McCain 18, Huck 15, Mitt 14, Rudy 12 — in California
posted at 8:45 pm on January 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
I’m thinking maybe we suspend our political coverage for a few weeks. Cold turkey, no looking back. I just can’t handle the depression anymore.
Is Huck going to take LA?
The private poll, which we just obtained from a leading Democratic state strategist, goes like this:
On the Republican side, Arizona Sen. John McCain leads the California pack with 18 percentage points; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee now in second place with 15, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has sunk to third place with 14. Here’s the shocker: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani — once the frontrunner here — shows up with 12 percentage points, with Fred Thompson, the former Tennesee Senator, back in single digits with 9 points, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul in 5 percent. Undecided GOP voters are a huge number — 24 percent.
“I’ve never seen anything like this” so close to a major election, said the strategist. “This is a fight to the finish…it tells me that not only is the Republican field extremely unsettled, but many Republicans find this entire crop of candidates unsettling.”
The good news: Nonpartisan polls show Rudy with an eight-point lead. The bad news: That data is three weeks old, before Iowa and New Hampshire and Giuliani’s national cratering. And Huck was already running second at the time. This result isn’t far-fetched, in other words.
Which brings us to our latest HA poll. I’d hoped it wouldn’t come to this, my friends, but I fear we must prepare ourselves for the worst. All the policy papers — and money — in the world have been ineffective thus far against this date with destiny. I ask nothing more than that you choose as you would on Super Tuesday, knowing that Hillary or the Messiah awaits. Below the poll you’ll find a pearl of wisdom from Charles Krauthammer for inspiration.
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Turds float to the top, don’t they?
It was bad enough to have “compassionate conservative” Bush burn me on illegal immigration, government spending and entitlements but I also have become disenchanted with “blow up the boxes” Governator Schwarzenegger and his lovefest with the enemies of the state, Fabian Nuñez and Don Perata of the California
DemocraticSocialist Party.Here in California I have the privilege of voting my conscience as this state has not been competitive nor gone GOP in 20 years. Thank you illegals and crazies flocking to the once golden state for making that so.
I’d rather have Glenn Beck’s butt surgery than vote for Hikeafee or Keating Five’s McVain.
You just wait. Keating Five S&L scandal will surface to torpedo McCain as it comes dangerously close to the shenanigans going on with today’s mortgage meltdown. They will bury him.
islandman78 on January 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I voted McCain simply because you didn’t have the “Vote for Obama so four years of Liberal governance gets blamed on Democrats” option.
HebrewToYou on January 10, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Nice try, Allahputz, but no vote here
Captain America on January 10, 2008 at 12:54 PM
McCain. Only because he knows a little about the Middle East.
NTWR on January 10, 2008 at 1:28 PM
You know as well as I that the only reaction worthy of my time would be to this insane hope that Fred will be the nominee. ;-)
The only chance Fred has of being part of the rep administration is if he is asked to join it. The country doesn’t see him as their leader and the GOP doesn’t see him as the leader of the party. Those are some tall odds to overcome.
csdeven on January 10, 2008 at 2:05 PM
Want to see democracy at work in CA. Check this out. On page 57, you will see that Nunez was elected by only 30,000 votes, he was the only one running in his district and he received 100% of the votes — just like Saddam.
tommylotto on January 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM
As a conservative Christian, I’m amused at the animosity directed toward Huckabee. His attitude towards children of illegals represents a realistic appraisal of the situation. My son-in-law is a teacher at a high school in E. Wash. state that is 90% hispanic– and a large minority are illegals. If you actually got to know these kids I think most people would find it hard to casually disregard their plight. Many have only known the US– they may or may not have close ties to any family they have in Mexico. I certainly don’t know the answer– possibly deny the parents any chance of citizenship– and provide a path for the kids, assuming they do well in school.
McCain lost my support because of his campaign finance
reformdebacle.I voted for McCain in this poll– and would vote for him for president, if he were the choice.
What many people seem to ignore that the MSM has gotten more sophisticated in their use of propaganda– this isn’t 1980 when they didn’t think Reagan really had a chance, or 1994 when they didn’t think people would ever elect a Republican congress.
I don’t think you can be elected with a hardline Republican message– did anyone really think President Bush was a conservative’s conservative?
If we really believe that defense of the homeland is THE priority of the federal government– then McCain offers some hope.
I don’t want to take a chance that we end up with what the democrats offer– socialism at home and capitulation abroad.
brian e. on January 10, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Nothing like HotAir finding a BS poll and posting it..
HotAir on the Anyone but Rudy bandwagon..
I think HotAir has endorsed Bin Ladin.
Chakra Hammer on January 10, 2008 at 7:40 PM
You forgot glued and tatooed.
Dave R. on January 10, 2008 at 8:52 PM
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