Newsweek poll: 58% of Americans wish that George Bush would just stop being president. Only 28% of people want the next president to be a Republican.
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Newsweek poll: 58% of Americans wish that George Bush would just stop being president. Only 28% of people want the next president to be a Republican.
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Sounds good!
Yikes!
And not a bit surprised.
The nice thing is that Democrats are now free to truly vote for the person they think is the absolute best candidate for office, without worrying about electability.
In mind mind, that’s John Edwards. Although Edwards voted for the war, he was pretty early out the gate saying he’d made a mistake.
“The nice thing is that Democrats are now free to truly vote for the person they think is the absolute best candidate for office, without worrying about electability.”
From the Democrats that are/will be running, that is.
We’ll see if they still feel that way after Hillary wins the nomination. I don’t think they will.
TrvlnMn–Hillary is so polarizing. So many people hate her. You are probably right.
It’s funny. Really the only place I hear about Clinton being SO polarizing is from the media. Generally, from media outlets generally breathlessly repeating right wing smears. I really don’t think such a polarizing figure can win 55% of the vote in a state she had just moved into. And if she was so polarizing, wouldn’t the Republicans have been able to get more than 31% of the vote? Yes, this is a Democratic state, yes it was a Democratic cycle, but if Hillary is really so bad, the GOP should have found a decent candiuate, exploited the supposed polarization and run away with it.
Everything I heard is that a vast majority of New Yorkers, including a large number of Republicans, love their Senator. I don’t call that polarizing.
Which state that Kerry failed to win is Hillary or any other Dem nominee going to carry in ’08?
This Democrat will write in ‘Mickey Mouse’ before ever casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton. And I don’t care who the Republican nominee is. None of the serious contenders look worse than Hillary Clinton to me.
Smails… let’s see. Pretty much the ONLY states not trending Dem right now are Georgia and Louisiana (probably). Given the closeness of the last two elections, that could swing any number of states… off the top of my head, Colorado, Arkansas, West Virginia, New Mexico, etc.
But what state decided the 2004 election? Ohio. And since then, the Ohio GOP is in shambles (and that’s putting it very, very nicely). On Election Day 2006, they went from 6 statewide elected Republicans (out of 6 statewide offices) to just one… the only office that wasn’t on the ballot. With disorganization, scandals galore and massive discontent amongst Ohioans, and a Democratic Secretary of State unfairly screwing minority precincts re: voting booths, it will likely be a cakewalk for the Dems.
And I don’t see any Kerry (or Gore) state that we’ll have any trouble keeping.
I have to assume your question was facetious, because, honestly, you should know better.
This is a good example of why most polls are either stupid or worthless, if not both.
If this poll is accurate, then the GOP candidate in ’08 will get about 28% of the vote. Who would like to bet on that?
If the Repugnantans nominate a theo-con and/or a Bush clone and the Dems nominate someone who is qualified, not too polarizing, and relatively scandal-free then I don’t see how the GOP can hope for much more than the mid-40s.
I’m thinking someone like Bill Richardson, who I’d like to know more about but at first glance only has a couple not-too-disastrous skeletons in the closet and is otherwise potentially a good candidate and President.