Siena poll: McCain leads Giuliani in NY
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is pinning his election hopes on a Florida primary win, may want to pay some attention to his home state. A new Siena poll says Giuliani is trailing Sen. John McCain by 12 points among Republicans in the upcoming New York presidential primary. The big bloc abandoning Giuliani are men, according to the poll. Giuliani led McCain 48-15 percent on December 10.
On the Democratic side, Sen. Hillary Clinton has a two-to-one lead over Sen. Barack Obama in the Democratic primary, polling 48 percent to his 23 percent among Democrats.
Also, more voters having a favorable view of the Governor than an unfavorable view for the first time since October. Spitzer’s favorable/unfavorable rating is 44-41 percent, up from 36-50 percent in December. And a majority of voters support Governor Spitzer’s proposal to sell or lease part of the state lottery to fund an endowment for public higher education.
UPDATE: A new Marist poll also finds McCain leading Giuliani among Republicans, 34-23.
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the republican nominee may or may not be John Mc Cain
but it is over for Rudy Giuliani….If you are not winning
in the state that you claim as home you are done…
Giuliani’s demeanor, his foreign policy credentials
his constant reference to 9/11, his lack of economic
understanding and insistance on tax cuts when the
fed chairman has said that we need a tax stimulous
package are all indications that Rudy is not ready
for prime time….I suggest that the Republican leaders
who are out on a limb in New YOrk like Guy Molinari
and the suburban leaders sit down and reconsider who
they believe can do two things. 1. get the REpublican
nomination 2. win the general election. Of course
they can publicly wait until Rudy looses on February
5th but immediately thereafter they need Plan B
The Republican Leadership deserves all that is coming to them. They have been forewarned last summer of these results that are coming. A New York City GOP Liberal (In the eyes of true Americans) cannot win in this nation.
Egg on their face again. BTW…There is No Republican Party in NY State.
Many GOP Chairs are already delegates for other Presidential Candidates – as early as the fall they were lining up. Thus a split was already in the works in the NY State GOP Party.
Quick: name the last “crime-fighting” and “anti-terrorism” presidential candidate to be elected. (Ans. below)
Mayor G has somewhat “flamed” since last Fall, owing most likely to his refusal to accept the advice of his more rational, albeit opportunistic, staff. Sad. But I can remember when he blew off 200 upstate dedicated gray-haired Republican women, in April 2000, after they’d organized a huge campaign rally for him, only so he could get to Yankee Stadium for Opening Day, which was delayed by a snowstorm. In poker, that’s a “tell” to someone’s motives and essence.
Okay: Tom Dewey failed, in 1944 and 1948, against two different opponents, to win election as a crimefighter. You can’t count Estes Kefauver as a crimefighter, but he lost, too. Barry Goldwater and George Wallace failed in their runs as “anti-communist” (“terrorists” in today’s lingo) candidates.
Ans.: Richard Nixon was the last candidate to successfully use crimefighting and fear of communism/terrorism in winning the presidency. And he won only due to Wallace’s siphoning away traditional Dem votes from Hubert in the Old South. Comparisons between RMN and Rudy are welcome, but I think the similarities end with their law degrees.
This election year should be fun for at least three more weeks.
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