Posted on 11/02/2007 9:18:38 AM PDT by eastsider
Yeah, wrong kind of poll.
Would be nice to see McCain read the handwriting on the wall and throw his support behind his friend Thompson. He could finish his career in a cabinet position. Nice to see Thompson's favorables increasing, 68% vs the 50s in August.
He'll finish no better than 3rd in all of the 23 primary states that day...less Utah.
He's working hard, but publicity/campaigning on a national scale is necessary, and soon.
Maybe Huckabee will be running in the NYC Marathon again, to vie for the post bariatric surgery crown.
Gee, you DO know that Meet the Depressed is not just a local show, right?Oh, no, I wasn't aware of that ... : )
Seriously, I'm not nearly as parochial as the stereotypical New Yorker, having been born in New Hampshire and having lived for several years in Arizona and Virginia.
As I explained in #22 above, my concern is that Fred's appearance on MTP reaches as many viewers as possible in the New York City area because I want to take on Rudy on his own turf.
LOL. Huckabee, the biggest loser : )
We’re just two monts out. I’m worried that Romney ll carry Iowa and New Hampshire, use that momentum to win South Carolina and capture the nomination. Romney is a very smart man, give him credit for coming up with a strategy to give himself a lgitimate shot at the nomination. But to beat Hillary, I think Fred is the best choice.
I do not want a Romney nomination. I just don’t think he has what it takes to be president, particularly when compared to Fred. Beyond that, I’m not sure he can get the votes to beat Hillary. If Romney is the nominee, too many will stay home on election day.
I agree. I hope Fred knows what he’s doing because time is running out.
I agree 100%.
To beat Hillary, we need a consensus conservative candidate that will UNITE the Party, and ENERGIZE the base.
The RINO's (in particular, Rudy) do exactly the opposite.
I would like for Fredheads on the ground in Iowa, South Carolina to keep us posted on how things are going. A strong second place in Iowa and a win in South Carolina would go a long way to victory.
If you do a search here on FR, you’ll find a number of threads addressing Romney’s religion, which some consider a reason to reject him. There are also some who find his record as Governor to be excessively liberal. Between the two groups, it may be enough for him to lose, in the event that he is the nominee.
However, the one big advantage Romney has is the tightly organized Mormon community. There is not a huge Mormon population in Iowa but you can bet that 80% of them will turn out to the caucus, rain, snow, or sleet.
The problem Fred has is differentiation. Those of us who follow politics see the obvious difference between Fred and the liberals but many voters do not and, of course, the MSM and the liberal Republicans themselves are working full time to obscure the difference.
Florida...lol...no Romney won’t win Florida.
“Nice to see Thompson’s favorables increasing, 68% vs the 50s in August.”
Fred has the most room to grow. Especially in the General.
Apparently you missed the entire campaign so far.
I could never vote for Rudy or Romney -- Rudy because he's an admitted liberal, Romney because he's such a blatant phony. Slick Willard is even less sincere than Slick Willy Clinton.
Why hasn’t Fred (to my knowledge) run a single TV ad yet?
MTP is inside-baseball, it wont help him much, as Fred already has name ID.
I looked at internals of a Fox RV poll, that showed Rudy Guiliani way out ahead, to understand why.
Turns out that Rudy Guiliani has over 85% name ID with Republicans (know him ‘well’ or ‘pretty good knowledge’). John McCain has about the same. Thompson less but close.
Mitt Romney has only 50%.
The conclusion of that is that of the top contenders, Mitt Romney has the most room to grow.
“I hold the minority position that Giuliani’s winning the New York Republican Primary is not a foregone conclusion.”
Mitt Romney could win IA, NH and SC and do enough to burst the Rudy bubble. see previous comment on Name ID.
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