Bush losing a Red State?
Posted by R. Neal
Looks like the Bush Bros. are losing the (barely) Red State of Florida for the GOP. In this poll just released yesterday, only 37% of those polled in Florida approve of Bush's job performance, and only 31% approve of his handling of Iraq. Only 36% believe invading Iraq was the "right thing."
The results were along party lines, with 71% of Republicans approving of Bush's job performance, and 61% approving of his handling of Iraq. 69% of Republicans thought invading Iraq was the "right thing." It puzzles me why this breaks down along party lines, but I guess there's no accounting for blind loyalty.
The poll has some other interesting results. Jeb Bush is even less popular than big bro Dubya. If Jeb ran for president in 2008, only 33% of those polled said they would "definitely" or "probably" vote for him.
The favorite GOP candidate for president in 2008 is Giuliani (oh please, please nominate him!) and the favorite Dem candidate is Hillary Clinton (yikes!). McCain was the second pick for GOP and Kerry was the second pick for the Dems. Either McCain or Giuliani would beat Clinton among those polled (281 Democrats and 301 Republicans). All of this is a little suspect because there were only a limited number of choices for either party's nominee. I'm guessing the eventual nominees for both parties are not on either list.
OK, then.
Looks like the Bush Bros. are losing the (barely) Red State of Florida for the GOP. In this poll just released yesterday, only 37% of those polled in Florida approve of Bush's job performance, and only 31% approve of his handling of Iraq. Only 36% believe invading Iraq was the "right thing."
The results were along party lines, with 71% of Republicans approving of Bush's job performance, and 61% approving of his handling of Iraq. 69% of Republicans thought invading Iraq was the "right thing." It puzzles me why this breaks down along party lines, but I guess there's no accounting for blind loyalty.
The poll has some other interesting results. Jeb Bush is even less popular than big bro Dubya. If Jeb ran for president in 2008, only 33% of those polled said they would "definitely" or "probably" vote for him.
The favorite GOP candidate for president in 2008 is Giuliani (oh please, please nominate him!) and the favorite Dem candidate is Hillary Clinton (yikes!). McCain was the second pick for GOP and Kerry was the second pick for the Dems. Either McCain or Giuliani would beat Clinton among those polled (281 Democrats and 301 Republicans). All of this is a little suspect because there were only a limited number of choices for either party's nominee. I'm guessing the eventual nominees for both parties are not on either list.
OK, then.
3 Comments:
Ya know, I was giggling when Bush first received the nomination from his party. I was sure that there was no way anyone could lose to that moron. Obviously, I failed to take into account the incredible idiocy of the populace in general, the willingness to subvert democracy of Diebold and other, and the shameful disregard for things constitutional by the (notso) supreme court.
Lets be careful what we wish for.
CAFKIA
Point taken, Steve. Heck, in the days immediately following 9/11 I would have probably voted for Giuliani for president. (I assume that's the remark you are referring to.)
He showed more leadership than that idiot Bush. I guess some of that could reverberate. But to me, he showed his true colors during the GOP convention. It was embarrassing, for him and for the party.
I guess I started getting emotional when the word "recount" was being thrown around. Who woulda thunk??,,,fdupr
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