Posted on 02/14/2007 7:14:04 AM PST by meg88
Giuliani is Best GOP Hope in Florida February 12, 2007
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Republican Rudy Giuliani holds an early lead in the Sunshine State, according to a poll by the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
47 per cent of respondents in Florida would vote for the former New York City mayor in the 2008 United States presidential election, while 44 per cent would support Democratic New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In other match-ups, Rodham Clinton leads Arizona senator John McCain by four points, and holds an 18-point advantage over former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. McCain leads former North Carolina senator John Edwards by one point, and Illinois senator Barack Obama by two points.
In 2004, Republican George W. Bush carried Florida’s 27 electoral votes, with 52 per cent of all cast ballots. In 2000, weeks of recounts and court injunctions concluded in a 537-vote victory for Bush over Democrat Al Gore. Since 1972, the only Democrats to win the Sunshine State in a presidential election are Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Bill Clinton in 1996.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next United States presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
If the 2008 election for President were being held today, and the candidates were (the Democrat) and (the Republican), for whom would you vote?
Rudy Giuliani (R) 47% - 44% Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) John McCain (R) 43% - 47% Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) Mitt Romney (R) 34% - 52% Hillary Rodham Clinton (R) John McCain (R) 43% - 42% John Edwards (R) John McCain (R) 42% - 40% Barack Obama (R)
The GOP needs Florida, and it's not going to be easy to get without a Bush on the ticket.
Rudy's wrong on the issues.
Even McCain is beating Obama in Florida!
…most of Clintons Policies are very similar to most of mine... Rudy Giuliani 1996
On Abortion I’ve said that I’ll uphold a woman’s right to choice, that I will fund abortions so that a poor woman is not deprived of a right others can exercise… Rudy Giuliani 1989.
On Gun Control This is an industry that is profiting from the suffering of innocent people. What’s worse, its profits rest on a number of illegal and immoral practices. This lawsuit is meant to end the free pass that the gun industry has so long enjoyed... Rudy Giuliani 2000 after filing suit against gun makers and distributors.
On Gun Control We need a federal law that bans all assault weapons, and if in fact you do need a handgun you should be subjected to at least the same restrictions-and really stronger ones-that exist for driving an automobile... Rudy Giuliani 1997
This is going to be a Hillary blowout when Rudy's numbers go down and hers get a slight bumb - the natural result of a long R vs. D campaign. They there's the Third Party candidate.
I'm beginning to believe Rudy Giuliani would lose in a landslide.
enough with the friggin' BUSH's already.....no more RINO's
"Rudy's wrong on the issues."
If he wants the nomination, he'll reverse his views. Candidates do it all the time. Reference Jack Kemp, Al Gore...
My ding-dong isn't as big as I wish it were, but I'm not going to cut it off.
What 3rd party candidate, Nader? He detracts from Hillary
Wow, two years before the election, and RINO Gilliani is our 'best hope'.
If he's our 'best hope', we're totally screwed!
Guiliani is not running to be Pope. It's not like he is going to personally go down and open up an abortion clinic. If people insist on being single issue voters, we might as well hand the election over to Hillary.
Rudy is a Sump pump. He wants to be Mayor of the United States.
The conservative one that will emerge in the next 6 to 8 months. It'll take between 10 to 15 % of the conservative vote and assure that Hillary gets the White House. I'd be wiling to bet that this has been in the works for a while and much of the funding if traced back far enough would come from Soros and company.
It's too easy and obvious not to do it. Have the media push a candidate for the Republicans that has unpopular views with the far right base then use a 3rd party candidate to peel away the 10-15% you need to win. That's how I'd do it if I were trying to get Hillary into office.
Who is "Gilliani"?
"If he's our 'best hope', we're totally screwed!"
AGREED...
Are you listening, Fred Thompson?
As I recall, it wasn't easy to get Florida WITH a Bush on the ticket.
Rudy vs Hillary is a lose/lose. Wake up and nominate someone else.
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