11/8/14, "For 2016, Hillary Had the Worst Night," Real Clear Politics, Larry Kudlow
"Buried deep inside Tuesday's exit polls is a series of numbers on presidential contenders that will blow your mind. It's completely different from most anything you've seen in the newspapers, the Internet or on TV....
Here's a stunning question and answer from Edison Research, which interviewed 18,000 voters around the country as they left the polls on Nov. 4:
Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good president?
Yes: 42 percent. No: 52 percent.
Whether she's the frontrunner or not, a majority of midterm-election voters don't want her running the country. Does that leave the door open for other Democrats? Sure looks like it.
Does that leave the door open for a Republican? Hang on to your seats:
Do you think Jeb Bush would make a good president?
- Yes: 29 percent. No: 59 percent.
- Yes: 24 percent. No: 64 percent.
But there's more. Hang on to your seatbelts:
Do you think Rand Paul would make a good president?
- Yes: 26 percent. No: 60 percent.
- Yes: 24 percent. No: 62 percent.
But here's the kicker -- my absolute favorite:
In the 2016 presidential election, for whom would you be more likely to vote?
Hillary Clinton (Dem): 24 percent. The Republican candidate: 40 percent.
That's right. The yet-to-be-named Republican beats Hillary....
At the margin, Tuesday's election has probably re-scrambled the Republican deck.
I'm sure not going to pick a winner here. But given the polling weakness of the other established candidates, and the virtual collapse of Hillary, you have to wonder....
I'm not going to go through the whole list. There are other Republican governors and senators, and at least one key policymaker in the GOP dominated House, who could be that yet-to-be-named Republican in 2016.
What's important now is that the midterm exit polls turned conventional wisdom on its head. It's not just those awful numbers for the high-visibility Republican hopefuls. But Hillary loses to an unnamed name.
To channel the great William F. Buckley Jr., get me a phone book and I'll start picking her opponents.".
Re: 2016 presidency, the Forbes article omits results of specific GOP names, only mentions that a generic Republican would beat Hilary Clinton 40-34%:
p. 2, "Questing after 2016: Voters were asked for whom they would be more likely to vote in 2016.
34% said Hillary Clinton and 40% an unnamed Republican candidate.
24% said it depends. A majority of voters in Arkansas, where Hillary Clinton once made her home, said she would not make a good president."...
Forbes made no mention of the biggest news, the across the board failure of 2016 candidates being pushed by the Establishment GOP:
"Do you think he would be a good president?" Yes-No:
Jeb Bush, 29-59
Chris Christie, 24-64
Rick Perry, 24-62, and
Rand Paul, 26-60.
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