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| 2003/6/6 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:28653 Activity:high |
6/6 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88691,00.html shows Bush would easily beat Clinton (either) or any of the 7 (D)warves. Read em and weep, kids. \_ must...resist...troll...must..resist \_ must...resist...reality...must...deny...facts...resist \_ wow, an incumbent president, go figure \_ not to mention vs. someone who isn't campaigning at all. \_ engaging reality distortion field... NOW! There are 7+ people on that poll campaigning right now, most of whom don't even exist to the bulk of the populous. \_ I was refering to clinton, the person with the name regonition on that poll who isn't Bush. Oh by the way, in 1991 there was a Bush in the White House everyone said could not be beat, and there was someone pathetic little cracker from Arkansas who was running the Democrat primaries who had single digit name recognition. All conventional wisdom was that the best he could hope for was to survive through the first few primaries before reallity hit him and he'd drop out. Funny how life works. \_ missing point: the only person on there anyone knows is the previous president and they wouldn't vote for him anyway. 4 more years, kids! \_ and Dubya isn't worried about 2004! |
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| www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,88691,00.html Bush would handily defeat Bill Clinton if they were the major party candidates in 2004. Constitution restricts Clinton from running for a third term. In a recent speech, former President Clinton commented that he thought the 22nd Amendment ( 19 search) to the Constitution "should probably be modified" to allow an individual to serve more than two terms as president. In the latest FOX News poll, conducted June 3-4 by Opinion Dynamics Corporation, most Americans oppose making such a change to the Constitution. Only 20 percent of the public supports changing the 22nd Amendment, while the more widely held opinion (75 percent) is that the Constitution should not be modified to allow for a third presidential term. Partisanship is not an issue here, as Democrats and Republicans equally oppose allowing a third term. Men are slightly more opposed to making the change than women (78 percent and 73 percent respectively). Some of Clinton's fellow baby boomers (age 51-59) are the strongest opponents at 82 percent. In the hypothetical Bush-Clinton matchup, Republicans solidly support Bush (88 percent) compared to 62 percent of Democrats who say they would vote for Clinton. Almost a quarter (24 percent) of Democrats say they would vote for Bush while only seven percent of GOPers would vote for Clinton. Being Al Gore's vice presidential running mate in the 2000 election no doubt has helped Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman ( 20 search) achieve the highest name recognition of the nine candidates, with over two-thirds able to rate him. Dick Gephardt ( 21 search) and New York Minister Al Sharpton ( 22 search) are the only other candidates who also have better than 50 percent name recognition. Carol Moseley Braun ( 23 search) (71 percent cannot rate), former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean ( 24 search) (76 percent cannot rate), North Carolina Sen. John Edwards ( 25 search) (70 percent cannot rate), Florida Sen. Bob Graham ( 26 search) (61 percent cannot rate) and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich ( 27 search) (83 percent cannot rate) -- all of whom have sizeable majorities either unable to recognize their name or to offer an opinion of them. Hillary Clinton ( 28 search) and Al Sharpton are the Democrats with the most negative public images, with both being rated unfavorably by just under half of the public. Lieberman has the highest favorable rating (46 percent) of the candidates, and positive opinion of Lieberman also narrowly bests that of possible candidate Sen. When looking at the ratings only among Democrats -- they retain their spots as the two with the most positive public images, but Clinton soundly bests Lieberman (among Democrats: Clinton 70 percent favorable and Lieberman 55 percent). Today, none of the Democratic hopefuls comes anywhere close to the 67 percent favorable rating (92 percent among Republicans) that President Bush currently enjoys. Polling was conducted by telephone June 3-4, 2003 in the evenings. The sample is 900 registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of 3 percentage points. Results are of registered voters, unless otherwise noted. Please tell me whether you have a generally favorable or unfavorable opinion of each. Never heard of Summary Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard Carol Moseley Braun 13% 16 17 54 George W. Bush 67% 27 6 - Laura Bush 73% 11 13 3 Dick Cheney 61% 25 10 4 Hillary Clinton 44% 47 8 1 Howard Dean 12% 12 20 56 John Edwards 17% 13 21 49 Dick Gephardt 36% 24 19 21 Bob Graham 22% 17 24 37 John Kerry 28% 19 19 34 Dennis Kucinich 8% 9 13 70 Joe Lieberman 46% 23 18 13 Al Sharpton 14% 45 15 26 2. Bush Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 67% 27 6 - 11-12 Mar 03 62% 29 9 - 14-15 Jan 03 64% 27 8 1 17-18 Dec 02 68% 25 7 - 3-4 Dec 02 65% 27 8 - 22-23 Oct 02 LV 62% 31 7 - 3. John Edwards Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 17% 13 21 49 14-15 Jan 03 17% 10 23 50 4. Al Sharpton Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 14% 45 15 26 14-15 Jan 03 10% 46 16 28 22-23 Aug 01 15% 42 15 28 5. Dennis Kucinich Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 8% 9 13 70 6. Carol Moseley Braun Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 13% 16 17 54 7. Dick Gephardt Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 36% 24 19 21 14-15 Jan 03 32% 28 22 18 20-21 May 98 27% 21 25 27 8. Bob Graham Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 22% 17 24 37 9. Laura Bush Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 73% 11 13 3 17-18 Dec 02 78% 9 10 3 16-17 Apr 02 74% 8 16 2 12-13 Dec 01 76% 5 17 2 14-15 Nov 01 74% 7 16 3 18-19 Apr 01 61% 10 25 4 10. Hillary Clinton Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 44% 47 8 1 17-18 Dec 02 47% 45 8 - 14-15 Nov 01 44% 44 11 1 18-19 Apr 01 42% 49 9 - 14-15 Mar 01 39% 51 10 - 21-22 Feb 01 44% 46 10 - 11. Dick Cheney Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 61% 25 10 4 3-4 Dec 02 57% 22 18 3 6-7 Aug 02 60% 25 12 3 30-31 Jan 02 59% 20 16 5 22-23 Aug 01 57% 27 14 2 11-12 Jul 01 65% 21 12 2 12. Joe Lieberman Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 46% 23 18 13 14-15 Jan 03 42% 30 20 8 17-18 Dec 02 42% 25 21 12 1 Dec 00 47% 26 23 4 3 Nov 00 LV 53% 21 20 6 20 Oct 00 LV 50% 22 22 6 13. John Kerry Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 28% 19 19 34 14-15 Jan 03 25% 16 20 39 14. Howard Dean Favorable Unfavorable Can't Say Never Heard 3-4 Jun 03 12% 12 20 56 14-15 Jan 03 7% 8 18 67 15. Do you support or oppose changing the constitution to allow a president to serve more than two terms? If the constitution were changed and former President Clinton could run for president again, would you: 1. If the constitution were changed and former President Bill Clinton could run for president again, how do you think you would vote if he ran against President George W. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. |