Looking Ahead to 2008

According to the most recent polls by Rasmussen Reports, today President Bush enjoys only a 42% approval rating and has a 56% disapproval rating. So who is in the race to replace the fumbling President? For the Republicans, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has already filed his paperwork for a 2008 Presidential bid. According to Rasmussen Reports’ most recent data, Giuliani is ahead of fellow Republican John McCain who is currently forming a committee to explore the possibility of running in 2008.

As far as the Democrats are concerned Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and Barack Obama are considered the frontrunners. Clinton is tied with Giuliani and ahead of Gore and Obama although she is viewed favorably by 52% of voters, and unfavorably by 48%. Compared to Giuliani’s favorability rating of 64% (27% unfavorable), Clinton’s numbers do not look so good. It seems that the Democrats, despite having taken back both Houses of Congress in the midterms, face an uphill battle in the Presidential race, and they should begin this battle, based on these favorability numbers, by working on being likable.