Strategic Vision is polling fast and furious now.
No real surprises… Rudy still leads the pack for the GOP, with Gore, Edwards, and now Obama fighting for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively for the Dems.???
Strategic Vision Georgia, Oct. 20th-22nd, 2006
For the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Republicans Only)
Rudy Giuliani 31%
John McCain 22%
Newt Gingrich 17%
Mitt Romney 8%
Bill Frist 3%
George Allen 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
George Pataki 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 15%
For the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination whom would you support? (Democrats Only)
Hillary Clinton 28%
Al Gore 19%
Barack Obama 15%
John Edwards 11%
Wesley Clark 2%
John Kerry 2%
Russ Feingold 2%
Evan Bayh 1%
Joseph Biden 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Ed Rendell 1%
Tom Vilsack 1%
Chris Dodd 1%
Undecided 15%
Strategic Vision Florida, Oct. 20th-22nd, 2006
Who is your first choice for the Republican nomination in 2008? (Republicans only)
Rudy Giuliani 45%
John McCain 28%
Mitt Romney 8%
Newt Gingrich 4%
Bill Frist 2%
George Allen 1%
George Pataki 1%
Rick Santorum 1%
Chuck Hagel 1%
Undecided 9%
Who is your first choice for the Democratic nomination in 2008? (Democrats only)
Hillary Clinton 30%
Al Gore 20%
John Edwards 12%
Barack Obama 10%
John Kerry 7%
Russ Feingold 3%
Wesley Clark 3%
Joseph Biden 1%
Bill Richardson 1%
Ed Rendell 1%
Tom Vilsack 1%
Evan Bayh 1%
Christopher Dodd 1%
Undecided 9%
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October 25th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
I still think Obama is aiming for the veep slot, but according to Newsweek’s Jon Alter, he seems to have Team Hillary terrified. The thinking goes that an Obama candidacy would drain most of the traditional balck support for the Clintons and she’d be dead in the water. Add to this the fact that John Harwood says he talked to a top aide to Bill Clinton that said that Hillary would not run and Obama would. Now comes an article by RCP’s John McIntyre that says that Hillary would likely take a pass in 2008 if it was likely that Obama would run and that the GOP would nominate McCain or Giuliani. Better for Obama to lose the general election and permanently damage his White House hopes. In the meantime, Hillary can become, say, Majority Leader and elevate herself in hopes of a more sucessful 2012 run.
I’m not sure I buy all of this, but it’s definitely much to chew on.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Here’s the RCP article:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/10/the_shifting_2008_landscape.html