Dean is very pragmatic ....
He knows that RG puts a lot of Dem states in play and they count on some of our more myopic Republican brothers and sisters to destroy RG so they won’t have to face him in the general election ... they may well succeed.
List below does not include NJ and Michigan - normal Dem automatic where RG has substantial lead on Hillary. Their worst nightmare is California which is game, set and match if the Dems lose it. If they lose California, it is IMPOSSIBLE for Hillary to win.
Poll: Giuliani Beats Dems in Swing States
CBN News
April 26, 2007
CBNNews.com — A new poll shows former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani beating top Democrat presidential contenders in three key swing states.
The survey by Quinnipiac University shows Giuliani with a sound lead over Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Those states have been pivotal in presidential elections since 1964.
That poll comes as Democrats are taking aim at Giuliani for arguing that America could face a major terrorist attack if a Democrat is elected president.
“I listen a little to the Democrats and if one of them gets elected, we are going on defense,” Giuliani told a crowd at the Rockingham County Lincoln Day Dinner in Manchester, New Hampshire.
“We will wave the white flag on Iraq. We will cut back on the Patriot Act, electronic surveillance, interrogation and we will be back to our pre-September 11 attitude of defense,” he added.
Obama accused Giuliani of using “the politics of fear.”
And Hillary Clinton said protecting America is a “solemn responsibility,” regardless of party affiliation.