Rudy Leads Hillary.
By amba | Related entries in Abortion, Elections, General Politics, PollsBy seven points, in the new WNBC/Marist Poll.
If those numbers persist, they will likely excuse a number of sins, such as being pro-choice (though I’d wager Rudy will moderate or qualify that position if he runs — the pro-choice but anti-abortion position is being wheeled into place just in time) and being so comfortable with homosexuals that he crashed on the sofa of a gay friend and his partner when Donna Hanover kicked him out. (I (heart) New York.)
According to the same poll, “America’s Mayor” also leads the field of Republican candidates, and seems “ideologically about right” (neither too liberal nor too conservative) to 51% of registered voters, including 70% of Republicans.
And yet, 57% of voters surveyed don’t think he’s likely to be elected if he runs.
The poll then asks the same questions about Hillary.
The answers are somewhat symmetrical similar, but Rudy’s edge shows in several of them: 54% of voters DO want him to run, while 51% DO NOT want Hillary to run. And 66% don’t think she’s likely to be elected if she does.
Hat Tip: Icepick from The Kitchen Drawer.
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October 4th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Good for Rudy. A lot of the rest of us (those who don’t live on the Eastern Seaboard, and don’t have anything resembling “personal” loss as regards 9-11) still think Rudy’s a class act – based in large part on his presence, his articulate response, his genuine grief and even more genuine ability in the face of a tragedy the magnitude of which this country had not seen in more years than I care to consider.
I’m female…. but I wouldn’t vote for Hil if she was the last person in the states running for pres – I’d vote for “none of the above” first, even though that’s a major cop-out. Sure, I’d love to see a viable female candidate for the Presidency – but she’s not it, nor is Ms. Rice. I don’t think I know of one offhand….
Bottom line of course is that I’m basically a monarchist: a royal family is perfect – nothing but figureheads, and you ALWAYS know what sort of idiot you’ll have on the stamps. Yah, I “get” why the Founding Fathers kicked the British out – but I personally think it’s time to invite Andy (or whoever) over, and get on with business while he simpers and smiles and has no real affect on the politics as usual. I guess I just will never understand what changing idiots every few years accomplishes.
Disaffected? Yup. That would be me.
October 4th, 2006 at 9:05 pm
I’m not surprised Rudy is strong in the polls. A lot of what is perceived as negatives are either negative only to a small group of people, or generally not well known. Candidates are always strongest before they start to campaign, and the public really gets a good look at them. I’m not a Hilary fan, but I think it’s fair to say that her negatives are much more well established with voters.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Deidre, I used to think Rudy was a class act, and I think he was the right leader for New York at the time. Heck, I think he would have been great had he carried out his planned 2000 senate run against Hillary. (Wow, there are so many alternate histories in that scenario I don’t even know where to begin…)
But since then, he’s gone way down in my book. His performance in the 2004 presidential campaign (the convention and assorted media appearances) was just pitiful; he looked like nothing more than a party shill. I’d like to think he’s a principled moderate, but he hasn’t lived up to that billing from what I’ve seen.
October 4th, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Nick, the only thing we get out here is the anally-conservative highly-republican-slanted dreck from tv stations and newspapers. I don’t for one minute believe anything I read or hear from those outlets (regardless, keep in mind I am NOT a democrat – or liberal by any means…. disaffected, that would be me.)
Links? You have some links from not-frothing-at-the-mouth venues? Something that points to a different direction than “principled moderate”?
October 5th, 2006 at 9:39 am
I don’t give a crap who the GOP props up there they are not going to win the next election. And it will not matter who the Dems put up either because he or she will win no matter what. So these polls mean nothing. The next president will be a Democrat. Period.
October 7th, 2006 at 12:35 am
First, I have to agree with Nick. Secondly I’d never bet on the true believers abandoning their belief in the evil of compromise in order to nominate Guiliani unless he really kowtows to them in which case he might lose the independents.
March 20th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I hope Rudy kicks that traitor McCain around the block. He sold out America with his anti-free speech McCain-Feingold piece-of-crap. McCain belongs in hell with George Soros and Empress Hillary Rodham Rodham.