Warning Sign for McCain
A recent Gallup poll, reported on here, has some rather disturbing news for Senator McCain.
Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain typically vie for the lead in Republican preference polls, but a greater percentage of Republicans say they would find Giuliani acceptable than say this about McCain (73% to 55%).
Given that by almost any measure (abortion, gun rights, gay marriage) John McCain is far more conservative than Rudy Giuliani, this figure would suggest that voters are objecting to something personally about John McCain. And that's got to be troubling, because when voters object to a politician's positions, he may be able to "tweak" them (as we may yet see Giuliani do). But if they object to someone personally, that's a lot more difficult to fix.
Note that other potential Republican nominees likewise have even higher "unacceptable" rates, but as the article points out, this is because people don't know them (except, sadly, for Newt Gingrich, a brilliant guy who was raked over the coals by the press during his time in power). But everybody knows Giuliani and McCain.
Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain typically vie for the lead in Republican preference polls, but a greater percentage of Republicans say they would find Giuliani acceptable than say this about McCain (73% to 55%).
Given that by almost any measure (abortion, gun rights, gay marriage) John McCain is far more conservative than Rudy Giuliani, this figure would suggest that voters are objecting to something personally about John McCain. And that's got to be troubling, because when voters object to a politician's positions, he may be able to "tweak" them (as we may yet see Giuliani do). But if they object to someone personally, that's a lot more difficult to fix.
Note that other potential Republican nominees likewise have even higher "unacceptable" rates, but as the article points out, this is because people don't know them (except, sadly, for Newt Gingrich, a brilliant guy who was raked over the coals by the press during his time in power). But everybody knows Giuliani and McCain.
posted by LadybugUSA at 5:11 PM
1 Comments:
Carol - The problem with Newt is not his ideas. To be blunt, he has a bad grasp of the human condition. He does not understand when something is funny or not (that I have seen), and he does not appear humble nearly as often as he should.
He would be an excellent analyst at a think-tank. But as one to rise up and inspire a nation, he falls flat. And I'm a Republican!
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