Republicans Like Obama or Edwards as Democratic Pick

[JohnLocke]

Republicans Like Obama or Edwards as Democratic Pick
By Nikki Schwab--U.S. News & World Report
Wednesday, November 19, 2007
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Hillary Clinton may be a Democratic favorite, but if Republicans had to choose which Democratic candidate they'd like to see win the nomination, she wouldn't be the pick. In a new poll released today by the Pew Research Center, the two candidates who are closely following Clinton in the polls—Barack Obama and John Edwards—are more popular with GOP voters. Twenty-one percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters said they'd pick Obama to win the nomination, and 17 percent chose Edwards. Clinton came in third, with 11 percent.

A quarter of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents said they'd like to see Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani win the GOP nomination, and 21 percent said they'd like to see moderate Republican John McCain on the general election ballot.

Libertarian-learning Republican candidate Ron Paul, whose campaign has recently brought in several million dollars online, garnered only 5 percent support from Democrats. His campaign is unique in its efforts to capture voters from both sides of the aisle by advertising online the deadlines in which prospective independent and Democratic voters can change their party registration to the GOP.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/news-desk/2007/11/19/republicans-like-obama-or-edwards-as-democratic-pick.html

[aquart]

1. Funnier and funnier.

[MADem]

2. What, do they think that Romney could beat either one of them?

I don't trust GOP motives for anything....

"Like" doesn't always translate to "vote for..."

[JohnLocke]

4. Most Republicans aren't Karl Rove.

I think that they are more likely to vote for Obama or Edwards than HRC.

[MADem]

7. I disagree. I think that Republicans who continue to self-identify as Republicans

(as opposed to Republicans who pretend to be Independents, out of shame) will vote for Romney.

Romney doesn't have the obvious baggage of Rudy, he has one wife, a shitload of sons, he's a 'biz-niz-man' and except for his Stepford-Ken Doll qualities, he doesn't look 'TOO' strange. He has to leap over that 'Mormon' thing, but the way he slides past that is with the "Well, Catholic Massachusetts 'accepted' him" (of course, we didn't he stole the race and at that, his opponent did everything wrong).

What I am saying is that a self-identified Republican is not going to vote for Obama, or Edwards, OR HRC. They're gonna vote for Romney.

[Perry Logan]

3. So...the people who voted twice for the Worst President Ever™ like Obama and Edwards? Far out.

[Tejanocrat]

5. Edwards and Obama have real crossover appeal. Hillary, not so much ....

[ilovesunshine]

6. I'm a crossover voter and...

neither appeal to me. If either does win the primary I will be open to them winning my vote.

I live in Arizona and quite a few of my Republican friends are also considering Hillary for President.

Oh, and McCain is not so popular here any more.

[Tejanocrat]

9. Welcome. The campaigns aren't in Arizona yet. Hope you find a Democrat you like when they get there.

[GreenArrow]

8. Does that mean Republicans like those candidates

or think that they'd be the easiest two to beat? Or both?