Gallup has been polling on the “acceptability” of potential Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.

The key findings — remember the emphasis was on acceptability not preference — is that Democratic voters found Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and Al Gore about equally acceptable. On the Republican side, a greater percentage found Rudy Giuliani acceptable than the percentage that ranked John McCain acceptable.

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Local angle? You bet. Gov. Huckabee was among the 12 potential Republican candidates that Gallup asked about. Only 17 percent said Huckabee would be an acceptable candidate. A whopping 40 percent said he would be unacceptable, while the rest had no opinion on him. Gallup notes that he’s a second-tier candidate, not widely known, and the numbers could change. On the Democratic side, Wesley Clark’s numbers were 42 acceptable; 49 unacceptable; 10 percent no opinion.

(Thanks to an Arkansas Republican who would count himself among the 40 percent for the tip on this poll result.)

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