Handicapping the GOP's presidential horse race

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | 10/21/07 | Jonathan Last

[Norman Bates]

I agree with you except for Colorado. Hillary’s negatives are very high there; I doubt she takes it.

[Norman Bates]

WI is a tossup which could go either way. I suspect we take NH versus Hillary but that depends on the nominee. The states I am most concerned about are OH, FL, MO, AR, WV, and to a lesser extent VA. Right now SurveyUSA has Hillary leading everyone but McCain in OH and at 50% in MO versus everyone but McCain. We can win - the election if stil a time away - but we have our work cut out. I only hope Bush can improve is poll rating some, and most importantly that the public views Iraq largely well by this time next year.

[airborne]

Aren’t we handicapped enough already with these GOP leaders the ‘drive by media’ has selected for us?

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

This from a person who never believed she could win before. Now, I don’t know how we stop her.

There's a lot of denial on this board.

State polls in Mo., Ohio & Ark. show her leading the GOP. We're in trouble nationally, not even holding the Bush states against her at this point. We've got our work cut out for us.

FReepers need a reality check. Too much bandwidth is being wasted here on Tancredo, Paul & 4H*.........the "no-chance" candidates.

* 4H = The Hopeless, Hapless & Helpless Hunter

[Non-Sequitur]

I would be very surprised if Hillary picked him.

Clinton wants to be president. She'd pick Jeb Bush if she though it'd help her win.

[kabar]

I don’t think Strickland will help her win. The Moveon.org crowd won’t want a minister on the ticket, despite his lifetime ACU rating of 12 while in Congress. He voted for a partial birth abortion ban.

[kabar]

While she is winning wide support in nationwide samples among Democrats in the race for their party’s presidential nomination, half of likely voters nationwide said they would never vote for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, a new Zogby Interactive poll shows.

[ellery]

:)