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Audacity of Truth
"Change" You Can Believe In:
"Nixon didn’t try to do that. They couldn't control (the media). They didn’t try. [...] What the hell do they think we are, puppets?"
- Liberal opinion writer Helen Thomas, describing the Obama admin's penchant for heavily scripting public appearances & press conferences - 7/1/09
Poll watching
It’s very early on in the race for president, but Rasmussen’s latest poll numbers on the 2008 presidential race have former NY mayor Rudy Giuliani polling higher than Senator Hillary Clinton 52% to 43%:
In a match-up between the early 2008 frontrunners, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) leads New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) 52% to 43%. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Giuliani’s lead growing in recent months. His current nine-point advantage is up from a six point lead in January and a four-point lead in December.
Giuliani has solidified his title as the most popular candidate of Election 2008—his favorability ratings have inched back up to 70% (see summary for all Republican candidates).
Clinton is viewed favorably by 50% and unfavorably by 48%. The last four times that Rasmussen Reports has polled on a Giuliani-Clinton race, Clinton’s support has remained unchanged at 43%.
While both candidates draw reasonable levels of support from within their own party, Giuliani has an enormous 64% to 27% advantage over Clinton among unaffiliated voters.
That’s big. Hillary’s got the support of her base, but little else.
Allah wonders: Is Hillary done?
I think it’s way too early to tell. We’ve got a long way to go before we know whether la Clinton is done. I have no doubt she still has a few cards up her sleeve. But she’s got a lot of work to do to convince “Independent” voters that she’s the right candidate for the job.
In related Rudy Giuliani news, Hugh Hewitt interview the former mayor yesterday. The transcript can be read here.
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It appears the left’s strategery to remind us of Rudy’s stance on some social issues isn’t quite working. Surely they’ll get to the fact he’s been married three times before long. As for the Pantsuit, she’s sticking to the script.
I think the MSM may be misjudging. After the buyers remorse I think many are having now that they realize what staying home or going Dem has produced, as they watch the constant whining and backstabbing coming out of Congress, I’m not sure that pointing out Rudy’s more liberal attitudes will do that much to discourage conservatives from voting for him. After all, the alternative would be the Hildabeast or Obama-mama. But, they just might convince some liberals and swing Democrats that he’s OK because he is a bit of a social liberal.
There was one item in Allah’s article that horrified me. Pretty Boy Edwards was behind Giulani by only 46%-44%.
It may be a growing distaste for Hilly the Hun and the Empty Suit Obama that is giving the Pretty Boy a boost (although I still think the Hun will win and take the Empty Suit as her boy-toy Veep). But people should be alarmed that Edward’s Catholic-bashing does not seem to be a negative. Perhaps, like Jimmy Carter’s anti-Semitism, it will only add to his perverse stature.
Rudy would trash the Breck Girl. Once Edwards positions get the light of day, he’ll drop fast.
I think the social issues aren’t hurting Rudy yet because after all the political crud over the last 14 years, the people are looking to someone they trust first. Hillary, Edwards, McCain have no trust. They have been in front of the cameras a lot and have the icky slime feeling about them. Obama is an empty suit. That’s why despite all the media hype, Hillary leads 2-1 over him. When his real views hit the airwaves, he’s toast.
Rudy, for all his warts (and there are quite a few of them), ran NYC by cutting taxes *AND* cutting spending. He cut crime not by making excuses (did you hear that Dinkins?) but by jailing the criminals. And when all hell broke loose, he kept his head and lead the city. I loved when the Saudi Sheik offered 10 mil to NYC to help, and then made some comments about America needing to look at itself for 9/11. Rudy told him to shove the 10 mil up his, well, he told him no thanks. Does anyone think that Bush would have done that? Hillary? Obama? Edwards? No way.
He’s not afraid of negative press. Everytime the NYT howled about a policy, he smiled, waved and continued.
After 8 years of Bill “never met a law that shouldn’t be broken” Clinton and George “I’ll run as a conservative and govern as a lib” W Bush people want someone who will take an issue and stick to it. For good or for bad. You may not like all of Rudy’s stands, but you know where he stands and how he’ll govern.
The last guy like that was Reagan. Not all the dems who voted for him supported his social views, but they trusted him and knew he would govern as he said. My opinion is that is what people are looking for now.
The Democrats are utterly desperate to recapture the White House. If they become convinced that Hillary can’t do it, they’ll turn to someone else — and Hillary will then work against the Democratic nominee: she’ll be too old to contend for the presidency in 2016.
and Hillary will then work against the Democratic nominee: she’ll be too old to contend for the presidency in 2016.
From your lips to God’s ears…
That would be one mud wrestling contest that would be marvelous to behold, the level of vitriol and hatred would be mind boggling.
and Hillary will then work against the Democratic nominee: she’ll be too old to contend for the presidency in 2016.
I’ll buy tickets to see that particular mud rasslin’ match!
It’d make the Donner party survival skills seem like an upscale $5,000 a plate supper. Let the gnashing, snapping and howling begin!
You know, that reminds me, whenever I go out for dinner and have to leave a name, I use Donner, as my own name gets mangled in pronunciation too often. I just get a kick out of hearing “Donner party of 2 your table is ready.” So far no one else has gotten the joke, our educational system needs improving obviously…
I always wondered what the look on the other guys face would be when it got down to two, then along came the Congressional photos.
Sev, that’s so sick if I loved it any more my head would explode…leaving nothing but little bits of confetti, which some poor schlep would have to clean up. Which brings me to my obligatory reminder that the Diceman returns Sunday, March 4th, VH-1, 10 pm.
The only thing that stands between Rudy and Inauguration Day, 2009 is the media. There will be that ever-present bloc who will dig in like WWI trench warfare at the very thought of one Repub prez succeeding another, no matter what he says or does. Since he is an accomplished charmer, though, there may be more than a few who will succumb and drift just enough in our direction to make it happen.
My VEEP choice has always been Condi, but I already know how that’ll get received in certain quarters. Take your best shot.
I think a Rudy/Condi ticket would rock personally. And potentially set her up for a presidential run after Rudy’s term is completed.