| We're told that moving our presidential primary up to February 5th will make New York relevant to the the selection of our next President, that candidates will be forced to actually campaign for once instead of just dropping into Manhattan to pick up checks. Hooey. I think we all know that moving up our primary date is being done to give a boost to Hillary and Rudy. Now there really can't be much doubt that the chances of serious competition for the Empire State's delegates looks to be less and less likely. New York is an obscenely expensive media market to play in and with all the other states casting votes on the same day, why commit so many resources to a state that looks to be pretty solidly locked up 10 months ahead of time?
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll out this morning, Hillary and Rudy crush all competition here in New York. It's not even close. Oh, and isn't it great that Obama raised all that money from all those people? Not so much here in New York. Obama is tied for second with a guy who isn't even running, one Former Vice President from Tennessee.
Clinton, Giuliani Hold Big Leads In New York State, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gore Catches Obama In Democratic Primary Race
Sen. Hillary Clinton and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani are the pick of their parties in New York State where Sen. Clinton leads Mayor Giuliani 50 - 42 percent in the 2008 presidential campaign, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Sen. Clinton tops Arizona Sen. John McCain 55 - 34 percent.
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In other possible presidential matchups, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe- ack) University poll finds: * Giuliani ties Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 44 - 44 percent
* 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards tops Giuliani 47 - 43 percent;
* Clinton over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 61 - 26 percent;
* Obama beats McCain 47 - 36 percent;
* Edwards over McCain 52 - 34 percent;
* Obama beats Romney 53 - 23 percent;
* Edwards tops Romney 59 - 21 percent.
Hillary absolutely crushes the rest of the Democratic field in New York:
Clinton leads the Democratic primary pack with 44 percent, followed by Obama and former Vice President Al Gore with 14 percent each and Edwards with 9 percent.
And Rudy rules the GOP side with an even greater spread:
Giuliani gets 52 percent of Republicans, followed by McCain with 13 percent, former Gov. George Pataki with 6 percent, Romney at 4 percent and 3 percent each for former Senator and actor Fred Thompson and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Which leads to this question:
"Even if New York moves its presidential primary to February 5, will any of the candidates even bother to campaign here against Giuliani and Clinton?" Carroll asked.
Not likely, especially for Republicans. Keep in mind that on the Republican side of the New York primary, it's winner take all. If you lose by a vote, even after you've poured tons of money into the Manhattan media beast, you get nada, zip, bupkus. With numbers like these, find it hard to believe that any Republican will make a serious challenge to Rudy here.
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