Nope, unfortunately that is the latest poll. McCain is down 4 points, Huckabee up 5 points, Romney up 1, Thompson unchanged from Monday.
It’s getting to where if you really believe the important thing is to stop McCain, you almost have to hope Huckabee can beat him. But then you have Huckabee as a winner. Not good, not good at all.
Maybe the wrong candidate pulled out of South Carolina.
“It’s getting to where if you really believe the important thing is to stop McCain, you almost have to hope Huckabee can beat him. But then you have Huckabee as a winner. Not good, not good at all.”
McCain has done well in the liberal states where independents and democrats can vote in the Republican primaries. That won’t happen in S, Carolina. Unfortunately, S. Carolina does have a high percentage of active/retired military that don’t appear to be getting this right. So I don’t see S. Carolina as the only place to stop McCain.
Even still, in this recent poll, Fred is only 8 points away from the lead in a 5 way race. If other candidates were to drop out, the dynamics of this race will change quickly and dramatically.
Its key that we support Fred with time and money so that he can stay in, regardless of his place finish. Huckabee and Guiliani could be out before Super Tuesday.
McCain lost S Carolina 8 years ago in a 2 man race. I won’t be impressed if he wins now in a 5 man race, with less percentage than he had 8 years ago.
Face it, a 5 way race is tough all around.
“It’s getting to where if you really believe the important thing is to stop McCain, you almost have to hope Huckabee can beat him. But then you have Huckabee as a winner. Not good, not good at all.”
This reminds me of the “we need Rudy because he can beat Hillary in the general election and we need to stop Hillary”. Now Hillary may not even be the nominee. I think if we would all just vote for the candidate who most closely matches our own views on the all the issues, we would all be way better off.