Now it appears that people who identify themselves as members of the Republican Party are disgusted with the presidential candidates from their party. A new poll by the New York Times/CBS News, as published in today's NY Times, has the following info:
...Forty percent of Republicans said they expected Democrats to take control of the White House next year, compared with 46 percent who said they believed a Republican would win. Just 12 percent of Democrats said they thought the opposing party would win the White House....
...Asked what was more important to them in a nominee, a commitment to stay in Iraq until the United States succeeds or flexibility about when to withdraw, 58 percent of self-identified Republican primary voters said flexibility versus 39 percent who said a commitment to stay....
....The poll highlights a Republican weakness going into next year’s election. Just 34 percent of all respondents said they had a favorable view of the Republican Party, and that is the lowest it has been since December 1998. By contrast, 47 percent of respondents said they had a positive view of the Democratic Party.
And by a 20-point margin, respondents said that if the election were held today they would vote for an unnamed Democrat for president rather than a Republican....The three leading Republican presidential candidates (McCain, Giuliani, Gingrich) have had 8 wives. (McCain: currently married, 1 ex-wife; Giuliani: currently married, 2 ex-wives; Gingrich: currently married, 2 ex-wives). This must be an example of Republican family values.
