Posted on 02/15/2007 6:29:17 AM PST by DBCJR
New York Democrats and Republicans have clear hometown favorites - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudolph Giuliani - for their parties' 2008 presidential nominations, a statewide poll reported yesterday.
But when it comes to a possible 2008 political subway series between the two, New Yorkers give the nod, 50 percent to 40 percent, to Democrat Clinton over the former New York City mayor, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey reported.
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Clinton and Giuliani were expected to face each other in 2000 when she first ran for the Senate in her adopted home of New York. But the mayor withdrew from the race to deal with prostate cancer and a failing marriage. Clinton defeated then-Rep. Rick Lazio and won easy re-election last year.
In the poll, Clinton was the choice of 47 percent of Democratic voters, followed by Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois at 16 percent, former Vice President Al Gore at 11 percent and former Sen. John Edwards at 7 percent. Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential race, has said he has no plans to run again.
Fifty-one percent of New York's Republican voters favored Giuliani for the GOP nomination, according to the poll, followed by Sen. John McCain of Arizona at 17 percent. No other Republican contender broke into double digits.
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It'd be a big change if a Dem actually had to spend time and money in that state.
You get the poll results you buy with them.
Democratic voters are turning into 'Pod People'.
I think it's becoming clear that the initial excitement that Giuliani might snag NY for the GOP is not looking so good afterall.
Had Giuliani actually sought higher office in 2000, 2002, 2004 or 2006, Hillary might not even be here today.
They must have polled only NY Jews, who love Mrs Rodham even more than Suha.
"Quinnipiac is the most liberal of polling institutions.
You get the poll results you buy with them."
Alas, there is hope! Keep to the right, G!
Hillary has been their senator for six years. Rudy has not hold any office for a while, despite being a well-known former mayor. When the campaign starts, I expect this to be tighter. When did last time a Republican run competitively in NY for a presidential race?
Reagan won New York twice, I believe.
Just goes to prove how stupid most New Yorkers are.
But the Giulianiites say they won't support Hunter because he probably wouldn't carry his home state.
If NY had another 911 from planes flown by Pelosi, Murtha, and Conyers Hillary would still win in any election there.
TS
Quinnipiac University Polling Institute has a very Democratic bias.
If Rudy can only muster 40% in NY where his liberal positions on the issues are more popular, what happens in all the Red states where they don't sell? 30% ?
This state is really sad about this. When I hear my wife's friends say that we need to vote for Hillary because it's time we had a women for president I want to go postal. It's had to live in this state when it comes to politics.
In a related story, the sky is blue.
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