[PhiKapMom]

Thanks and here is some more poll news:

With over 9,000 votes in cast in this month's GOP Bloggers straw poll, Mayor Giuliani wins with 33.1% of the vote. As the Hotline's Conn Carroll noted yesterday, this was the largest winning percentage of any candidate in the history of the poll.

http://www.gopbloggers.org/febpollresults.php

Some analysis is in order:

Mayor Giuliani increased his support by over 70% from last month.
The Mayor won with votes of all degrees of conservatism through 8, and won at every level of candidate commitment and blog readership.

The shift from Captain's Quarters readers, the largest blog participating in the poll, is striking. Last month, the results were Romney 31.6%, Giuliani 25.6%, Gingrich 23%. This month, the results were Giuliani 43.9%, Gingrich 21.4%, Romney 16.5%.
http://www.gopbloggers.org/janpollresults.php?refer=captainsquartersblog.com
http://www.gopbloggers.org/febpollresults.php?refer=captainsquartersblog.com

And if you're interested in what scientific polls of primary voters are saying, look no further than the latest USA Today poll, which shows Mayor Giuliani breaking 40% for the first time, 16 points ahead of his nearest competitor.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-02-13-2008-campaign-poll_x.htm?csp=34&s=poll

[areafiftyone]

First Choice:

Giuliani	2982 33%
Gingrich	2225 24.7%
Romney	1513 16.8%
Tancredo	585 6.5%
Hunter	454 5%
	440 4.9%
Brownback	270 3%
McCain	225 2.5%
Huckabee	139 1.5%
Hagel	81 0.9%
Thompson	64 0.7%
Gilmore	37 0.4%
Pataki	11 0.1%

Candidate Acceptability:

	Net Votes				+ Votes		- Votes
Brownback	-1243	-13.8%			2780	30.8	4023	44.6
Gilmore	-2391	-26.5%			1779	19.7	4170	46.2
Gingrich	4525	+50.1%			6113	67.7	1588	17.6
Giuliani	3901	+43.2%			5785	64.1	1884	20.9
Hagel	-6187	-68.5%			528	5.8	6715	74.4
Huckabee	-531	-5.9%			3018	33.4	3549	39.3
Hunter	963	+10.7%			3765	41.7	2802	31
McCain	-3168	-35.1%			2387	26.4	5555	61.5
Pataki	-5059	-56%			992	11	6051	67
Romney	3981	+44.1%			5811	64.4	1830	20.3
Tancredo	169	+1.9%			3596	39.8	3427	38
Thompson	-1110	-12.3%			2777	30.8	3887	43.1

How many hours do you spend reading blogs?

6 to 10	2654 29.4%
11 to 15	1972 21.8%
1 to 5	1752 19.4%
16 to 20	1218 13.5%
20 or more	1199 13.3%
	231 2.6%

On a scale of 1 to 5, how committed are you to your candidate?

4	3092 34.3%
3	2446 27.1%
5	1985 22%
2	729 8.1%
1	507 5.6%
	267 3%

Conservatism from 1 to 10

8	2850 31.6%
9	2115 23.4%
7	1220 13.5%
10	1005 11.1%
6	756 8.4%
5	548 6.1%
	179 2%
4	139 1.5%
3	90 1%
-5	57 0.6%
1	38 0.4%
2	29 0.3%

Note: -5 are lefty trolls.