Article Analysis #2

The author of Rhymes With Front-Runner tried as hard as he could about the topic of the news story, which is about a woman who had presented McCain a question with a rather vulgar word. The question was, “How can we beat that [explitive]?” One thing that she commented as a side note was, “I can’t say it, but it rhymes with rich.” Shockingly, McCain responded the question. His response was, “I respect Senator Clinton. I respect anyone who gets the nomination of the Democratic Party.” One reason why that woman might of chosen that word to describe Hilary Clinton was because she is against another Clinton being in office, which shows that she is supportive of another candidate, most likely McCain because she was asking him the question. Or who knows, she might be a moderate? One thing for sure is that she does not want Hilary as President

Article Analysis #1

This article, Giuliani Campaign Tries to Minimize Fallout From Kerik Indictment, criticizes Giuliani’s campaign. But, what does this have to do with John McCain? He gives his views on Giuliani’s platform. McCain said, “Supposedly his mission was to help train Iraqi police. He stayed a couple of months, got us and left. That should have been part of anyone’s judgment before they would recommend that individual to be head of the Department of Homeland Security.” He feels as though it was irresponsible of Giuliani, having not questioned the newly appointed head of Department of Homeland Security, Kerik, about is failed attempt to training the Iraqi police force in 2003. Homeland Security may not be a part of Giuliani’s platform, but it is crucial to McCain’s platform, because he feels as though Iraqi soldiers need to be given the necessary training in order to finish the war, and to disband al Qaeda, which will in effect give the citizens in America a better sense of safety.

Poll Analysis

As the data shows, the percentage of votes for John McCain is steadily decreasing. In many states, such as New Hampshire, Iowa, and California, McCain had been receiving the most percentage of votes in the polls, putting him in “first place.” But something has recently the voters perception of John McCain make his “score” has decrease, going from about 30% of votes all the way down to about 6 or 7%. Perhaps the reason that his “score” is dropping because of the fact that he supports tax cuts, which implies that there will be far less benefits for American citizens? Or perhaps it’s the fact that he wants to keep the troops in Iraq to still fight in the war and disband al Qaeda, which will take a long time to accomplish that goal? There could be a plethora of reasons why his “score” went down. One thing for sure is that it will take a lot of hard work to reach the top again.

Florida Polls

Strategic Vision
12/4/2004
N=600
w/o Fred Thompson
w/o Newt Gingrich
Jeb Bush
39%
Rudy Giuliani
30%
John McCain
14%
George Pataki
2%
Bill Frist
2%
Mitt Romney
1%
Chuck Hagel
1%
George Allen
1%
Rick Santorum
1%
Unsure
9%

Strategic Vision
2/18/2005
N=600
w/o Fred Thompson
w/o Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
30%
John McCain
24%
Bill Frist
7%
Mitt Romney
2%
George Pataki
2%
Chuck Hagel
1%
George Allen
1%
Rick Santorum
1%
Unsure
31%

The Kitchens Group
1/22/2006
N=256
w/o Fred Thompson
Condoleezza Rice
26%
Rudy Giuliani
25%
John McCain
20%
Newt Gingrich
10%
George Allen
3%
Mitt Romney
1%
George Pataki
1%
Unsure
14%

American Research Group
1/7/2007
N=600
w/o Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
30%
Newt Gingrich
16%
John McCain
15%
Mitt Romney
2%
Chuck Hagel
2%
Mike Huckabee
1%
Sam Brownback
1%
George Pataki
1%
Unsure
32%

Strategic Vision
11/10/2007
N=600
w/o Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
31%
John McCain
13%
Fred Thompson
13%
Mitt Romney
12%
Mike Huckabee
9%
Ron Paul
4%
Tom Tancredo
2%
Duncan Hunter
1%
Unsure
14%

Illinois Polls

American Research Group
1/13/2007
N=600
w/o Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
33%
John McCain
24%
Mitt Romney
12%
Newt Gingrich
8%
Sam Brownback
4%
Tommy Thompson
4%
Chuck Hagel
3%
Duncan Hunter
1%
Unsure
11%

American Research Group
7/8/2007
N=600
Rudy Giuliani
30%
Fred Thompson
21%
John McCain
12%
Mitt Romney
11%
Newt Gingrich
5%
Mike Huckabee
2%
Ron Paul
1%
Tom Tancredo
1%
Sam Brownback
1%
Chuck Hagel
1%
Tommy Thompson
1%
Unsure
14%

California Polls

American Research Group
5/1/2006
N=600
w/o Fred Thompson
John McCain
43%
Newt Gingrich
5%
Mitt Romney
3%
George Allen
2%
Bill Frist
2%
Chuck Hagel
1%
George Pataki
1%
Unsure
43%

American Research Group
5/6/2007
N=600
Rudy Giuliani
27%
John McCain
24%
Fred Thompson
12%
Mitt Romney
11%
Newt Gingrich
5%
Mike Huckabee
1%
Tom Tancredo
1%
Duncan Hunter
1%
Sam Brownback
1%
Jim Gilmore
1%
Chuck Hagel
1%
Tommy Thompson
1%
Unsure
13%

Survey USA
11/4/2007
N=513
w/o Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
34%
John McCain
16%
Mitt Romney
15%
Fred Thompson
13%
Mike Huckabee
8%
Unsure
6%
Other
8%

Iowa Polls

Victory Enterprises
8/9/2005
N=400
w/o Fred Thompson
Rudy Giuliani
22%
John McCain
22%
Newt Gingrich
14%
Bill Frist
8%
George Pataki
3%
Mitt Romney
2%
George Allen
2%
Unsure
28%

Victory Enterprises
8/15/2006
N=400
w/o Fred Thompson
w/o Newt Gingrich
Rudy Giuliani
30%
John McCain
17%
Bill Frist
7%
Mitt Romney
5%
George Allen
4%
Mike Huckabee
3%
Sam Brownback
3%
George Pataki
3%
Unsure
30%

University of Iowa poll
8/4/2007
N=306
w/o Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney
27%
Rudy Giuliani
11%
Fred Thompson
7%
Tom Tancredo
4%
Sam Brownback
4%
John McCain
3%
Mike Huckabee
3%
Unsure
31%
Other
10%

Research 2000 for KCCI TV and KCRG TV
11/13/2007
N=400
w/o Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney
27%
Mike Huckabee
18%
Rudy Giuliani
16%
Fred Thompson
10%
John McCain
6%
Ron Paul
5%
Tom Tancredo
2%
Duncan Hunter
1%
Unsure
15%
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