Draft Condi: In poll, only Rice beats Hillary Clinton

Draft Condi: In poll, only Rice beats Hillary Clinton 

By Paul Bedard | April 22, 2015 | 2:02 pm

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/draft-condi-in-poll-only-rice-beats-hillary-clinton/article/2563442

In what would be a first-ever race pitting former secretaries of state, only Condoleezza Rice would beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa, according to a new poll that could put fire under a languishing "Draft Condi" movement.

A new Townhall/Gravis Marketing poll found that Rice would beat Clinton in the state as every other Republican loses to the first Democrat to officially announce her candidacy.

Condoleezza Rice and her successor at State, Hillary Clinton.

In the poll, Rice would beat Clinton 43 percent to 40 percent, taking evangelical Protestants, Catholics and voters under 50 years old.

"What this tells me is the electorate wants a superstar like a Rice, someone with ideas and foreign policy credentials," said Doug Kaplan, the managing partner of Gravis Insights, the Florida-based political consulting firm that conducted the poll.

Rice is an educator and expert at Stanford University and is a founding member of the international consulting firm RiceHadleyGates.

Among Republicans expected to fight it out in next year's Iowa Caucus, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to lead, at 16 percent. Close behind is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at 12 percent.

But Kaplan noted that as more Republicans enter the field, Walker takes a hit. "We see Jeb Bush hold strong with Walker very close, whenever someone announces, they seem to take a few votes from Walker," he said.

IOWA 2016: PRESIDENTIAL

(among IA voters statewide)

REPUBLICAN CAUCUS

(among Republicans)

Jeb Bush: 16%

Scott Walker: 13%

Marco Rubio: 12%

Rand Paul: 9%

Ben Carson: 9%

Mike Huckabee: 8%

Ted Cruz: 6%

Chris Christie: 5%

Carly Fiorina: 3%

Rick Santorum: 2%

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council at the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was a contributor for Priorities USA Action, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Condoleezza Rice is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was a secretary at the U.S. Department of State, Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi said he loved her & kept scrapbook of her photos, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).  

Thomas R. Pickering is director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the under secretary for the U.S. Department of State, and the chairman of the review board that investigated the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2013.

J. Christopher Stevens was killed in the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the

U.S. ambassador for Libya.

Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi was the leader of Libya, and said he loved Condoleezza Rice & kept scrapbook of her photos.

Frederic V. Malek is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the founder & board member for the American Action Network, and a member of the Alfalfa Club.

Hispanic Leadership Network is an offshoot of the American Action Network.

Jeb Bush is an advisory committee member for the Hispanic Leadership Network, a member of the Alfalfa Club, a potential presidential candidate for the 2016 presidential election, and the chairman for the National Constitution Center.

National Constitution Center was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

William J. Clinton was the chairman for the National Constitution Center, the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and married to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is married to William J. Clinton, the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration.