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Can Hillary win the Presidency with a 49% unapproval rating?
The Hillary Project ^ | Kathy Miller

Posted on 08/21/2007 6:04:36 AM PDT by PilloryHillary

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To: dirtboy
I agree totally. Hillary's best (and possibly only) chance is if a serious third-party candidate enters the general election. I know that you will disagree with this but I think that Giuliani would beat Hillary easily in the general election provided Bloomberg stays out.

Of course, the other possibility of a Hillary victory is if the Republican candidate just isn't ready for prime time. The only possible candidate on either side who has been throughly vetted is Al Gore and to a lesser degree John Edwards. Like him or not, Al Gore did run a very viable campaign in 2000 and came frightfully close to winning. I still think Gore is the most viable candidate the Democrats could run.

41 posted on 08/21/2007 6:34:19 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: NeoCaveman

Yes, she can win if she is able to have a large turn out of single women, who tend to vote democrat.


42 posted on 08/21/2007 6:34:53 AM PDT by rcofdayton
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To: PilloryHillary
With her high disapproval ratings,,,the only way that Hillary could win--is with a divided Republican Party.

If the Republican Party does something totally stupid--like trashing its traditional conservative base by nominating a LIBERAL, Hillary can win.

If you want to DIVIDE AND SPLIT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WIDE OPEN,,,,Rudy is JUST THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!!

43 posted on 08/21/2007 6:35:39 AM PDT by stockstrader (We need a conservative candidate who will UNITE the Party, not a liberal one to DIVIDE it!)
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To: PilloryHillary

Negative perceptions can be changed by emotional events.

America would soften toward Hillary, if, for example, her daughter were to tragically die and a grieving mother were portrayed.

(Note to Bill O’Reilly — this is not a suggestion of harm for Chelsea.)


44 posted on 08/21/2007 6:36:30 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: CommerceComet
I still think Gore is the most viable candidate the Democrats could run.

I think Algore could win, no matter who the 'Pubbies run.

But it would be hard to run a viable primary campaign without ever getting on an airplane. And Algore knows better than to get on an airplane if he's running against Hillary!.

45 posted on 08/21/2007 6:37:15 AM PDT by gridlock (You’ll never grow old with Hillary-Care!)
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To: PilloryHillary
Gotta watch the FR grammar police...they can be brutal.

The Viking Kitties would be preferable. At least they play with you a bit before the ZOT!

Grammar nazis have no mercy. I know, 'cuz I are one....

46 posted on 08/21/2007 6:37:28 AM PDT by thulldud ("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
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To: PilloryHillary

I think some of the negatives are on the left, who will go with her in the election.


47 posted on 08/21/2007 6:38:15 AM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: PilloryHillary
As long as Hillary! has 110% of the illegal and dead vote, she can win with just about any level of disapproval.
48 posted on 08/21/2007 6:39:01 AM PDT by Little Ray (Rudy Guiliani: If his wives can't trust him, why should we?)
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To: kabar
There is always voter fraud.

I actually think that is an important part of her plan.

49 posted on 08/21/2007 6:40:02 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: Old_Mil

Even attempting to compare Fred to Dole is like comparing a fire hose to a lawn sprinkler.


50 posted on 08/21/2007 6:40:32 AM PDT by RockinRight (Fred Thompson once set fire to a crowd of liberals simply by puffing his cigar and staring real hard)
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To: Red Badger

How about “Fury”? He was dark. :)


51 posted on 08/21/2007 6:40:36 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Americans never quit." Douglas MacArthur)
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To: PilloryHillary
When did Colorado become a blue state? It has been trending toward the Democrats but Dubya carried it both times in the general election. When all the campaigning is over, I think most political analysts would be very surprised if Colorado went blue in 2008.
52 posted on 08/21/2007 6:40:40 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: RexBeach

My friend Flicka......


53 posted on 08/21/2007 6:41:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (ALL that CARBON in ALL that oil & coal was once in the atmospere. We're just putting it back!)
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To: stuartcr

Depends on who the candidate is. If it is Rudy, Hillary wins. The party is too divided. If it is Thompson, I think the troops will rally to defeat Hillary if for no other reason. There are no ideological reasons not to vote for Thompson. There are for Rudy.


54 posted on 08/21/2007 6:43:14 AM PDT by Blogger (Cursed be that love & Unity which cannot be preserved except at the peril of the Word of God- Luther)
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To: dirtboy

Never fear. The Clintons most likely have a Ross Perot II waiting in the wings with enough of a fake, know-it-all, conservative platform to siphon off enough Republican votes for her to win it. Add that to some manufactured “scandal” involving the Republican nominee at the last minute before the elections, after it’s too late for him to recover or disprove it - and there you have it - President Hillary Rodham Clinton - Her Highness Potentate. She wouldn’t be running without the assurance of winning. The danger is in underestimating how low they will go to win. Never forget it.


55 posted on 08/21/2007 6:43:21 AM PDT by Twinkie (Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God . . .)
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To: samtheman

he won with 42% of the popular vote, because the conservative ticket was split between Dole and Perot.


56 posted on 08/21/2007 6:44:59 AM PDT by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END WELFARE.)
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To: thulldud

Yes, I would prefer a good Zotting over being reprimanded by the grammar police. It’s much more enjoyable. :-)


57 posted on 08/21/2007 6:45:07 AM PDT by PilloryHillary
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To: rcofdayton

We may be looking at a Hillary Presidency if something exciting doesn’t happen on the Republican side soon (are you listening, Fred?)


58 posted on 08/21/2007 6:45:26 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: Blogger

We’ll just have to wait and see.


59 posted on 08/21/2007 6:47:16 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: gridlock

“... there is a requirement that the nominees for President and Vice-President be from different states.”

IIRC, the Constitution says that a state’s electors (to the Electoral College) cannot vote for candidates for President *and* Vice-President if they are *both* from that state. As a practical matter, to prevent the possibility of a split Presidency and Vice-Presidency and for geographical balance, nominees for President and Vice-President historically have been from different states.


60 posted on 08/21/2007 6:50:17 AM PDT by riverdawg
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