Posted on 12/11/2007 6:23:28 AM PST by tlb
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is surging in new polls of GOP candidates, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday shows he would lose to all three leading Democratic candidates by double digits in hypothetical contests.
In head-to-head matchups -- the first to include Huckabee -- the former Arkansas governor loses to Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York by 10 percentage points (54 percent to 44 percent), to Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois by 15 points (55 percent to 40 percent) and to former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina by 25 points (60 percent to 35 percent).
The poll comes on the heels of a CNN/Opinion Research poll released Monday that showed Huckabee doubled his support nationally among likely Republican voters in the last month and is in a statistical dead heat with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
But Huckabee's double-digit deficits with the leading Democrats likely suggest that the Arkansas Republican still lacks widespread name recognition.
The poll also shows that Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona would do best against leading Democrats. He beats Clinton (50 percent to 48 percent), ties Obama (48 percent to 48 percent) and loses to Edwards by a smaller margin (8 points) than the other Republican candidates do.
In addition to Huckabee, Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney lose to all three top Democrats in the survey.
On the Democratic side, Edwards performs best against each of the leading Republicans. In addition to beating Huckabee by 25 percent and McCain by 8 percent, the North Carolina Democrat beats Romney by 22 percentage points (59 percent to 37 percent).
While the survey shows McCain and Edwards performing best in their respective fields, both candidates continue to significantly trail their parties' front-runners significantly.
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Romney would get a lot of DIM votes from those that wouldn’t vote for Hillary or Obama.
This conflicts with other polls.
Don’t trust the Corrupt News Network.
This conflicts with other polls.
Don’t trust the Corrupt News Network.
Set up indeed!
Hillary can call him a tax-and-spend creationist.
Game over.
Huckabee is a slicker than a greased eel preacher who sounds great, but who is selling conservatives a bill of goods.
He’s got zero, I mean ZERO credentials as a fiscal conservative (tax-and-spender), as a law-and-order conservative (bleeding heart on killers), foreign policy conservative (has a Jimmy Carter-style approach on Iran!). Great - his populism gets him rave reviews from liberals and union endorsements *now*, but its just a setup for later when they wheel out his objectionable views to characterize him as a loony/unprepared ... so we need that?!?
Given the choice between two union-butt-kissing Democrats, the voters will pick the real one every time.
I've been watching a lot of the ads in New Hampshire. Edwards ads are always about the same... this country stinks, it's "rigged", it's all fixed and you poor slobs don't stand a chance. That's the same message that didn't sell before but considering Hillary and Obama... yeah, Edwards is probably the best candidate they have.... especially with the GOP imploding and refusing any compromise.
It may be "honest" but it isn't accurate.
Unlike Ron Paul, Alan Keyes understands the realities of the world we live in, and has extensive experience, when he worked as part of the Reagan national security staff, in dealing directly and forcefully with the dangers those realities represent. Unlike Paul, Keyes can see America's providential role as a "shining city on a hill."
And, domestically, unlike Ron Paul, he recognizes the moral basis for our laws, and doesn't erroneously believe that states' rights trump unalienable rights.
Alan Keyes isn’t running.
If you’re talking about in past, so what? Supporting one of the most articulate, clear-headed thinkers the party’s produced in the last thirty years is some sort of crime?
The Keyes bashing among so-called conservatives on this site is mind boggling.
Would someone PLEASE define "most electable" - please!?!?
There, that's better..
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You mean they aren't listening to the conventional "wisdom" of their betters? Oh my, what's the republic to do if the people actually make up their minds on their own?
Trust me...no one is going to get elected to the Presidency who hasn't joined the socialist/liberal Ivy league..so you can rest easy...sort of.
I don’t doubt his patriotism or conservative views. I do have issue with his “reparations” comments...
I just realize he’s unelectable. He’s never gotten more than 30% in any election in his life.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can Huckabee come out of no where and Hunter can't? Pure MSM manipulation! The MSM knows that if Hunter won the primary and went to the general election, he'd win in a landslide against any DemoRAT.
I was not really suggesting that we haul the family back in for another round, but more expressing frustration with the flotsam striving for place now that the big ship has gone down. The fact is that nobody has had his claim for leadership accepted by the party at large, or will, and truth to tell nobody really deserves it. Whoever we get, it’ll be the 2nd choice or worse of 80% of the base, and I’ve given up trying to be satisfied with any of these guys. My main motivation in voting next year will be to keep Hillary, Obama, or Edwards out, and with this crew I won’t be alone.
Open the PDF file which shows the details and it says the sample is comprised of ADULTS. In other words, it is not a reliable poll. Since it is so much different than the other polls recently released, I would discount it.
Does anyone really think the Republican nominee can lose to the Democrat nominee by over 20 points? Particularly, given the weakness of the Democrat candidates. Remember Reagan only beat Mondale by 18 points.
Despite dire predictions of mass defects if so and so is nominated, I expect the party will pull together a large enough coalition to be very competitive in the fall and very possibly win.
I’m sure the Schiavo family in FL knows all about Jeb.
Maybe true but this “non elite” wouldn’t vote for this flip flopping liberal Huckster under ANY circumstances.
I’m old enough to remember and one Jimmy Carter in a lifetime is enough.
I agree, he is better than Rootie but still not my first choice. (I’m a Fred Head). Rudy really went down on my list with the petty cheap shot at Mitt in the last debate, when he was trying to divert attention away from his sanctuary city. If Fred doesn’t make it I could get behind Romney. True he does not have a perfect conservative record, but I really doubt he will bring a liberal agenda in the White house. Now if can stand up against the Liberals who will be pushing bills at him, and all parties pushing pork, that I don’t know.
Huck is to damn dumb to debate the easter bunny!
No, Hunter would lose too. Cannot win CA, probably would even lose San Diego too. But voters won’t nominate someone who has “only” served in the House.
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