> Ahnold Schwartzenegger
>
>> Bush is out of the running in 2008, and it might be rather hard for the
>> GOP to come up with a candidate with his appeal (then again, maybe it
>> might not be -- they seem to be able to come up with any number of
>> charismatic doofuses).
http://www.pollingreport.com/2008.htm Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Sept. 2-3, 2004. N=1,008 registered voters nationwide (MoE ± 4), including 374 Republicans (MoE ± 6)"Looking ahead to the next presidential campaign, please tell me which, if any, of the following Republicans you would like to see run for president in 2008. What about [see below]? Would you like him to run in 2008, or not?"
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Would Would Not Unsure
% % % Rudy Giuliani
ALL voters 50 37 13
Republicans 65 24 11
. John McCain
ALL voters 48 36 16
Republicans 47 39 14
. Arnold Schwarzenegger, if the Constitution were changed to allow foreign-born U.S. citizens to run
ALL voters 22 66 12
Republicans 30 57 13
. Florida Governor Jeb Bush
ALL voters 15 66 19
Republicans 28 49 23
. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist
ALL voters 11 55 34
Republicans 19 47 34
. New York Governor George Pataki
ALL voters 15 55 30
Republicans 13 52 35
-- Michael Pugliese