Reply #28: The general matchups in Rasmussen have Ghouliani edging all Democrats

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Here are the numbers.

He was further ahead. The spread has dropped over time. I imagine, he'll end up behind our candidates by December. The numbers for Clinton, Obama, and Edwards are fairly recent. The numbers for Richardson are about a month old and the numbers for the others are several months old. Here's Ghoulini's lead.


Clinton 2
Obama 2
Edwards 1
Richardson 3
Biden 16
Kucinich 12
Dodd 15
Gravel NA

I'm not sure if I wouldn't prefer facing Rudy the most in the GE out of the top Repugs. He's got a ton of weaknesses. He'll probably depress the fundamentalist vote with his moderate social agenda. He's been moderate in the past on immigration so he'll have trouble tying in to their current boogie man. However, I don't think that immigration is going to gain them as much traction as the social conservative issues or terror scares did in the past. The only advantage he might have is if they somehow gin up a terrorist attack during the GE. The media has created a myth around his performance during 9/11 even though it only consisted of actually showing up.