Posted on 10/19/2007 7:02:46 PM PDT by Josh Painter
The perception that Rudy Giuliani is the most electable Republican may be slipping a bit.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 66% of Republicans believe that Giuliani at least somewhat likely to win the White House if nominated. That’s down from 72% a month ago.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of Republican voters now say that Fred Thompson is at least somewhat likely to win in nominated. That’s up from 57% last month.
The gap between Giuliani and Thompson virtually disappears at a higher level of confidence—23% of Republican voters say that Giuliani is Very Likely to win if nominated while 22% say the same about Thompson.
Being seen as the most electable candidate is important for Giuliani because two-thirds of Republican voters see him as politically moderate or liberal. Thompson is seen as the most conservative candidate in the field.
As a whole, however, Republican voters are a lot less confident of victory than Democrats. Hillary Clinton is seen by those in her party as the most electable Democrat.
John McCain, struggling in the national polls, does fairly well in the electability category. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans say he is at least somewhat likely to win if nominated. That includes 16% who believe he would be Very Likely to win.
Forty-seven percent (47%) say Mitt Romney is at least Somewhat Likely to emerge victorious if nominated. That’s down from 55% a month ago. Ten percent (10%) think Romney would be Very Likely to win, down from 15% in September.
Mike Huckabee is gaining ground both in Iowa and in the daily Presidential Tracking Poll. However, just 35% think he is at least somewhat likely to win if nominated. Only 10% see a Huckabee victory as Very Likely...
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I heard something a while back about Coulter equating Fred with Obama. Just not enough to comment on. It fits recent patterns for Ann, however. While I always give kudos to anyone who trashes a liberal, never been a fan of Coulter’s. She can be a smart ass and a bit too ditzy for my tastes. Two attributes I find unimpressive. I do know, Coulter doesn’t like Fred. And since Fred is our -— conservatives -— best chance of knocking off Rooty, I think Ann’s popping off doesn’t help matters one iota.
Where she is popping off against Thompson, I would have to agree with you. I not immune to the arguement that she isn’t exactly our cup of tea either.
I try to be very careful about x-ing out support for someone just because the left takes offense at their statements. Look at what the left tried to do to Rush. That’s their MO.
Where I’ve seen Ann get into trouble before, was making a comment that the left could capitalize on and blow up out of preportion. I just refuse to by into that on any level.
I do think everyone on our side should be careful what they say. Still, people being what they are, most of us will screw up once in a while.
If she doesn’t like Thompson, I cannot understand why. If she has a problem with a stance, she should say so. The rest of us would like to know what it is. If it’s just a general dislike, she should put a cork in it.
Thompson and Hunter are the two best guys in this race. Hunter isn’t going to be able to muster the support IMO. That leaves one viable alternative for me. And it is destressing to hear that someone who should be aware of this, might be dumping on him.
You take care.
Romney’s experienced?
Experienced at what? Being a liberal? Talking out of both sides of his mouth? Socializing medicine? Providing taxpayer funded abortions? Appointing gay activist judges?
No thanks. I’ll pass.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It would be better if he became the new Yankee manager.
Well...alright! I like that. I watched his speech and it was very good. PROUD FredHEAD!
I agree. There is as big a danger in OVERESTIMATING Hillary Clinton as there is in underestimating her. By overestimating her, some Republicans have been panicked into supporting liberal Giuliani -- and that's dangerous. So many Republicans would stay home and not vote that Hillary would win. He'd be a train wreck, alright -- a train wreck caused by people OVERESTIMATING Hillary Clinton.
You can't fool all of the people all of the time, and Hillary is in fact and reality shrill, frightenening, negative, nanny-ish, bossy, bitchy, and cold. For all the MSM's cheerleading, they cannot keep American voters from seeing and knowing that truth. There is not a snowball's chance in hell that Hillary would win the presidency legitimately against a common-sense everyman Republican (and I think Fred is an okay fit for that bill). Barring Giuliani as her opponent, in which case she might win by default of Republcans who stayed home, the only way she might not lose would be massive organized voter fraud (which the Democrats have down to a science, I believe) and/or a third-party spoiler.
Of all times in history, this is ONE TIME when Republicans have a real chance to WIN with a real conservative. People instinctively reject Hillary on a gut level. If Republican's don't win this one, it will be a textbook example of why they call it "the stupid party."
If a liberal like Rudy can't excite and energize the base against someone so outrageous and disgusting as Hillary,,,
then he is TRULY THE WRONG CANDIDATE!!!
You’re an idiot. Fred is kicking Wee Willard’s sorry RINO ass in EVERY SINGLE POLL. NOBODY likes Wee Willard because he’s a pathetic pandering flip-flopping RINO. He’s the John Kerry of Republicans. The only difference is Kerry wanted to ask the UN and Europe for permission to defend our country, and Wee Willard wants to ask lawyers for permission. Frankly, I have more respect for Ruity. At least he doesn’t pander and lie about his positions.
Meanwhile, Fred was a senator for a few years (one term? two?) And he's read lines in front of a camera.
Wee willard? Who is that? I’m not up on the slang. So you’re all about polls, eh? Good luck with that.
The Fred/Obama comparison is that voters of both parties, unhappy with their frontrunners, are investing an irrationally large amount of emotional support in candidates (fred and obama) who don’t deserve it.
Oops, I thought you were a MittWit, but I see that’s not the case. Sorry.
So, Howard Dean is experienced too. Does that mean you’d choose him over Fred too? At what point is a candidate’s record so abhorrent that he is unacceptable?
One would think that a conservative would feel that when a governor’s ‘experience’ is in taxpayer funded abortions and appointing gay activist judges that one should be looking elsewhere for a presidential candidate.
Fred was a senator for 8 years, btw.
That's a fair question. In the general, assuming there's a DEM running against the GOP, I doubt the GOP candidate can ever be more abhorrent than the DEM candidate, so really, there's probably no limit. I thought GWB was pretty incompetent, but I voted for him. Even after he'd peed all over the Constitution.
In the primary, one should pick the candidate they like the best. I can't see how any conservative can pick Fred over Hunter on that score. Why pick a first amendment desecrater like Fred (CFR) when you can have a solid conservative? Splain me that?
To me, complaigning about a politican pandering and flip flopping is like complaining about a fish being wet. What's Fred's take on Campaign Finance Reform? Why did he support John McCain in 2000? Why are his views different now? hmm?
Old news. Fred has denounced the issue ad(s) provision of CFR. At the same time, the SCOTUS has seen fit to strike down that portion of CFR, making it irrelevent. Fred`s main concern was eliminating unregulated soft money and increasing hard money limits. It was Fred`s amendment that raised the $1,000 limit to $2,000 --- which he still believes is too low --- and tied future contribution limits to inflation. Thanks to Fred, campaign donations are now up to $2,300.
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