Posted on 04/30/2007 8:02:52 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Looking forward to it. The rubber’s hitting the road.
IMHO, you’d be better off pushing Giuliani to the right than trying to replace him with a “true conservative”.
Thank you, af. It’s interesting reading.
RINOs in the top 2, it tells you a lot about the modern GOP.
I think its going to be a very tight race - both primary and general election.
You are quite welcome. The polls have been pretty consistent for a long time.
I pay most attention to the South in the polls, and they are mirroring what I’m seeing for myself.
This is the primary - he ain’t going any further to the right. After the primary, its a force march to the Left.
Who woulda thunk it. Well that confirms this conservative’s opinion never to vote for Giuliani [just as no conservative should].
A liberal Republican is a Democrat.
By your standard, every modern Republican Presidential candidate was a RINO. You would have to go back to Benjamin Harrison.
Actually I can name several who aren’t: Hunter, Tancredo, Paul. And the last truly conservative preseident was Silent Cal.
Hunter lost me on his anti-trade stance. He may be conservative on social issues but his economic policy is right from the demonrat play book. Then again, Bush had fun with protectionism and increased federal social spending faster than anyone since LBJ so I’m not sure I was expecting anything better.
I was a little surprised at how big Rudy’s lead is among the young voters - 19-29 - HUGE LEAD.
Interesting bunch of numbers.
Whether you like him or not - Rudy looks very very strong.
I maintain that only Fred Thompson is a threat to Rudy.
I don’t think the other show enough to come out of the pack.
But - I voted for Perot - so what do I know.
Once Thompson declares (which I believe will occur next month sometime), he’ll get virtually all of Newt’s, Brownback’s, Huckabee’s and Hunter’s support. He’ll get a bunch of people to defect from Romney and McCain. That’ll push him up to #2, or at the least a very strong #3, at which point he’ll begin to get lots of money and press coverage. He’ll motivate the conservative base of the party, and I think that he’ll get the nomination. Rudy is just too liberal to do well out West and down South, and McCain has enemies everywhere (particularly among loyal Republicans - whom he has dissed at almost every opportunity by being a “maverick” (i.e. a media whore) - and those who respect the 1st 2 Amendments to the US Constitution.
Anybody know what channel on the east coast this will be on? Also, what time?
All the demographic data is meaningless because they don't delve into the participants knowledge of the candidates. If 31% of self-identified conservatives support Giuliani, how many of those same "conservatives" know his positions on the issues?
There have been a couple previous polls that asked those questions and the results showed that large majorities of self-identified conservatives and regular church goers either misidentify or don't know Giuliani's positions.
Everyone better hope that a candidate that Republicans can unite around emerges from the pack because right now these numbers are a disaster
Rudy and Obama lead among young voters BIG TIME! There was a huge poll done and they are tops among young voters.
I am not saying the Hunter/Hunter/etc. supporters are wrong, but it really appears that there are not enough of them to put these people in the running. And if there are not enough of them to get one of them into the running, there are certainly not enough to get one of them into the White House and to take the Senate and the House. I don’t wish any of them any ill (well, maybe one or two!), but I just don’t see the numbers moving. And thanks for the post.
So you like paying for all that chinese poison do ya? I'm not sure I'll join you in that ride to death. Blackbird.
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