[rhinohunter]

Interesting. The only real difference between this poll and today's RAS poll is that Fred is a strong 2nd in the GALLUP poll - as opposed to being in an essential 4-way tie for 2nd in RAS.

Which is a reversal in Fred's polling trend. It seems that all this year, Fred has polled stronger on RAS than any of the other polls. Now we see Fred polling better on Gallup than RAS.

Does it really mean anything?

[RockinRight]

Today, no...but let’s see what the next week brings.

[Route66]

I think we can expect to see Fred polling stronger on both polls [and others]. A lot of his ducks are finally lining up in a row. The flood of "Fred is lazy" articles seems to be falling off and stories are regularly hitting the wires containing the substance of his positions and his focus of his campaign. His ads are ramping up and he’s going to get continuous and growing attention from his NRLC endorsement. Things are looking up.

[WOSG]

RAS is a tighter poll, of people really paying attention.

Gallup and Fox polls are cr8p, they are polling people who will never vote in the primary.

[Soul Seeker]

Rass is a robo poll I believe. That means it takes a few days for a change to register in the poll. Ex. Friday’s polling showing up on Monday. It’s a running average, like RCP’s. We’ll know in a few days if any bump occured for Thompson in Rass just for the endorsement of the NRTL alone.

I’ll admit the Gallop poll surprises me a bit.

I’m not really looking for a bump as a result of the endorsement. It may happen, but what I suspect it will do (and needs to do) is stop the hemorraging. If it does that, it means they’ll have 3-4 weeks to campaign their butts off along with the help of the NRTL’s membership (the real reason the endorsement is a big help is the colaition they bring into the equasion). A momentary bump in the polls isn’t what I want. I want to see if their membership responds to the coming mailings, commercials, phone calls and door to door soldiers I expect to be amping up.