Interesting polls/news on 08 race

[MissCatholic]

Source ABC

ALBANY, N.Y. Mar 8, 2005 — A growing number of registered voters believe Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should run for president in 2008, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion poll found that 46 percent of voters want the former first lady to run for the White House while 49 percent said she should not. In a December poll, 38 percent favored a run, while 50 percent were opposed.

Clinton was the choice of 39 percent of Democrats for their party's nomination for president in 2008, while Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who lost to President Bush last year, was preferred by 21 percent.

A quarter of Republicans said they preferred New York City Mayor Rudolph Guiliani for the Republican nomination, with Sen. John McCain second at 21 percent.

Neither Clinton nor Guiliani has indicated they will run in 2008.

Marist's telephone poll of 851 registered voters was conducted Feb. 14-16 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

At the state level, a separate poll issued Tuesday found that New York's Republican Gov. George Pataki is slipping farther behind Democratic state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in a possible 2006 matchup for governor.

The Siena College Research Institute poll had Spitzer leading Pataki 53 percent to 30 percent, up from a 51-to-35 percent Spitzer lead in a Siena poll last month.

Spitzer has said he will run for governor in 2006; Pataki has not said if he will seek a fourth term.

Siena's telephone poll of 600 registered voters was conducted Feb. 28-March 4 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

[Joe Republic]

So a lot of New Yorkers think their darling senator and current media-propelled frontrunner should run for president?  Wow, that is big news.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

So a lot of New Yorkers think their darling senator and current media-propelled frontrunner should run for president?  Wow, that is big news.

I AM SHOCKED

[Keystone Phil]

This is crazy. Next they'll put something out about Clinton winning with about 55% of the vote in 2000. Absolute rubbish. 

[Jake]

OMG, this is big news.  People want Hilary to run

[TheresNoMoney]

I don't know of anyone who wants her to run.

I think she mainly gives Fox News someone to smear for the next four year. Must be nice having your own news station to do your smear campaign for you.

[Jake]

LOL, CBS National Guard Memos.  Oh the irony

[Defarge]

This is ridiculous.  I know Democrats across the state, and I only know one person who wants Hillary to win the nomination.  The party's attempts to move towards the center will not be helped by nominating Hillary.

We won't nominate Hillary.  We're not that]/i] stupid
*prays*

[Notre Dame rules!]

This is ridiculous.  I know Democrats across the state, and I only know one person who wants Hillary to win the nomination.  The party's attempts to move towards the center will not be helped by nominating Hillary.

We won't nominate Hillary.  We're not that]/i] stupid
*prays*

If Dems in NY have such negative attitudes about the kind of candidate that Hillary would be, why on earth did they elect her to the Senate?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I want Hilary to run, she's smart and I want Bill back in the White House. 

[Defarge]

This is ridiculous.  I know Democrats across the state, and I only know one person who wants Hillary to win the nomination.  The party's attempts to move towards the center will not be helped by nominating Hillary.

We won't nominate Hillary.  We're not that]/i] stupid
*prays*

If Dems in NY have such negative attitudes about the kind of candidate that Hillary would be, why on earth did they elect her to the Senate?

I like her as a Senator, and most people I know agree.  She's a smart capable woman who if given the chance I think would do a good job as President.  However, just because I think she might make a good president does not mean I support her for the Democratic nomination.  The key word among thinking Democrats right now is electability.  Hillary is definitely not electable.  That's the end of it. 

She's a great senator.  But I'll never support her for the nomination, and neither will many New Yorkers.