CBS Poll: Giuliani Maintains Strength

Former New York Mayor Leads Closest Rival By 20 Points Nationally

(CBS)  According to a new CBS News poll out Monday, Rudy Giuliani retains a significant lead nationally among Republican primary voters in the race to become the party’s presidential nominee.

In all, 38 percent of Republican primary voters favor the former New York City mayor, a slight increase from last month. Senator-turned-actor Fred Thompson is next; he's favored by 18 percent of Republican primary voters, a seven-point drop from last month. Thompson has yet to officially announce his candidacy.

The third choice, at 13 percent, is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who improved five points from one month ago. He was followed by Arizona Sen. John McCain, who came in at 12 percent.

Republican primary voters appear to be growing more content with the Republican candidates for president: 46 percent say they are satisfied with their choices, up from 36 percent a month ago and 30 percent in June. But 49 percent say they are not satisfied.

Giuliani, defying conventional wisdom, continues to show strength among groups not expected to be favorable towards his candidacy. He leads the field among conservatives, those who live in the South and West, evangelical Christians, and voters who think that a candidate's personal life should be a factor in deciding whom to support.

In all, 47 percent of Giuliani supporters say they strongly favor their candidate, while 45 percent say the like him as a choice, with reservations. Only 7 percent choose Giuliani because they dislike the other candidates.

When asked for their second choice among the candidates, 30 percent of Republican primary voters choose McCain, more than any other candidate. Romney is the second choice of 15 percent of primary voters, while just 8 percent say Thompson is their second choice.

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This poll was conducted among a random sample of 1,214 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone Aug. 8-12, 2007. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups is higher.

[realpatriot1]

Prinzowhales,

Although I agree with you on many issues and like you am concerned about the corruption of the Clintons, I find your views on foreign and military policy to be dangerously simplistic and naive.

I agree that Iraq was a classic example of our government playing into the Bin Laden playbook and acting out the part of the western boogieman that he portrays to recruit his fresh meat. It was not done for the altruistic reasons presented for public consumption and is causing us to lose the battle for the hearts and minds of the Islamic and free worlds.

I also agree that Israel is not totally clean in its behavior and that we have not been honest arbiters for peace in tilting toward them and allowing them to defy international law.

Where I part company with you and others is the notion that all military action is equally evil and makes democrats a war party and no diifferent than the neocons.

Peace and diplomacy will always be preferable to war but we are up against people with a different agenda.

As democrats, we can walk and chew gum at the same time and we can also seek peace and protect our children at the same time too.

[abbe91]

"A more accurate statement would be, point out how the democrats will do NOTHING to defend you or the country. It's not a fear of terrorists....it's a fear of democrats being allowed to run things. Now THAT'S SCARY!!! LOL
Posted by infidel_us at 04:38 PM : Aug 14, 2007"

What did the republicans do to defend the country ?
Selling seaports to Dubai ? Let bin Laden family escape quietly ? Outing CIA fronts like Brewster Jennings ? What a record ...

[condumism]

BobDylanJr posted:

I have friends who drove 400+ miles to the Iowa Straw Poll event.

Ames, IA is in the middle of Iowa. No place within Iowa is it 400 miles to Ames. If Ron Paul were a democrat, he would be no different than the rest of the field of democrats. I'd guess that you were raised to hate liberals, because of your upbringing of course. Get over your bigotry, and support the democrats, and we'll have a better chance of taking back America from the Fascist Repuglicon Party. GET IT?

[perpaterson]

Glad to hear that Ron Paul has passionated supporters. In my view he is the only presidential candidate who speaks the truth about USA problems and therefore he is the only one who has a sollution to them. Take home the troops now, balance the budget, sound monetary polices, small government and small taxes. I must sound like a dream come true for Americans.

All other candidates as far as I know is all for more of the same and no real change and America will go broke if any of them are elected.

If Giuliani wins, who think USA can win the war (what if he thinks wrong), there will be more dead Americans and more billions of dollars down the tube and more instabillity and insecurity and more terrorism and higher taxes and in the end America will go broke.

America can do so much better and Ron Paul is the man to restore Americas true greatness in the world and deliver peace, freedom and prosperity, sounds good to me. Please vote for Ron Paul.

[bobdylanjr]

I have friends who drove 400+ miles to the Iowa Straw Poll event.

And one thing they were struck by was how many people traveled from all over the country just to be there to support Ron Paul.

No other Candidate out there has such a passionate group of supporters.

Here's a youtube video from inside the event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0rR-6mF1Io&mode=related&search=

[prinzowhales]

What does it take to be a Giuliani supporter?-- First, you have to really hate the first responders...hate 'em enough to fill pot holes with the remains of their comrades. Second, you have to accept the man's lies about WTC7...lies to cover his butt. Third, you have to love illegal alliens...love 'em enough to make your city a sanctuary for them...Then, if you have no loyalty for your wife and would think nothing of marrying your cousin...then we can give you a 'piece', a name and and an address...and when you do the job...you have his respect...

