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From The Corner http://corner.nationalreview.com/
Late-Start Disadvantages Be Damned? [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
Heads to Tennessee next week, then South Carolina, then New Hampshire (his first trip there as a potential presidential candidate).
I was in D.C. earlier this week, making some conservative rounds, and there really is Fred fever in the air — especially among some social conservatives, based on a very unscientific survey. Even a lot of those who are firmly in trust-but-verify mode are intrigued and excited by the prospect. Yesterday’s CAIR commentary I think is a good example of what it’s about — he’s confident enough to take on who needs to be taken on and calls it as he sees it. (One blogger’s reax: “The fact that Fred Thompson understands CAIR and questions its comings and goings is enough for me, thank you.”) If he does this on the trail, as a candidate, he could prove to be unstoppable in the primaries.
And we know he’s a better performer than Hillary.
06/22 06:59 AM
The Daily FRead is here!
| State | Rank | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1st 2nd [Guiliani] 2nd [Guiliani] |
Rasmussen USA Today/Gallup Harris |
6/19 6/19 6/14 |
| CA | 2nd (tie) [Guiliani, McCain] | Survey USA | 6/4 |
| FL | 2nd [Guiliani] 2nd [Guiliani] 1st |
Strategic Vision Insider Advanatge Datmar |
6/21 6/11 5/23 |
| IA | 2nd [Romney] 2nd [Romney] |
Mason Dixon Public Policy Polling |
6/19 6/4 |
| NC | 1st | Public Policy Polling | 6/7 |
| NH | 4th [Romney, McCain, Guiliani] 4th [Romney, McCain, Guiliani] 4th [Romney, McCain, Guiliani] |
University of New Hampshire Survey Center Mason Dixon Franklin Pierce College |
6/12 6/8 6/6 |
| NV | 3rd [Romney, Guiliani] 1st |
American Research Group Citizen Outreach/Battle Born News |
6/21 6/19 |
| SC | 1st 1st |
Mason Dixon Public Policy Polling |
6/17 6/4 |
| WA | 3rd [Guiliani, McCain] | Survey USA | 5/3 |
Thanks for doing this ... BTW, I note there appears to be someone missing from the “top tier”. Must be down on the border.
Re: IA/NH
My thought is that these early states are either the beginning of Mitt’s campaign (breaking him out of 10% nationally).
Or, the End of Fred’s campaign (sewing up the nomination).
I got this in an Email this morning...
Dear Friends,
Just heard Great news!!! Senator Thompson will be making a swing through Nashville, Tuesday, June 26...then on to South Carolina and New Hampshire.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful for him to be greeted with a real Tennessee welcome so that anyone following his swing through these states will get the message (loud and clear) that this is a Favorite Son Tennesseans are proud to see moving toward the White House!
Details:
Lands at Mercury Air
Tuesday, June 26, 9:45 a.m.
Directions to Mercury Air — I 40E to Exit 216 B which is Donelson Pike, South (one exit past International Airport Exit). At first red light, turn right on Hangar Lane. Remain right. Mercury Air is on the right at 635 Hangar Lane. (Right, right, right...don’t you like the sound of that.)
Please, pass this along to anyone who might like to join us on Tuesday.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL POLITICAL DIARY ONLINE
FRIDAY, 22 JUNE 07
How Fred Will Get the Girl
Fred Thompson's rise in national polls to second-place status for the GOP nomination has been so swift that not a lot of analysis has gone into who is voters are -- and are not.p>Simply put, he does best with conservatives, Southerners and men. If you fit all of those categories you may already be a "Fred Head" or in imminent danger of becoming one, to use the Internet term for a Thompson follower. However, if you are a moderate GOP woman from the Northeast, you are still with Rudy Giuliani.
Nationally, Mr. Giuliani leads Mr. Thompson by 29% to 20% in last week's WSJ/NBC poll, but with a huge 41% to 8% advantage in the Northeast. By contrast, Mr. Thompson barely trails Mr. Giuliani 24% to 22% in the South. And lucky for the former Tennessee senator, nearly 40% of Republican primary voters nowadays hail from the South, while only 16% call the depleted Northeast home.
The real challenge for Mr. Thompson is a gender gap, which shows up in both national and state polls. In the Journal/NBC poll, he ties Mr. Giuliani for first place among men, each getting 25%. Among women, it's another story: Rudy trumps him by a crushing 35% to 13%. In a Mason-Dixon poll in Iowa this week, Mr. Thompson won 21% of male voters and only 10% of females. In Nevada, an American Research Group poll pegged Mr. Thompson at 21% of male voters but only 9% among women.
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