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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 04:25 AM
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AP Poll: GOP Pick Is 'None of the Above'
AP Poll: GOP Pick Is 'None of the Above'
Published: 7/17/07, 3:26 AM EDT
By LIZ SIDOTI
WASHINGTON (AP) - And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above.

The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, John McCain or Mitt Romney, and no one candidate has emerged as the clear front-runner among Christian evangelicals. Such dissatisfaction underscores the volatility of the 2008 GOP nomination fight.

In sharp contrast, the Democratic race remains static, with Hillary Rodham Clinton holding a sizable lead over Barack Obama. The New York senator, who is white, also outpaces her Illinois counterpart, who is black, among black and Hispanic Democrats, according to a combined sample of two months of polls.

A half year before voting begins, the survey shows the White House race is far more wide open on the Republican side than on the Democratic. The uneven enthusiasm about the fields also is reflected in fundraising in which Democrats outraised Republicans $80 million to $50 million from April through June, continuing a trend from the year's first three months.

"Democrats are reasonably comfortable with the range of choices. The Democratic attitude is that three or four of these guys would be fine," David Redlawsk, a University of Iowa political scientist. "The Republicans don't have that; particularly among the conservatives there's a real split. They just don't see candidates who reflect their interests and who they also view as viable."

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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 06:08 AM
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1. Maybe they should run that guy Moore from AL with the 10 commandments.
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 06:27 AM
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2. what about the one from Georgia that was on Colbert
and couldn't even name one of the 10 commandments? I forget his name right offhand...
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 06:31 AM
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3. "They...don't see candidates who reflect their interests and who [are] viable."
No kidding? Hating and finger-pointing and repression and fear and war-mongering and debt and greed aren't selling well in the Homeland? Who'da thunk it? Sucks when you finally have to face the truth about who your party represents, doesn't it Republicans?

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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 06:36 AM
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4. Maybe they should start including *OUR* candidates in the Republican polls?
Maybe they should start including *OUR* candidates
in the Republican polls?

We might find out exactly how disafected your average
die-hard Republican primary voter actually is!

Tesha
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-17-07 08:08 AM
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5. kick
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