[aaabee-2009]

Nah, Muddy is solely stuck on that BJ ...... LOL
Posted by parrot2 at 04:35 PM : Aug 14, 2007

Really, don't you always want what you can't get?

[prinzowhales]

Giuliani made New York City a sanctuary city...so that MS-13 gang members like Carranza, the illegal accused of murdering the Newark kids, who has a rap sheet 31 items long and raped a five year old girl could hang in Rudy's hood...while Rudy had twenty-four protection.

At least the straw poll thief, Romney, tried to do something in Massachusetts.

[prinzowhales]

realpatriot1--It might have mattered in the past, now, I think, the same forces control both major parties. Kerry was an even bigger War Pig than Bush, and I don't think the fact that he could speak coherently, would make that big a difference in the outcome of the war. He was, of course, for hitting Iran as well....How can one vote for someone who is going to pursue the same policies that one objects to in Bush?

The reaction to 9-11 was bipartisan support for the invasion of Afghanistan and overwhelming support for the attack on Iraq--I can't see Albert Gore not pursuing war. He is the second generation step and fetch for Armand Hammer, the son of a founder of the American Communist Party. Gore's daughter married the grandson of Jacob Schiff, who financed the communist revolution in Russia... these people are pigs...who would stoop to vote for them? Now, he's the poster boy for the man-caused global warming scam.

[nyckate]

Rudy says he'll stop illegal immigration??

What a load of BS - he did nothing - that's right NOTHING to stop all the illegal immigration here in NYC - not a thing - didn't lock them up, didn't turn them into INS, did squat.

Whoever falls for Rudy's line of BS is one moron.

[coffeehead-2009]

americanpeoplesparty.com


Ron Paul.............................

[realpatriot1]

Prinzowhales,

Did you stop the war by voting for Nader or was the election swung to Bush who got us into war? I'm not trying to be critical and I respect you for honoring your principles.

I just find that we ultimately will end up with a major party candidate and I do think it makes a difference who that is.

[prinzowhales]

Posted by realpatriot1 at 03:24 PM : Aug 14, 2007
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That is what the Establishment counts on--people not guided by principles...I voted for Nader last time and if there is not an antiwar candidate nominated to run in either the Democratic or Republican party, I will vote third party again. Stopping this immoral war should be the priority of anyone who values 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' for themselves--and for others.

These three candidates will end the war--and if they do that, then my vote was not wasted.

Ron Paul is going to fix the tax and monetary system as well--if you've seen what the FED has done to the 'dollar' since its inception; how the debt money system has piled up debt and given billions of unearned money to bond holders over the years...then you might be interested in supporting him rather than the 'war and usury as usual' Demopublican party.

[jydavis1]

go RON PAUL!

[infidel_us]

Convince the American people they should be afraid, and they'll support you out of fear. Posted by marcodele at 04:32 PM : Aug 14, 2007

A more accurate statement would be, point out how the democrats will do NOTHING to defend you or the country. It's not a fear of terrorists....it's a fear of democrats being allowed to run things. Now THAT'S SCARY!!! LOL

[infidel_us]

That seems like a fun job.
Posted by GretaGreen at 03:47 PM : Aug 14, 2007

See what 7 years of college will do for you? :)

Not a very inspiring platform
Posted by kstone53 at 04:31 PM : Aug 14, 2007

"I'm no ways tarrrred......I comes too farrrrrrr"

[marcodele]

Guiliani will have a great campaign based on the Bush Principle: Convince the American people they should be afraid, and they'll support you out of fear. It worked for Bush, Saddam, and Hitler too.

[infidel_us]

Wow, what a BJ @!
Posted by parrot2 at 04:09 PM : Aug 14, 2007

Don't forget the cigar!

[kstone53]

The reason that Rudy Guilliani continues to lead the pack of candidates for the Pepublican nomination and why he'll win the general election is simple. He has a track record of governing,making Executive decisions and leading during a crisis. Only Mitt Romney can say that among the Republicans, in a much lesser way. None of the Dems can. Besides, the only program the Dumbocrats are running on is George Bush is bad. Not a very inspiring platform

[infidel_us]

Why don't you do us all a favor and take your contempt to Ukraine;
Posted by realpatriot1 at 04:05 PM : Aug 14, 2007

Awww...cut the brutha some slack. The fact that he's dumber than a bag of doorknobs is actually you cracker's fault. More specifically, SOUTHERN crackers! LOL

Just keep contributing to the United Negro College Fund. Maybe one day, they'll put down their 'fiddycent' CD's and actually learn something.