Political Insiders Poll

from National Journal
by James A. Barnes and Peter Bell

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Q: Has Dick Cheney helped or hurt the Republican Party since leaving office?

Republicans (100 votes)

Helped: 33 percent
Hurt: 57 percent
No effect (volunteered): 5 percent
Both; don't know (volunteered): 5 percent

Q: Has Dick Cheney helped or hurt the Republican Party since leaving office?

Democrats (103 votes)

Helped: 6 percent
Hurt: 92 percent
Both; neither; time will tell (volunteered): 3 percent

Q: Who among your party's current crop of governors has the brightest political future?

Democrats (99 votes)

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine: 22 percent
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: 19 percent
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm: 11 percent
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley: 11 percent
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland: 6 percent
Don't know; no one: 6 percent

Q: Who among your party's current crop of governors has the brightest political future?

Republicans (99 votes)

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal: 21 percent
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour: 20 percent
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty: 17 percent
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist: 13 percent
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford: 8 percent
Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.: 6 percent

Also receiving votes: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, 5 percent each; no one, 2 percent; California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and "Pawlenty and Sanford," 1 percent each.

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