president has talked about global warming; I just linked someone to one of his speeches tonight in fact. The president said clearly the earth is warming and we need to find the reasons why.
The president is for a guest worker program and so is Rudy.
The president didn’t veto McCain Feingold when given the chance. For that matter, Thompson, a maybe presidential candidate and seeming favorite of freepers, supported McCain Feingold.
The rest of your post is unsourced and I haven’t seen any stats to support.
Exactly. I swear, Reagan himself couldn’t get elected today if we listened to half of these freepers. He wasn’t perfect either, although the mythology surrounding him would sure make you think he was. Anyone remember amnesty and running from Lebanon?
And, I can get you a source on each and every aspect of the Giuliani record I mentioned.
Drink Kool-Aid and believing Rudy is a conservative when he is actually liberal is the best way to contribute to the destruction of the nation.
I hope everybody saw Jerry Falwell tonight on CNN; he said we aren’t trying to elect a Sunday school teacher this time around.
The host pointed out that we HAD elected a Sunday School teacher, Jimmy Carter, and Falwell, bless his heart, said, “Yeah, and he was our worst president ever.”
And he said as far as HE knew, Fred Thompson was a Christian and so were the others.
He sure didn’t sound down on ANY of the candidates to me.
How many children does abortion kill every single day in Ameirca?
who is Pro LIFE?
Destruction of the nation? Kool Aid? You sound EXACTLY like a liberal yourself.
I go to our town’s monthly GOP meetings and most of my friends are conservative, and none of them speak like this. You have no idea how glad I am because if they did, I’d leave the party.
But it is extremist and ridiculous language like this that is making the far right sound as silly as the far left, and maybe it’s a good thing the Republican party is moving to the more moderate middle. I never used to think so, but upon reflect, perhaps that is a move that I support. I certainly understand it.
Good for Falwell. And what an excellent point he made about electing a Sunday School teacher (Carter) and how he was the worst president ever. LOL
I suppose those dashes beside the names of Hagel, Hunter, and Trancredo mean that they have LESS THAN 1%....Bad news for their devotees.
No.
“I lead I dont follow! If I lose I lose but I follow my own course.”
Sounds like the Libertarian party. Probably the only thing that keeps the right together in America, is it’s cohesion.
The left is full of so many interest groups, that it’s hard to keep track. Often they have conflicting interests, and that’s why they’ll lose on many of their agendas. I’m betting man...I do it in my work and I do it in my life. Rudy could have good odds, but there’s so many things that could go wrong. The flop may turn out bad or he may just play the river terribly.
Sorry for the poker terminology, but we’re running on an ace and a 3. Hopefully that works or something else does.
Rudy is a liberal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813288/posts?page=12#12
To: Peach; narses; pissant
“I heard on the car today (Rushs show) that next week Newt is going to debate John Kerry on the issue of global warming.”
On February 12, 2007, Giuliani said “I do believe there’s global warming, yes. The big question has always been how much of it is happening because of natural climate changes and how much of it is happening because of human intervention. The overwhelming number of scientists now believe that there is significant human cause.” He said the debate on the existence of global warming “is almost unnecessary ... because we should be dealing with pollution anyway.”
Peach, dear, Rudy sides with the leftists again, when will you get it?
12 posted on 04/06/2007 3:46:46 PM PDT by GovernmentIsTheProblem (Capitalism is the economic expression of individual liberty. Pass it on.)
“I know the urge is to fly the flag (Ive had it and done it myself), but for the long haul, we might be better off against the dems if we tone it down against the Rudyites, and support the conservative nominees somewhat gently. Clearly Fred, or another real conservative will be the nominee, and I would hate to see Rudyites not vote for him to spite the conservatives here who didnt like their candidate, and who they thought were mean to them, or something.”
That’s the thing. Quoting Rudy is, to his supporters, an “attack.”
The funny thing is, they accuse actual right wingers of threatening not to vote.
Indeed. I find it quite interesting to watch people who only support candidates who have no chance of winning.
I will never forget the "Katherine Harris" supporters here on FR that followed her off a cliff in Florida; knowing the entire time she was a loser. I hope we do not see another example of stupidity with the RuBots as we did with the KHBots down in Florida.
Which part of Katherine Harris was never the frontrunner vs. Rudy’s frontrunner status don’t you get?
An interesting side note- Thompson is waaaaaaay up at tradesports...from nowhere to # 2.
Fascinating to watch this all play out.
Oh, please! Is this the best you can do? I really think throwing around the word “liberal” is a losing proposition for you. We are ALL conservative and want smaller government, lower taxes, less regulation and more personal responsibility. Give it a rest!
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