On July 23, a Quinnipiac University poll was released for a proposed general election presidential race in Florida. It was conducted July 12-16 and included 1,106 sample members.
With only Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton in the mix, the results are: Giuliani 46%, Clinton 44%, other and undecided 10%.
With Bloomberg included, the results are: Clinton 41%, Giuliani 39%, Mike Bloomberg 9%, other and undecided 11%.
Also, 57% of respondents say they don’t know enough about Bloomberg to have an opinion.
Here we go again withthe blame game.
Every candidate has to earn their votes. There are only two ways to look at it either no one is a spoiler or every candidate is a spoiler.
That’s the bottom line. I hope that Bloomberg does run, not because I would vote for him, but because the more choices the better. Personally, I’m crossing my fingers Nader runs with McKinney under the Green Party Banner.
A poll taken nearly 16 months ahead of a general election is little more than a snapshot in time. Most people are not paying attention to the campaign, and all kinds of things can happen to change the race in the coming months. (Remember that, in the summer of 1992, Bill Clinton was running third in the polls.)
Sen. Clinton and Mayor Bloomberg may well be on the November 2008 ballot, but Julie Annie will not be the Republican nominee.
Nader-McKinney. Now that would be an interesting ticket.
And I’m hoping for a McKinney-Nader ticket. McKinney could inspire a lot of people to get involved with politics for the first time. And it would be a real statement for Nader to step back and let someone else take the lead, while still being part of the effort.
Yes, Comrade McKinney would cause many other nuts to fall out of the trees…