Posted on 10/16/2007 10:17:02 AM PDT by Kuksool
Hillary Clinton leads Rudy Giuliani 51% to 40% in an early look at the race for New Jersey’s Electoral Votes. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that Clinton has larger leads over other Republican Presidential hopefuls. She leads Fred Thompson by eighteen points (53% to 35%), John McCain by sixteen (52% to 36%), and Mitt Romney by twenty-four (55% to 41%).
Clinton is viewed favorably by 58% of Garden State voters while Giuliani earns positive reviews from 59%. Fifty percent (50%) offer a positive assessment of both Thompson and McCain while 39% express a favorable opinion of Romney.
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of the state’s voters say it’s at least Somewhat Likely that Democrats will win New Jersey in Election 2008. Only 12% say it’s not likely.
Before that, however, there are state legislative elections featuring corruption and property tax relief as leading issues. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of voters say corruption is the top issue while 36% are more interested in property taxes. However, they don’t have much faith in either political party to address either issue.
Thirty-three percent (33%) say they trust Democrats more on the corruption issue while 29% prefer the GOP. Thirty-three percent (33%) don’t trust either party and 5% are not sure.
Oddly enough, New Jersey happens to have some of the most reliably Republican districts in the nation. Scott Garrett, for example, represents a semi-rural district in the northwest corner of the state — and his track record makes him look like a rural Texan.
How can this be?????? Rudy is going to carry NJ, PA, NY, and maybe CA too. He said so. That's why he doesn't need any of the So-Con vote. ROFLOL!
Everybody planning to vote for Rudy in the primary is setting up Hillary for the biggest win since FDR last ran, as well as the certain demise of the Republican party.
Wasn’t NJ mentioned this week as having Al Qaeda operatives under surveillance? No wonder Hitlery is popular there. She never met a terrorist that she didn’t feel sorry for or want to surrender to.
Um yes, but he loses Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa.
If he’s tied in Ohio NOW, how much is my non-vote going to sting his campaign in a turnout-based election?
And you are surprised aboout this?
I do not care if the GOP candidate walks on water, NJ is lost, NY is lost, and Pa is gone.
It simply does not matter who either candidate is, thats how it will shake out.
Lets suppose the (hillary!) dies, okay?
Lets further suppose that by some twist of fate, that screaming Dean gets the nomination and Gore returns as VP.
They will win all of those states, and it doesn’t matter one whit who the GOP has running.
Its anyone but the GOP, and the electoral votes are there for them.
We need everything that we had, period.
Be prepared to have to say “President Clinton” again for another 8 years.
After that, it won’t matter.
But, unlike Giuliani, there are actually Republican candidates that will hold the South and states like Colorado and Iowa.
Can you name one blue state where Giuliani has a lead at this point?
But, unlike Giuliani, there are actually Republican candidates that will hold the South and states like Colorado and Iowa.
Can you name one blue state where Giuliani has a lead at this point?
You're right and there's a message in there that all of the Rooty Rooters need to get -- Rooty Toot can't win ANY blue states AND he is likely to lose some borderline red states. That's why nominating Rooty will throw the election to the 'Rats. If the GOP nominates Rooty, it will be the first time in history that a major party has nominated someone who they don't even expect can carry their home state. How pathetic is that?
Exactly!! Most polls show clearly that Hillary continues to widen her lead over Rudy (see realclearpolitics.com). It wasn't that long ago that Rudy was ahead of her.
Rudy is unelectable for many reasons--the most obvious being that he will SPLIT and DIVIDE the Party WIDE OPEN, while demoralizing the base. I can't think of a better way to help elect Hillary.
However, there's another big reason why he can't win. Most candidates move to the center once nominated--Democrats move from the far left, somewhat to the center (well, at least they try....lol)--while Republicans move a little to the center coming from the other direction.
Rudy CANNOT do that. First of all, he is ALREADY to the 'left-of-center' so he can't move increase his overall voter appeal by moving towards the middle. Second, if he moves any further to the LEFT--he will alienate and risk losing whatever support he has left from the traditional base.
The sooner that Republicans realize that, the better.
And, how many red states is he behind in?
Maybe I missed something along the way. I thought the entire Rooty Rooter theory was that Rooty Toots WOULD win liberal strongholds and that's why he needed to be the nominee.
Are you saying that he can only win the states that the GOP was going to win anyway? If that's the case he needs to drop out of the race now and let us put a real conservative in the race.
Calm down everyone, these polls mean very little at this point.
The election is over a year away.
If the GOP runs a smart campaign (and admittedly, that’s a big if) there is no way she can win. The preponderance of VOTERS in this country are center-right. They’re not going to put a pro-marxist, tax-raising commie into the White House.
That's because PA is the home of the braindead. Every Republican is competitive until it gets near time to vote because the braindead pay no attention to the race and feel compelled to answer SOMETHING when called by a pollster even though they have no idea who is running. About 60 days pre-election, they waken enough from their stupor to notice an election is coming. It's those TV ads that penetrate their flat line brains. That's when they show their true colors and prove that a Republican has no more chance of carrying PA than NJ or NY, unless there was a real conservative running who would reawaken the Reagan Democrats. Not a chance in '08 with the possibles on the Republican side, particularly Rudy.
What are you saying Bill? That a GOP candidate can no longer win a national election because N.J., N.Y., and PA. are locks for the Dems? (I am not sure you are right about PA but I don’t know).
Let’s face it, the “Rudy wins NJ” line is just crap.
Bump if you have call waiting and never answer these calls. Bump
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