Clinton TOPS Giuliani in cash and at polls

[Tellurian]

October 5, 2007

WASHINGTON - Rudy Giuliani says he's the only Republican who can stop Hillary Rodham Clinton, but it's Clinton who's getting the best of the ex-mayor this week - trouncing his fundraising totals and pulling ahead of Giuliani in a new poll.

Giuliani inched ahead of his rivals with the highest tally in the Republican money-hunt yesterday, bringing in $11 million in the past three months, compared to Mitt Romney's $10 million and Fred Thompson's $9.3 million. Romney also kicked in $8.5 million of his own fortune.

Clinton's $27 million third-quarter take announced this week - and even Barack Obama's $20 million total - is yet another sign of how Giuliani and other Republicans face a stiff headwind of voter dissatisfaction with President George W. Bush and Iraq that is helping Democrats.

"Right now, things look pretty good for the Democrats," said Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College in California. "The Democrats are revved up, and the Republicans are conflicted."

This week's total also created a sense that Clinton had solidified her position at the head of the Democratic contest, perhaps significantly, and undercut a key Obama strength - his fundraising prowess.

Also yesterday, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll showed Clinton pulling ahead of Giuliani in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup, beating him by 51 percent to 43 percent. A January matchup had the two nearly tied, with Clinton ahead 49-47.

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/nation/ny-uspoll055402601oct05,0,1162074,print.story

[Zenlitened]

1. My hunch at this point is that Clinton would mop the floor with Giuliani...

... in the GE, so this poll isn't a surprise from my POV.

But... I hope we've all learned not to put too much 'faith' in polls by now! :D

[Tellurian]

2. This thread is for those who, by some misguided notion...

think there isn't a difference between Guilliani and Clinton.

Just look at their platforms, they're a different as night and day. But the netroots are content to just blather away, locked in comfortable confusion.

[durrrty libby]

3. She kicks his ass on the Intrade Presidential Market

Clinton's current price of 43.9 is down 1.6 points from last weeks value of 45.5. None of her rivals for the presidency were able to make up any significant ground on the market leader however.



Rudy Giuliani recorded only a modest gain, with his current price of 16.2 a 0.4 point increase from last weeks value of 15.8. Fred Thompson saw a reversal of last week's gains by suffering a decline in value this week. The former Senator from Tennessee is currently trading at 9.0, which is down 0.6 points from last weeks price of 9.6.



Link for chart

http://news.yahoo.com/s/intrade/20071005/pl_intrade/intrade_news_2007100529_1

[Tellurian]

6. Thanks, bookmarking...

Obama tanking...

[applegrove]

4. This is good news. Obama trounces him financially too. Just a sign

of how bad things really are for the GOP.

[Tellurian]

5. Yes, and Hillary trounces him in a head to head match up..