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I know, I know, you don't believe the polls. Well I think it's a mistake to ignore them. Especially when the purpose is to understand who is most likely to defeat the RAT candidate and who is least likely to do so.
1 posted on 01/13/2008 5:43:05 PM PST by freespirited
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To: freespirited

They are all pretty weak.


2 posted on 01/13/2008 5:43:58 PM PST by Brilliant
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John McCain, for instance, virtually ties both Obama and Clinton

If you ignore melanin and genitals, there's not much difference between them.

3 posted on 01/13/2008 5:44:58 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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This weekend, CNN...

Enough read.

4 posted on 01/13/2008 5:45:52 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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CNN? Not a legitimate pollster.


5 posted on 01/13/2008 5:45:52 PM PST by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches - hard to get rid of.)
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I think Medved is right that it’s another warning against putting Mitt at the top of the ticket, but it’s also a case where the big dog that didn’t bark. That is they either didn’t poll or didn’t publish on the likely strongest candidate’s results: Fred, of course.


7 posted on 01/13/2008 5:46:58 PM PST by 9YearLurker (Fred just keeps looking better and better)
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The problem with Romney is that he’s a Mormon. The GOP base won’t support a Mormon, and the Dems certainly won’t support one, particularly a Republican one.

Very sad in my view. I don’t think this race should be about religion. But it looks like it will be, and it looks like the determination of the GOP rank and file to vote based on religion is going to hand this to the Democrats.


8 posted on 01/13/2008 5:47:20 PM PST by Brilliant
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These head to heads mean nothing more than name recognition at this stage.


9 posted on 01/13/2008 5:47:36 PM PST by ilgipper
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John McCain, for instance, virtually ties both Obama and Clinton – running 48%-49%

What's the difference between losing 48-49, and losing 20-80?

If we have to nominate McCain to get up to 48%, and still lose, then is it worth it?

I don't think so.

Besides, I think O'bama and Clinton will chew each other up between now and July.

12 posted on 01/13/2008 5:48:34 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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This far before the election, this is measuring name ID and little else. Romney polls the weakest, because no one knows who he is. McCain, Giuliani and even Thompson are better known.

That said, I wish we could just pick “none of the above,” and start the process over.


14 posted on 01/13/2008 5:48:46 PM PST by B Knotts (If McCain wins, we lose.)
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The top 3 or 4 are running to see who gets the privilege of getting whooped in the general election.


16 posted on 01/13/2008 5:52:53 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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Two words, McCain-Feingold. Two more words, McCain-Kennedy.


18 posted on 01/13/2008 6:03:07 PM PST by claudiustg (You know it. I know it. I'm optiMITTstic!)
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Some of us have been saying this for a long time. He would be our John Kerry. Too many things to nail him on in his record of flip-flops.

U.S. Army Retired


24 posted on 01/13/2008 6:27:14 PM PST by big'ol_freeper (REAGAN: "..party..must represent certain fundamental beliefs [not] compromised..[for] expediency")
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I would not only say 'don't believe the polls' but the sheer and utter timing of the poll matters a ton.

The whole entire primary is wide open and as you can tell by post on FR everyone has their own guy.

To say the Republican party is fractured is an understatement. Republicans are hard headed enough to doggedly promote their guy and their guy only---but once that gets weeded out people are going to have to make a choice one way or another.

I believe that the fact they have done this poll dead in the middle of the primary makes it utterly useless in determining anything other than propaganda.

26 posted on 01/13/2008 6:32:03 PM PST by maui_hawaii
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Hillary Clinton actually beats Barack Obama right now in the polls.

Oh wait, you say, that’s not fair, because she’s a democrat.

Yep. So McCain polls better in the general election against a left-wing opponent than a conservative does? It makes sense, he gets a lot of independents saying they will vote for him.

I’ll admit that — McCain polls very well in general election matchups. Question is, do we settle for McCain because he wins easily, or do we push a conservative and do the work to win by a percentage point.


27 posted on 01/13/2008 6:44:10 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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Did they even include Thompson on this poll? I know the Survey USA folks have not been doing side-by-sides with Thompson for a month or two now.

I guess this makes Medved happy.


28 posted on 01/13/2008 6:48:06 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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CNN released ......blah, blah, blah. No point in reading any further.

They could report a universally known truth and it wouldn’t matter.

They have absolutely NO credibility, none, zero, zip.

I think I’ll go watch a movie....


29 posted on 01/13/2008 7:05:15 PM PST by Gator113 (My short list..Fred, Hunter, Romney.)
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On Medved’s show the other day he had Lanny Davis. Lanny said McCain would do the best against a dem. He said Rudy would do the worst. Why? Because Rudy is “mean spirited. This tells me the dems fear Rudy the worst. I personally know several moderate democrats who say they would vote for him over Hillary or Obama. I’m disappointed in Michael. Except for his giving credence to the TWA flt 800 conspiracy I’ve always respected his opinions and have admired his vast knowledge on so many subjects.
30 posted on 01/13/2008 7:05:16 PM PST by willk
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The unmistakable message from this national exercise (surveying 840 voters on January 9 and 10th) is that Mitt Romney unequivocally qualifies as the weakest candidate the G.O.P. could field.

When are the Mitt Wit's going to comprehend that fact?

31 posted on 01/13/2008 7:06:14 PM PST by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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Pure unadulterated bs!


34 posted on 01/13/2008 7:16:16 PM PST by TheLion
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the polsters of course were homosexual nazis in favor of open borders.


39 posted on 01/13/2008 8:21:14 PM PST by ckilmer (Phi)
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