Posted on 01/30/2007 5:41:01 AM PST by areafiftyone
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a strong lead over other Democratic presidential contenders in a new poll of voters in Ohio, the closely divided swing state that tipped the 2004 election for President Bush.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani, who appeared in TV ads and at fundraisers during last year's gubernatorial race, is the favorite among the state's Republican voters, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday. He is favored by 30 percent of voters surveyed compared to 22 percent for Sen. John McCain, 11 percent for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and 4 percent for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Among Ohio Democrats, 38 percent pick Clinton, 13 percent pick Sen. Barack Obama, 11 percent pick former vice presidential candidate John Edwards, and 6 percent would vote for former Vice President Al Gore. Ohio's own Rep. Dennis Kucinich gets just 2 percent of the vote, or less than the survey's margin of error.
"Those who say Sen. Hillary Clinton can't win the White House because she can't win a key swing state like Ohio might rethink their assumption," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The institute polled 1,305 registered Ohio voters by phone from last Tuesday to Sunday. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. When results are broken down by party, the margin of error rises to plus or minus 4 percentage points for Democrats, and plus or minus 5 percentage points for Republicans.
Though she holds a strong early lead within her own party, Clinton also faces the strongest bloc of voters among the early contenders - 38 percent - who dislike her, perhaps explaining why she did not beat the poll's margin of error in any of the head-to-head match-ups tested.
The survey found hypothetical contests between Clinton and Guiliani, Clinton and McCain, Obama and McCain, and Edwards and McCain all within the margin of error.
"Given their stronger overall image, Mayor Guiliani and Sen. McCain would seem to have the potential to improve their standing," Brown said. "That might be much more difficult for Sen. Clinton because of the larger number of voters who don't like her."
The poll also found that 60 percent of Ohio voters oppose Bush's plan to send 22,000 additional troops into Iraq. Fifty-six percent say going to war in Iraq was wrong, and 65 percent dislike Bush's handling of the situation.
1.respected the 2nd amendment [Overblown rhetoric does not change the FACT that the vast majority of states have Concealed Carry or the FACT that Guiliani would not try and change that though Hillary WOULD.]
2.overturned roe v wade [This will never happen since the vast majority of the voters do not want that and even if it were overturned it would not outlaw abortion. Typical Red Herring which cannot change the FACT that Hillary would appoint judges who would make sure nothing got in the way of the Abortion Industry.]
3.cut the size and scope of power of the government [The only thing that can do this is a change in the minds of the American People. The government has grown because the PEOPLE wanted it too. It hasn't been the result of some Leftist conspiracy but demands by the voters. Certainly Hillary would do all she could to INCREASE the size. But such facts are irrelevant to an ideologue.]
4.acted as a sovereign nation with interests separate from those of other nations or groups [Such mindless babble shows why you will have no impact on ANY election at ANY time.]
How far would the Republicans have to fall away from their traditional views before you would abandon them? [You don't even know what their "traditional views" are.]
What if Hillary came out tommorow and said she wanted to become a Republican, would you support her? [Let me know when she starts attacking the Left and defending the Nation then I will tell you. Until then the question is as stupid as asking if she suddenly looked like Sophia Loren from 40 years ago would I make love to her.]
Ronaldus Magnus military career consisted of making movies and HE seemed to know what the military was for.
While the polls are not entirely believable or always accurate they are useful and good for provoking discussion.
Hence when one starts screeching that they are the media's attempt to get the nomination for someone it HATES it becomes clear that the screecher is a nitwit.
No one who knows anything about politics would doubt that McCain and Guiliani are currently the leading candidates and lagging the field are those without name recognition such as Hunter, Hagel and other 1%ers. This does not require a lot of analysis.
Of course, YOU prefer to believe that the Free Republic represents mainstream politics.
And rather than admit the candidate has no appeal you would blame ME? How lame can you get? How could the pitifully tiny RINO population stop a juggernaut like Hunter when ALL those conservatives out there hiding in the electorate want him?
Oh, and the little lie you tried to slip in "McGuiliRomney is at the top of the pile not based on their conservative credential" cannot be allowed to pass. No one has claimed their appeal is based on conservativism quite the contrary, as has been REPEATEDLY stated, their appeal is based upon their ability to draw people who are NOT conservatives. Unless that is done NO Republican can win.
BTW you can remove Romney from your slander line. He ain't going anywhere.
Both Ryan and Guiliani are rinos who tried (and are trying) to appear more conservative then they really are.
Apparently, you have to keep touching the hot stove to make sure it's still hot.
Idiot.
Ryan was a crook the kind that Guiliani puts in jail. There are no other similiarities. But lie on.
Distinctions are not your strong suit as your "idiot" remark shows since you can't tell an astute analyst from an idiot. You aren't even aware that Poshard was just another democrat differing from the others only in that he was pro-life. Had he been a standard RAT in that respect he would have been elected governor.
If you are not than why don't you read the very first paragraph on the FreeRepublic home page.
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Why don't you go and post on Republicans4Liberalism.com or some other website.
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