Quinnipiac thermometer poll of national leaders

[FrenchieCat]

Giuliani, McCain and Obama continue to get the highest ratings in the latest
Quinnipiac thermometer poll of national leaders. Bush was 15th out of 20,
Kerry ranked dead last. Lieberman ranks 6th. Wes Clark was not included.

1) Rudolph Giuliani - 64.2. (9)
2) Sen. Barack Obama 58.8 (41)
3) Sen. John McCain 57.7 (12)
4) Condoleezza Rice - 56.1 (7)
5) Bill Clinton - 55.8 (1)
6) Sen. Joseph Lieberman - 52.7 (16)
7) NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg - 51.1 (44)
8) John Edwards - 49.9 (20)
9) Sen. Hillary Clinton - 49 (1)
10) N.M. Gov. Bill Richardson - 47.7 (65)
11) Sen. Joseph Biden 47 (52)
12) Nancy Pelosi 46.9 (34)
13) Gov. Mitt Romney - 45.9 (64)
14) Former VP Al Gore - 44.9 (3)
15) President George Bush - 43.8 (1)
16) Sen. Evan Bayh - 43.3 (75)
17) Newt Gingrich - 42 (15)
18) Sen. Bill Frist - 41.5 (53)
19) Sen. Harry Reid - 41.2 (61)
20) Sen. John Kerry - 39.6 (5)

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1284.xml?ReleaseID=990&What=&strArea=;&strTime=0

[fooj]

1. BWAHAHAHAHA!

Lieberman and Bush...what a joke. Enough said of the "prestigious" Q polls, eh?

[ProSense]

2. Republicans win!

McCain's stock rises

GOP's loss improves presidential chances

By Peter Brown
November 19, 2006

The big winner Election Day wasn't even on the ballot. As screwy as it might seem, the Democratic takeover makes it much more likely Republican John McCain will be the next president of the United States.

That popping noise you might have heard early Wednesday wasn't just Democratic champagne corks; it was the starter's pistol kicking off the 2008 White House campaign.

For McCain, the perfect political storm – Iraq, corruption and the Foley scandal – that handed Congress to the Democrats was far from an ill wind.

Snip..

Simply put, the prospect of Hillary Clinton, John Kerry or Barack Obama in the White House come 2008, with the Congress already in Democratic hands, is likely to be a motivating factor for Republicans.

Snip...

Brown is assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. He can be reached at [e-mail]. This commentary first appeared on the realclearpolitics Web site.

[fooj]

3. Thanks for this. I knew that this poll was horsesh*t.

I mean, how OBVIOUS is that?

[Jai4WKC08]

4. Wow, lookit that

80% feel they know enough about Edwards to rate his "warmth" and he still pegs out below 50%?

I guess it's not just me.