I'm not sure if this is good news or bad news for Republicans, but pollster Zogby International says Republican John McCain could beat either Democratic frontrunner, Hilary Clinton or Barack Obama:
McCain only Republican who beats Dem Front Runners
UTICA, New York – Arizona Sen. John McCain is the only Republican candidate who could beat both of the Democratic frontrunners in the general election, a new Reuters/Zogby poll shows.
If the general election were held right now, McCain would beat New York Sen. Hillary Clinton 47% to 42% and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 45% to 43%, the survey revealed.
Both Clinton and Obama would beat the other Republican candidates . . .
The poll also finds that poor Mitt Romney would get his clocked cleaned by Obama (Obama wins 53-34 %) and Hilary (Clinton wins 47-37%)
McCain is the leading preference among Republicans with 28 per cent support among Republican voters, followed by Mike Huckabee 23 per cent and Romney at 13 per cent. Rudy Giuliani used to be a front-runner but he's now a long way back in fifth place, says Zogby, with less than one in 10 Republicans picking him. Fred Thompson is in fourth with 14 per cent support.
Meanwhile, the Dems are looking a two-person race. Barack and Hilary are tied, says Zogby, each with the backing of about 40 per cent of Democrat voters. John Edwards has fallen to a distant third as the choice of nine per cent of Democrats.
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