Posted on 04/23/2015 3:08:04 PM PDT by drewh
In what would be a first-ever race pitting former secretaries of state, only Condoleezza Rice would beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa, according to a new poll that could put fire under a languishing "Draft Condi" movement.
A new Townhall/Gravis Marketing poll found that Rice would beat Clinton in the state as every other Republican loses to the first Democrat to officially announce her candidacy.
Condoleezza Rice and her successor at State, Hillary Clinton. In the poll, Rice would beat Clinton 43 percent to 40 percent, taking evangelical Protestants, Catholics and voters under 50 years old.
"What this tells me is the electorate wants a superstar like a Rice, someone with ideas and foreign policy credentials," said Doug Kaplan, the managing partner of Gravis Insights, the Florida-based political consulting firm that conducted the poll.
Rice is an educator and expert at Stanford University and is a founding member of the international consulting firm RiceHadleyGates.
Among Republicans expected to fight it out in next year's Iowa Caucus, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to lead, at 16 percent. Close behind is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 12 percent.
But Kaplan noted that as more Republicans enter the field, Walker takes a hit. "We see Jeb Bush hold strong with Walker very close, whenever someone announces, they seem to take a few votes from Walker," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Any poll in a storm? They’re just keeping us distracted from actually beating Jeb and the GOPe. Divide and conquer is a good strategy because it works.
I never vote without asking Jesus’ opinion on the subject. Condi Rice? Jesus says noooo.
no
One old hag vs another, no so old hag. At least we would not be concerned about heterosexual sex scandals.
I like Condition, but not as President.
She would lose big time. This is just the media dividing and conquering and helping Jeb Bush win for our side. Ignore this stuff.
Thanks for expressing my thoughts... Not to mention her stance in the Middle East that literally would divide Israel into hunks interspersed with one contiguous piece of land for the Palestinians.
And what election has she ever won before?
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