November 01, 2007
Beating Rudy
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has released a poll showing that if the Presidential election were held today, Sen. Hillary Clinton would hammer Rudy Giuliani. What amazes me is that the two of them split households with over $100,000 in income. Do these people realize they are rich by Democrat standards and will be the subject of substantial tax increases if Sen. Clinton is elected? Or do they feel guilty for being successful?
Clinton's "eat the rich" policies will resonate well among the poor and lower middle class, the people who elect Democrats in the first place. But once the votes have been cast, the Senator will have to make good on her promises. Of course, history shows us that LOWERING taxes actually increases government revenue, not raising them. When taxes become confiscatory, people of means tend to start hiding money. Who can blame them? With that hidden money out of circulation, the economy slows and unemployment follows. So while those who love class warfare are satiated in the short term, they are stabbing themselves in the back.
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First, - Welcome Back from your hiatus.
This is actually an interesting turn of events, as most preliminary polls from 6 months back had Clinton losing to almost everyone on the Republican side due to her negatives. I remember thinking at that time it would benefit the GOP for Clinton to win the nomination as they could go negative on her a LOT easier than they could Obama. And yes I know everyone talks about hating negative campaigns but the irrefutable truth is that negative campaigns are highly effective.
As the months have gone by there is a certain "inevitability" about Hillary's nomination which is one of those "intangibles" as to why Edwards and Obama can't seem to gain on her.
I think Matt said this before and I completely agree with him - Anyone on the Republican side that takes Clinton lightly is deluding themselves.
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at November 1, 2007 12:57 PM
Matt,
Good to see you back!
I agree Clinton is a force to be reckoned with, but the Right doesn’t have much to throw at her in regards to candidates. Rudy’s the only one with even a shot but, as Hash says, fundamentalists will likely stay away from the voting booth in droves if he wins the Republican nomination.
at November 1, 2007 06:11 PM
Welcome back, Matt!
I too, feel as though the election has become a one candidate race, however, I have yet to find someone that I really feel strongly enough to vote for. In all honesty, I'm tired of elections being about voting against the lesser of the two evils.
When will we have elections which feature candidate with very compelling arguments for election to office, instead of the real feature: the best of the dirt digger-uppers and spin doctors?
Posted by: Troy Overton at November 1, 2007 07:24 PM