Another false poll. The non-announced Gingrich is included, but the non-announced Fred Thompson is omitted. What's up with that? Can you say slanted???
They don't include asterisks in their poll. Sorry bud!
Another false poll. The non-announced Gingrich is included, but the non-announced Fred Thompson is omitted. What's up with that? Can you say slanted???
To be honest I don't know why they don't include Thompson when they do include Newt. I agree that it is not fair. The should include both. We are in agreement on that.
Probably because the 25%+ supporting Thompson if asked would skew the poll away from their Anointed Ones.
The poll was taken BEFORE the Thompson smoke signals were emitted. Merely reading the article would have restrained your erroneous presumption.
I only learned Fred Thompson was someone to watch less than a week ago, and I doubt that was enough time to get him factored into polls. If you're intereseted in supporting him, I think you would be better off waiting a couple of weeks before polling him since most people are unlikely to know much about him as a candidate at this time. So you might get him down at the 2% level right now while he has the potential to get up to 10% or more once people realize who he is.
In any event, with Newt's town meeting setups I would definitely consider hiim a serious candidate. It's a pity his poll results are so awful, since I otherwise like the man.
Fred's less of a divisive figure than Giuliani, and I'm not sure why. Doesn't he have views that are quite similar?
In my book, Rudy's success in executive positions gives him a big edge, but I acknowledge that Thompson would be a much more formidable foe than any of the others supported by "true blue" conservatives.
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Newt's been hinting for years, Thompson for 3 weeks, so it's not the same, but I agree Rasmussen was a little flat-footed. They should have had time to correct.