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.
You're giving up?
GOOD LORD - fight the battle for goodness sake.
Candidates will conform to the loudest and strongest voice.
Stand up and make a difference - and by the way.
God always has mercy - always.
Bravo - BurtSB
Whether she knows it or not - she just brought up her past problems with Bill. That was a dumb move on her part. Good for us - Bad for her!
Very well said! Good post!
I suspect most americans want a new face at the top.
Hillary, Guiliani, McCain, Biden, Gore and Newt are soooo 90's.
That is why I think Obama is doing well right now on the left. And why Duncan Hunter has a real shot for the right.
The world is simple only to the simple-minded.
Conservatives are NOT DOOMED! You have to realize once in a while the American people don't want a strict conservative or Left winger in the White House. They want someone in the middle to calm things down. Then usually after that the conservatives start firing up their burners again and usually win and make more inroads than the Democrats. It happens again and again.
You make an interesting point.
I would add that most will end up wanting a known commodity.
Who can carry the nation and lead - and who has shown it to-date.
And I suspect you didn't read the article.
Obama got less then HALF of Missus Clinton's support, and Duncan Hunter was a non-entity.
Why? Guiliani is closer to Edwards on the issues than they are.
Someone like Hunter does not need $100 million dollars to convince pubbies that he is a conservative despite his record.
"Guiliani is closer to Edwards on the issues than they are"
That is an absurd (and idiotic) statement. That simply demonstrates your lack of any real knowledge.
Really very silly thing to say.
You do yourself a disservice.
Apparently you have brainwashed yourself into thinking that way. It's just not true. But then again I'm still preaching to the choir.
Brainwashed? Edwards - pro-choice. So is Rudy. We're not.
Pro-amnesty. Rudy is. Edwards is. We're not.
Pro-gun-control. Rudy is. Edwards is. We are not.
Pro-Iraq war. Rudy is. Edwards isn't. We are. So are several other GOP candidates.
So Rudy on key issues is closer to Edwards than we are. That's the fact, jack.
Orderly - Mr. Dirtboy is ready to go back to his room !!!!!!!!
Wrong. The absurd and idiotic statement was that conservatives who criticize Rudy should get behind Edwards. I pointed out in post #75 that Rudy is closer to Edwards than we are regarding abortion, gun control and amnesty. Rudy is pro-Iraq war - and so are we.
So therefore, Rudy is closer to Edwards than we are.
Basic logic that escapes those who wish to mask the fact that Rudy is on the far left of the GOP - and even endorsed Cuomo over Pataki in 1994.
Oooooo the fabled media pushing of a man it hates story yet again. How tiresome. You can't beat Somebody with Nobody and it is the media's Grand Scheme. LoL.
Orderly - quickly please - he is starting to drool.
Can you refute what I said? I guess not.
But to you, I'm apparently crazy for responding to the absurd claim that conservative critics of Rudy should be backing Edwards - when the facts show that Rudy shares Edward's basic views on abortion, gun control and amnesty. We don't.
And Rudy's main perceived strength is the WOT - which we support as well.
So tell me, then - if Rudy does not have ONE SINGLE ISSUE where is to our right - and has several to our left, many of which are planks in the Dem platform, such as pro-choice - so tell me, how is Rudy NOT closer to Edwards on these issues than we are?
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