Posted on 01/27/2007 6:53:52 AM PST by Dark Skies
Rudy Giuliani is the favourite presidential candidate for Republican Party sympathizers in the United States, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN. 32 per cent of respondents would support the former New York City mayor in a 2008 primary.
Arizona senator John McCain is second with 26 per cent, followed by former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich with nine per cent, and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney with seven per cent.
Support is lower for former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, former New York governor George Pataki, Kansas senator Sam Brownback, Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, California congressman Duncan Hunter, Texas congressman Ron Paul, Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, and former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson.
On Jan. 25, Tancredo called for the abolition of race-based caucuses, saying, "It is utterly hypocritical for Congress to extol the virtues of a colour-blind society while officially sanctioning caucuses that are based solely on race—and restrict their membership based on race."
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, 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
Please tell me which of the following people you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in 2008.
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Jan. 2007 |
Nov. 2006 |
Oct. 2006 |
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Rudy Giuliani |
32% |
33% |
29% |
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John McCain |
26% |
30% |
27% |
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Newt Gingrich |
9% |
9% |
12% |
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Mitt Romney |
7% |
9% |
7% |
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Jim Gilmore |
3% |
-- |
-- |
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George Pataki |
3% |
1% |
5% |
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Sam Brownback |
2% |
2% |
1% |
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Chuck Hagel |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Mike Huckabee |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Duncan Hunter |
1% |
2% |
-- |
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Ron Paul |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Tom Tancredo |
1% |
-- |
-- |
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Tommy Thompson |
1% |
3% |
-- |
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No opinion |
12% |
8% |
11% |
Source: Opinion Research Corporation / CNN Methodology: Telephone interviews with 365 Republican American adults, conducted from Jan. 19 to Jan. 21, 2007. Margin of error is 5 per cent.
So I again challenge you - show me where Guiliani has changed on abortion, guns or gays. Or do you agree with him that the GOP needs to change on those issues?
Actually I didn't know that but I stand corrected!
The fact that John McCain has 26% is highly upsetting, are you sure this wasn't a democrat poll?
4 anti-gun bills have surfaced in congresws this past week.
Looking at the latest pols, America could care less these days. They certainly aren't making it a voting issue. Just look at all those Democrats that were elected in '06.
Show yourself first. go the Rudy's web site. Don't you have the nerve?
So we ought to choose based on polls? Then vote Hillary, right?
Don't worry, John McCain will implode just like Howard Dean.
Go to Rudy's website. Proof enough.
Many of President Reagan's so-called failings as a conservative President can be blamed on the fact that the liberal dems were running the show in BOTH houses, PERIOD.
It's way too soon. Party caucuses and convention and primary are next year, and we are still somewhat dazed from results of the recent election. Who knows who will emerge into public view by then.
LOL, what 'nerve'? If you simply cannot recognize that a gun-grabbing NYC liberal, a thrice divorced faux-Catholic who supports murder on demand of the unborn is NEVER gonna get my vote, then you will remain dark. And since you have chosen to concede that your chosen candidate wants the GOP to change rather than would represent the ideals of the party, well, hold tight to him as he destructs. Me, I choose LIFE. Always.
No, vote Giuliani. He leads Hillary nationaly by several points.
You go ahead and vote for whom ever you like. I'll do the same.
I am pretty much resigned that there will either be a RINO or a Marxist in the White House come 2009. A lot can change and I hope I am wrong. I think we need to focus more on getting back the House and Senate. That way a RINO president might at least be good at national defense and might also choose okay judges and won't be given any tempting gun control, tax and regulatory bills to sign. If we get a Marxist president we had better have a good Congress or all is lost. I see the dynamics like this (assuming no real conservative can be president this time):
A RINO president won't be able to do too much harm with a conservative Congress and may even move to the right on some issues -- conservatives more or less win. A RINO president would usually go along with a leftist Congress -- the left wins. A Marxist president will be hindered by a conservative Congress -- conservatives maintain the status quo if they are willing to fight. A Marxist president and the current leftist Congress will lead us to the fast-track towards communism -- the left gets everything and probably there will be no more free elections ever.
Conservatives should start laying the groundwork now on how to win back Congress -- I know this is easier said than done and the Republican leadership as as clueless as usual. The Presidency is important but secondary to having a conservative Congress, given the likely scenario that the next president will be a RINO or a Marxist and the very grave danger the country will face if Congress is leftist.
Pardon my editing. This is what I believe may very well happen!
Now were having a conversation, LOL! Can you imagine an entire thread like that, my brain would go numb trying to be clever! Touche!
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