From Deseret News archives:
Romney, Clinton favored
Poll of party insiders also finds big partisan divisions
It also signaled GOP concerns about holding the White House for another four years 42 percent of party leaders said it would be tougher to elect a Republican after eight years under President Bush, and just more than half said the GOP nominee should campaign on moving the country in a new direction.
"I love President Bush I really do," Cindy Phillips, a Republican National committeewoman from Mississippi who is looking hard at Giuliani, said in a follow-up interview. "But you can't be the same as the person before you. You have to bring your own touch, your own ideas."
"The DNC and RNC members are not just delegates to the conventions," said Charlie Cook, a nonpartisan campaign analyst in Washington, of the national nominating events. "They are key organizers and opinion leaders. They can help build or kill a groundswell, make a candidate's challenge in a state easier or much harder. They matter a lot."
The poll also offers a different reading of sentiments than national voters surveys, which tend to be heavily influenced by name recognition at this early stage of the campaign.
A similar poll of DNC members about four years ago found significant backing for Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts as well as surprising support for Edwards and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean at a time when the latter two made comparatively weak showings in voter surveys. The three ended up as the top contenders for the Democratic nomination, won by Kerry.
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