Among the roughly 6 in 10 Republicans in the current poll who say they are extremely likely to vote in their states 2008 presidential primary or caucus, Giuliani (25%) and Thompson (21%) are essentially tied. McCain (13%), Romney (12%), and Huckabee (12%) tie for third among this group.
I know Mitt Boy leads in Iowa and NH. 40 days is a long time. Huckabee's right on Mitt's heels. Mitt's millions aren't serving him well.
“I know Mitt Boy leads in Iowa and NH. 40 days is a long time. Huckabee’s right on Mitt’s heels. Mitt’s millions aren’t serving him well.”
We’ll see. Huckabee is the MSM’s candidate du jour. He will fizzle out the more people find out about his ethical problems and his stands on issues like tuition for illegals and amnesty inclinations for illegal aliens. As to Mitt not doing as well in the national polls, that is to be expected, as he is not as well known nationally as Guiliani is because of 9/11 and Fred is because of his acting career on Law and Order. But, all still have to get past the primaries in order to fulfill those national polls. And whoever wins the primaries will then become well known in short order to the American people. Very well known.
That’s why Mitt is attempting to frontload the primary states, in order to build momentum to win more of them. He’ll worry about national recognition once he wins the primaries, that is, if he does. Same for all the primary candidates. First things first. Got to win those primaries to get to the nationals, right?