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New poll finds Condit a sure loser
San Diego Union Tribune ^ | 10/6/5001 | New poll finds Condit a sure loser

Posted on 10/06/2001 7:23:45 AM PDT by dalereed

New poll finds Condit a sure loser

Any of potential foes would win, it says

ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 6, 2001

FRESNO -- Rep. Gary Condit would lose in a race against any of the three state lawmakers he could face if he seeks re-election, according to a poll paid for by one of his potential opponents.

Condit would lose against his protege, a Republican senator and a Democratic state senator who doesn't live in the district, according to the poll conducted last week by J. Moore Methods of Sacramento.

The results echo a Field Poll released last week showing a majority of potential voters view Condit unfavorably and would not re-elect him.

The poll of likely voters in the newly redrawn 18th Congressional District was paid for by Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, who's considering a run for the seat held by his former boss.

It's the first time a poll has shown how the Ceres Democrat would fare against would-be challengers. The poll has been circulating in the district as Cardoza tries to line up support for a possible run for the seat.

In a primary matchup with Cardoza, his former aide, the poll shows the understudy would get 56 percent of the vote to Condit's 27 percent.

Condit would even lose to Sen. Jim Costa, D-Fresno. Only 36 percent of voters had heard of Costa, but in a primary matchup he would get 43 percent to Condit's 36 percent.

In a general election match, Sen. Dick Monteith, R-Modesto, who has declared he is running, would get 55 percent of the vote to Condit's 32 percent.

The telephone poll of 500 likely voters was conducted Sept. 25-26. It has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.

Condit's chief of staff, Mike Lynch, wouldn't comment on the poll. He said Condit has not made a decision whether to run.

Copyright 2001 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.


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1 posted on 10/06/2001 7:23:45 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: dalereed
i wish someone would ask gary if he knows where chandra is. just once more. wipe the smirk off his face.
2 posted on 10/06/2001 7:29:02 AM PDT by contessa machiaveli
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To: dalereed
GO GARY GO!
3 posted on 10/06/2001 7:31:00 AM PDT by VA Advogado
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To: dalereed
Chandra Levy is still missing.
4 posted on 10/06/2001 7:31:16 AM PDT by CheneyChick
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To: contessa machiaveli
The Levys must love this information, and I will bet that he decides to pull out before he gets real embarrassed. You see, his affair with Chandra doesn't embarrass a guy like Condit; political losses are the only things he considers humiliating.
5 posted on 10/06/2001 7:32:43 AM PDT by Galtoid
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To: dalereed
Down in the polls, selling DC condo...buh-bye, Gare
6 posted on 10/06/2001 8:06:34 AM PDT by clintonh8r
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To: clintonh8r
But yet he opened up a campaign office.

Could selling his condo be a ploy to stop any further investigation of it by the "keystone cops"?

7 posted on 10/06/2001 8:09:54 AM PDT by dalereed
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To: dalereed, OLDWORD
Gary Condit )D-Calif. - for now) has taken his condo off the market, after a reporter went through it and remarked on the multiple candles by the bed and the one next to the bathtub. (Apparently he's a Martha Stewart sorta guy -- or perhaps the bathtub scene in Bull Durham is the right reference?)

Anyway, since the condo is no longer available, Condit is selling his soul. The bids on Ebay are all the way up to 10 cents.

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8 posted on 10/06/2001 8:24:26 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: dalereed
He's insane to run. The man is trailer-trash in a suit....with a bad facelift....DUMB DUMB DUMB. And his son came across as a pinhead too.
9 posted on 10/06/2001 8:25:31 AM PDT by veronica
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To: dalereed
I wonder if in opening up that campaign office, 'ol Gar is attempting to funnel as much of his campaign cash to Chad & Cadee?

They were the ones that picked up the petitions for their dad; I would then assume they are on his payroll now.

10 posted on 10/06/2001 8:26:03 AM PDT by uvular
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To: dalereed
"Could selling his condo be a ploy to stop any further investigation of it by the "keystone cops"?"

Since Condidit's condo is on the market, one would have to assume that he's ready to move out fairly quickly once it sells. No buyer is going to want to wait until the end of this idiots term to move in. So that brings up the question of where he's going to live while serving out the remainder of his term - since it's become pretty apparent that he's not going to resign early.

If he's going to serve out his term, then he must necessarily live SOMEPLACE in DC or environs - and it's going to cost him money, possibly as much as his mortgage payments on the condo. Now that doesn't make any economic sense at all. Why sell your place and then move to another one that costs you just as much? The answer is, you DON'T unless there is ANOTHER reason you're selling.

So, Mr. Gary, why you be a-sellin' dat condo? Is there something there that the cops MISSED and you don't want to be around when they come back for another look? Will the very occupancy of the place by some new buyer "cover up" what you leave behind?

As with all things Condidit, this just doesn't add up.

Michael

11 posted on 10/06/2001 8:26:37 AM PDT by Wright is right!
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To: Congressman Billybob
"Gary Condit )D-Calif. - for now) has taken his condo off the market..."

Source please...

Michael

12 posted on 10/06/2001 8:28:00 AM PDT by Wright is right!
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To: dalereed
It's moderately good news, but still not satisfactory. What the Dems want is to keep Condit in office until the next election, when they will dump him, gerrymander the district to increase their edge, and run another so-called "conservative" Democrat. By keeping Condit in office until then, they will make it harder for the Republicans to groom someone to win in 2002.
13 posted on 10/06/2001 8:35:34 AM PDT by Cicero
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To: CheneyChick
I keep thinking of her and her poor parents.
14 posted on 10/06/2001 8:38:57 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: uvular
Cadee's gruesome flirtation with Softball's Larry King was the last straw. This is one sick family, full of lies and murder and dysfunction. Even Modesto can see it.
15 posted on 10/06/2001 8:41:11 AM PDT by Vinomori
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To: dalereed
Well, Condit will lose the general election? But he won't be in the general election because he cannot be nominated in the primary? So, I wonder if he has thought about an "independent" general election challenge, where he could win with 35 percent (a la Ventura of MN) if both parties were evenly divided. But this has become a more liberal district, and I can't imagine it going Republican next year, not in liberal CA.
16 posted on 10/06/2001 8:44:21 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: dalereed
Nice to see evidence of a district that doesn't vote celebrity.
17 posted on 10/06/2001 8:48:50 AM PDT by KillerWabbit
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To: dalereed
I think most democrats are being exposed as fools and they will all be BIG losers in the 2002 elections. Gary being one of the biggest. Well Hillary too!
18 posted on 10/06/2001 8:50:46 AM PDT by TLBSHOW
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To: uvular, Betty Jo
The cash angle is my take on it. It'll be intersting to see who's dumb/amoral enough to donate to ol' Gare. And here's another thought, on the off chance that very few are dumb/amoral enough to donat to ol' Gare, could he be using his "re-election donations" to launder money from some other source?
19 posted on 10/06/2001 8:56:22 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Vinomori
This family is frightenly similar to the tribe mentality of Afghanistan.

As far as the Condit tribe is concerned, everything that happened to them is someone else's fault. Although the truth is available to them, the family members are too blind or afraid of their tribe leader to see and act on it.

Gary Condit should be under investigation right now, for possible past acts of treason.

20 posted on 10/06/2001 9:01:32 AM PDT by uvular
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