[Route66]

At what point does FDT have to emerge as a frontrunner, or at least alone in 2nd place? I’ve asked this question 3 times so far, and so far, no one has had a comment other than to tell me about Huckabees negatives, or in one case imply that I was trying to rip on FDT. It’s a simple question, at some point FDT has to go out in front and start to pick up momentum. When is that point?

Picking up momentum is not the same as taking the lead. I think Fred is picking up momentum now.

At what point does Huckabee have to emerge as the front runner, or even as second in the national polls? He has not hit those milestones yet, so what makes you think he has any more chance of reaching them than Thompson?

[snarkybob]

” Picking up momentum is not the same as taking the lead. I think Fred is picking up momentum now.
At what point does Huckabee have to emerge as the front runner, or even as second in the national polls? He has not hit those milestones yet, so what makes you think he has any more chance of reaching them than Thompson?”

Sorry but except for a bump of a few points this week, FDT has been trending down. Huckabee has never been considered one of the top tier, so the fact that he’s not running in front doesn’t hurt him. The fact that he’s in a statistical dead heat with 2 top tier candidates helps him though. I don’t know how long FDT can run a distant second or 3rd and still be considered viable.

[Petronski]

The telephone poll surveyed 545 likely Democratic primary voters and 503 likely Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points for Democrats and 4.5 percentage points for Republicans.