Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll 10/10 Giuliani 27% Thompson 17% Romney 16% McCain 11%

Rasmussen ^ | 10/10/07

[finnman69]

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday Rudy Giuliani with a growing advantage in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Giuliani is supported by 27% of Likely Primary Voters, his highest daily total in over a month. Fred Thompson’s support has dipped to 17%, his lowest total since early June. This is not a result of last night’s debate since results are reported on a four-day rolling average basis. However, each of the four individual night’s poll results were a bit weaker for Thompson than the night before.

The last time Giuliani had a double-digit edge over Thompson was in mid-May. That was before the debate over immigration sank McCain’s campaign and the Arizona Senator was in second place.

Mitt Romney has moved to within a point of Thompson at 16% while John McCain got back into double digits at 11%. Mike Huckabee earns the vote from 6% (see recent daily numbers).

[fluffdaddy]

By the time Super Tuesday rolls around Rudy will be a spent force, the answer to a trivia question, a thing of the distant past, Harold Stassen without the great hair. What New Jersey does will be irrelevant to the nominating process. Rudy looks strong now because the consensus Anti-Rudy has yet to emerge. He will, probably immediately after Iowa. When he does, the Giuliani campaign will fall apart.

[LS]

Perhaps. And perhaps they are making empty threats. And perhaps the real possibility of Pres. Hillary will cause them to “get religion,” big time.

[Mr Rogers]

Rudy is about as high as he will get. The question is, who will be the Anti-Rudy?

Also, if it continues as is, we could go into a convention without a candidate who locked it up. Can you imagine trusting ‘the Party’ to pick a good candidate? There’s a reason I haven’t sent the Party any money in 10 years...

[fluffdaddy]

Dean started running as early as anyone in 2003. He was a newcomer only in the sense that he had not been well known before his presidential campaign propelled him to prominence because a fragment of his party passionately supported him. His campaign fell apart because, in spite of all the hype, it became clear that he couldn’t unify that party for the general election. Democrats wanted to win so they turned away from the guy that their left wing loved and nominated somebody who could hold their coalition together and compete with George W. Bush. This happened in the runup to Iowa. By the time Dean issued his famous scream his candidacy was already over.

Rudy’s situation is exactly parallel. He is beloved of the leftmost wing of the Republican Party which lets him reach the high 20’s in early polling. But he can’t unify the GOP any more than I can fly without mechanical assistance. Just as Democrats turned away from the divisive Dean, Republicans will turn away from the divisive Giuliani.

Remember, you heard it here first.

[EdArt]

Whores are not leaders- too bad you did not get the point. WE do not follow whores

I do not support Rudy Baby- I’ll go take a shower while you get a brain transplant this way I ‘ll refreshed and you will not be dumb anymore.

[finnman69]

Dean started running as early as anyone in 2003. He was a newcomer only in the sense that he had not been well known before his presidential campaign propelled him to prominence because a fragment of his party passionately supported him. His campaign fell apart because, in spite of all the hype, it became clear that he couldn’t unify that party for the general election. Democrats wanted to win so they turned away from the guy that their left wing loved and nominated somebody who could hold their coalition together and compete with George W. Bush. This happened in the runup to Iowa. By the time Dean issued his famous scream his candidacy was already over. Rudy’s situation is exactly parallel. He is beloved of the leftmost wing of the Republican Party which lets him reach the high 20’s in early polling. But he can’t unify the GOP any more than I can fly without mechanical assistance. Just as Democrats turned away from the divisive Dean, Republicans will turn away from the divisive Giuliani.

ELECTABILITY
Howard Dean’s collapse in Iowa in 2004 was due in no small part to widespread concern among Democratic caucus-goers that Dean’s strident anti-Bush and anti-war rhetoric would make him unelectable in November against Bush.

Does electability and the ability to beat Hillary rings a bell regarding a certain frontrunner as an asset?

Also people fundamentally did not trust Dean, they felt Kerry was a much safer pick in the end for America and to win. I'd say that Giuliani has the keep you safe vote pretty locked up.

Now granted Giuliani will have to work hard to bring the conservative base home, but I believe it will come easier to for Rudy to accomplish that, than for Thompson to play catch up. CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION
He also lost because he almost completely relied on the Internet to organize his campaign. He assumed all those meetups and Internet chats would translate to votes on the cheap. Didn’t happen. You need to have an established campaign with real staff and real money. You need to have a real message anc connect with voters. Dean has a movement not a campaign. I'd say Thompson has more of a movement at this point than a campaign

Again, you see it differently than I do. One of us will be right.

[BunnySlippers]

Bump!

[Hattie]

C-WHY PEOPLE LIKE RUDY SO DAMN MUCH!

Leadership. Common horse sense. The ability to stand up to foreign "dignitaries" that diss America (giving back $ on 9-11). The imminent danger to our country. Without a country we don't have to worry about abortion, immigration, stock markets, etc etc etc.

[RockinRight]

Fred can do all that and more.

[My2Cents]

Me? I think it’s time for another Rudophile purging at FR by JimRob.

Spoken like a true fascist.

[Hattie]

Fred can do all that and more.

I really wish I could believe that but it just doesn't appear that way to me. And my concern is if Fred doesn't appear that way to me, a lifelong conservative, then how will he appear to ordinary voters?

[finnman69]

Spoken like a true fascist.

Bravo!

[ClarenceThomasfan]

“Me? I think it’s time for another Rudophile purging at FR by JimRob.”

If pragmatic Republicans who desperately want a win are all purged then the members here will soon be able to have an annual convention in a phone booth.

[ClarenceThomasfan]

If Rudy turns out to be the nominee, he should pick a hard right VP like Duncan Hunter or Rick Santorium to hold on to the base. Conservatives want to see a strong Conservative set up for the 2016 election. God help us, if he picks McCain. I may even have to vote third party in that case.