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.
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.
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
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.
Giuliani’s support highest among moderate and liberal Republicans...and in other news, yes folk’s the sky is blue. Blackbird.
SHOCKING!!!
Interesting, but in all seriousness.
Who’s the wiseass who voted for Pataki!
What’s interesting is not just that there are liberal Republicans, but that even self-identified conservatives favor Giuliani above the others. I have to believe that these people just don’t know anything about him, and that this landscape will change dramatically after the first debate.
Another reason why we should send NO money to the RNC.
Send every cent you can afford, and then some, to your favorite Conservative candidate!
And I think some serious thought should be given to a third party home for those Conservative candidates in future, if not before. If we can’t get one elected THIS time, the country will be so far gone that we never will.
They won't vote for him in the general, though.
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Interesting polling info. Great for FRed, having such a showing unannounced!
I think Rudy’s support is a mile wide and an inch deep. As has be demonstrated here on FR, many support him simply because he’s not Hillary. That may be good enough to win the nomination, but it will not carry him through the general election.
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