At least the GOP presidential candidates can rest assured some voters haven’t heard about abortion rights flip-flops or serial divorces: A new Pew poll found only 59% of Americans can even name a Republican hopeful. But unfortunately for Norman Hsu and expensive haircuts, fully 81% of Americans could remember a Democratic name, Salon reports.
In even worse news for Republican publicity, 78% of their party knew Hillary Clinton’s name, while only 57% of GOPers knew Rudy Giuliani was in the race. Overall, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and John McCain were recognition stinkers, each one a household name to less than one-third of the public. (More Hillary Clinton stories.)