Trouble with journalistic articles on polls is that they never give you just the stats – it has to be woven into some magic piece of prose to justify their paycheck. Here are all the stats I could glean from the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, Hamden, Connecticut Likability Poll in the US, taken after the elections and then hacked about by the Washington Post:1] New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, a Republican, 64.2
2] Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, 58.8
3] McCain, 57.7
4] Condoleezza Rice, 56.1
5] former Democratic President Bill Clinton, 55.8
6] Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, 52.7
7] New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican, 51.1
8] former Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, 49.9
9] Hillary Clinton, 49
10] New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, 47.7
11] Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, 47
12] Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, 45.9
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14] former Vice President Al Gore, 44.9
15] Bush 43.8
16] Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, 43.3
17] former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, 42
18] outgoing Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist, 41.5.
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20] Kerry, 39.6
So, the Lizard Queen isn’t all that high, really. Wonder what would happen if Condi ran?
"Wonder what would happen if Condi ran?"
ReplyDeleteI believe it's called killing two birds with one stone.
Personally I think they should run Obama as it looks now. HC is too hated by too many people
ReplyDeleteThe LQ though is backed by very powerful money. She can be made to look like Aunt Bea. Do you think the Americans would fall for it?
ReplyDeleteThese sorts of polls are only good at this point if you are trying to raise money. Most Americans will not be focussing on the election at this time other than to be counting the days until Dubya and his buddies are gone. Anybody but Dubya (even a Republican) will likely be the mantra.
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