Posted on 10/05/2005 8:39:35 PM PDT by WatchYourself
Interesting Poll by FOXNews on 2008 elections and such, especially regarding Condoleezza Rice.
Clinton still clear frontrunner for Dem nomination with 44% Support from Party
Giuliani still in lead with 26%, with McCain at 23% and Rice at 18%. Allen barely coming in at 2% despite recent pushes by some activists.
In head to head match-ups, Giuliana leads Clinton by double digits, 50-39, wile taking 20% of DEMs and losing just 8% of REPS to Clinton and a 16 point advantage with INDs.
McCain has virtually the same numbers as Giuliani. (49-38)
But Condoleezza Rice has the strongest support from Republicans, garnering an 84% Definite vote from the party (compared to 82% and 81% respectively for Giuliani and McCain). But she trails Clinton because she is also the most heavily opposed Republican by Democrats. She gains just 10% of the DEM vote (compared to over 20% for Giuliani and McCain). She also loses the IND vote to Clinton, thus leaving her currently trailing 46-43%.
According to this poll, no other Democrat can take out any of the top 3 Republicans, as Gore, Kerry, and Edwards all lose hypothetical match-ups to Rice, Giuliani, and McCain.
Also:
Not surprisingly, Giuliani was rated as the most "Strong and Decisive Leader" Garnering a 65% Yes to 20% No.
He was trailed by McCain (56-23%), Rice (55-31%), Bush (51-46%) and Hillary (51-42%).
Well too bad I don't really want any of those three to be the GOP nominee!
Good to know though that Hillary won't be the unbeatable candidate the Dems hope she'd be.
Why is it people get so stupid once they become associated with the STATE DEPT?
If people think the Miers nomination is an ugly topic at FR, wait till Giuliani is the frontrunner.
Nobody wants McCain. Not a single republican anywhere.
I couldn't ever vote for McCain simply based on the fact that he is a pushover.
Despite Giuliani's social views, I think the most important issues are going to be 1)National Security 2)Foreign Policy/WOT and 3)Economic Growth.
His leadership capablities and willingness to finish the War on Terror is essential and invaluable. No President has had any impact on Abortion/Gay Marriage or any other "hot button" issue.
As for Rice. She is a hardcore libertarian-Republican. She is an extreme economic conservative, a heavy states-rights advocate, a major 2nd amendment defender and so on. And as for abortion, she opposes Partial Birth and federal funding of the procedure (so, whatever flaws "mildly-pro-choice" has with it). Not to mention her Foreign Policy Experience...
A poll this early is based almost entirely on name recognition and doesn't tell us very much. George W. Bush wasn't even on the radar screen at this point in 1997, and a poll of Democratic contenders in 2001 would have shown Al Gore as the front-runner and John Kerry as nothing more than a limp-wristed Herman Munster from Massachusetts.
Rudy Giuliani will never be elected, regardless of what the "hot-button" issues are in 2008. He's got way too much dirt in his past, and some of his actions as mayor of New York could best be described as "criminal" in nature.
Can you imagine the Guilianni handling a Supreme Court nominee.We would have a baby killing Gay marriage supporter for sure.
Nonsense, he was the leader in the polls at this time in 1997.
That's because Condi refuses to act poor and downtrodden like the commicRATs believe she must to be a real black female.
so now Rudy is a "criminal" too. well, at least you've moved on from telling us he's short and had no hair as reasons why he should be disqualified as a candidate.
or, and let's not forget your "he speaks with a lisp" issue.
They call it "Foggy Bottom syndrome".
I find it very interesting that 9/11 basically made so many people forget that Rudy Giuliani was an absolute @sshole who couldn't have won a Presidential election if he were running against a pile of rocks.
That's very interesting. I stand corrected on that -- but I'm pretty sure Bush wasn't even a serious candidate (at least not from a public standpoint) until 1998.
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