I saw an interesting reminder that Isara posted in a thread yesterday. I may not have the figures exactly, but at this time in the race last election, Gingrich was at 37% and Romney was at 22% nationally. Just shows how the tide can turn quickly.
National polls at this time don’t mean much before primaries, Howard Dean was up huge against the DNC pack in 2004, but then he got smacked around in Iowa, had his outburst ,lost bad in New Hampshire and his national polls cratered. Hillary Clinton, a senator with universal name recognition, was up 29 points nationally in 2008 before Iowa and then lost to Obama. National polls can flucuate at the drop of a hat before and after primaries kick off, it doesn’t matter how huge someone’s lead is.
“I saw an interesting reminder that Isara posted in a thread yesterday. I may not have the figures exactly, but at this time in the race last election, Gingrich was at 37% and Romney was at 22% nationally. Just shows how the tide can turn quickly.”
But, Trump is not Gingrich. That makes a difference. I personally never thought Gingrich had a chance. He is too self-defeating.