Posted on 04/03/2007 7:41:00 AM PDT by SE Mom
The addition of former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) to the list of candidates shakes up the race for the GOP Presidential nomination.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) remains on top, but his support dips below the 30% mark for the first time in seven weeks. With Thompson in the mix, Giuliani’s support tumbles to 26%, down nine points from a week ago. That’s the lowest level of support measured for Giuliani in any Rasmussen Reports poll this year.
Support for Arizona Senator John McCain remains steady at 16%, but McCain’s hold on second place is threatened by Thompson. The movie star turned Senator turned TV star weighs in with 14% support among those likely to vote in a GOP primary. Among Very Conservative voters, Giuliani attracts 20% support followed closely by Thompson at 19%, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 18% and McCain at 14%.
...In general election match-ups Thompson is tied with New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) but trailing Illinois Senator Barack Obama (D)...
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Easy, Thompson only has 19 percent and Rudy has 20. Therefore, Thompson clearly has no chance.
Not bad for a guy who hasn’t even made up his mind whether or not he’s going to run.
Which idiot political analyst are you parroting this time?
Money is #3 at BEST. What matters first, foremost, and at all times, is the Messenger and the Message.
Free media and the ease of fundraising via internet make the money issue moot.
But but but I thought King Rudy had it all locked up, and only needed to pick out his dress for the coronation?
Most of us at FR are already excited about the conservative candidates who are running or will be running. Only a small, albeit vocal and sometimes downright nasty, minority support Rudy the liberal.
Here's an interesting thought question for everyone - what if McCain, seeing he isn't getting anywhere in the GOP primary, decided to make an independent bid, like Ross Perot did in 1992? Any thoughts?
Couldn’t be further from the truth. Money is EVERYTHING in national politics and it will be this time as well. Just as it was 3 years ago in “today’s world of information”....it took loads of money for Bush to win again. The voters will get their information from the same source as always....political ads during their favorite TV shows....and that takes wads of cash.
People don’t know Fred or any of his stances on any issue as much as you think....most people don’t pay attention to anything outside of their lives.
He better be close to $100 million to blow by 2/5/08 or he’s going nowhere.
About 10% of us, as it stands.
Tell that to Howard Dean.
Actually, the better analogy would be Buchanan in 2000, and likely with similar results.
Newt is still looking good :)
McCain trailing right now doesn’t mean he won’t be a finalist or the winner. If it’s McCain vs. Giuliani, McCain will win more likely. Giuliani is too liberal on social issues and is said to have a lot of baggage. If it’s McCain vs. Romney, it won’t be difficult for McCain to expose Romney as a flip-flopper. On the other hand, he has a big advantage: his position on Iraq.
Call it the Gang of 14 Party?
The problem is, centrists are not a majority by themselves. A centrist movement worked in a closely-divided Senate, but it won't accomplish much in a presidential election. It sure could be a spoiler, however.
If you've seen any of his appearances in Iraq over the last few days, you see a man who looks like he's aged ten years in the last six months -- and who knows damn well that he tossed away all of his presidential aspirations by going so far out on a limb to be a "hawk" for a war in Iraq that ain't going so well.
To be honest with you, I don't think he was ever a serious presidential candidate. He's a mediocrity who was built up as a so-called "straight-talk maverick" only because he wasn't George W. Bush.
There’s no way I’d vote for McCain... Rudi, Romney, or Thompson, yes. McCain, no.
I guess he's going nowhere.
McCain could be a real spoiler for the Republicans (regardless of the nominee) if he ran as a third-party candidate. However, I don't think that he has the personal financial wealth to self-finance and none of the third parties have the financial resources to wage a viable campaign. Maybe McCain could have Bloomberg run as his VP, then finances wouldn't be an issue. If McCain doesn't get the nomination, I see him as being spiteful enough that he would love to be the skunk at the garden party.
The first step in successful politics is getting the money, the second step is spending it intelligently. Dean fell apart on the second step, then came the great pirate yell and that was that.
Oops. I think that I redundantly said the same thing twice. ;-)
Nope. Wrong and wrong.
Product comes first. Messenger and message, message and messenger. The messenger is a huge part of marketing the message. They go hand in hand.
Everything else, including money, and spending money, is tertiary at best.
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