March 26, 8:30 a.m.
Yes, the French love Sen. John McCain, and he loves them, but now a new Gallup poll shows that a bunch of Democrats also love the maverick Republican. Huge numbers would vote for the Arizona senator over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama in the general election, the poll found.
"The data suggest that the continuing and sometimes fractious Democratic nomination fight could have a negative impact for the Democratic Party in next November's election," Gallup said in a press release. "A not insignificant percentage of both Obama and Clinton supporters currently say they would vote for McCain if he ends up running against the candidate they do not support."
The Gallup poll follows one last week that shows the protracted Democratic battle really IS pushing the party's candidates down. The poll shows the Arizona senator beating each Democrat in November:
McCain = 46 percent
Obama = 40 percent
McCain = 48 percent
Clinton = 40 percent
See that poll here.
One thing that is also beginning to emerge more clearly is how much better McCain does against Clinton (and that contrast may now be even greater as her story about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia — a baldfaced lie — stacks up against McCain's real-life war stories).
— Joseph Curl, senior White House correspondent, The Washington Times
Comments (1)
These poll numbers are great only to the point of it is better to elect a luke warm Republican and a left leaning moderate, than it would be to elect either candidate from the donkey party. The Senator's war record shall always be respected, and we have to look at his political record as a seperate entity.
Posted by Krause | March 26, 2008 11:40 AM