[pissant]

[magritte]

Same order, just different percentages than Rasmussen, but I think all of the candidates in now will hold til Super Duper Tuesday...no point in dropping out now!

[nckerr]

If Alan Keyes is polling higher than you, than you need to drop out and endorse someone. Hunter, that means you!

[snippy_about_it]

Ha. You think Fred should drop out and endorse someone with even less, by a landslide less, backing than him.

Not a chance. He will do better here than you think.

[bshomoic]

American Research Group has consistently been the worst pollster of every primary/general election since 2000. I don’t know how they stay in business.

[Ingtar]

Yup... I guess it is time to stick a fork in Hunter. If he cannot poll well enough to qualify for delegates in South Carolina, where is he going to get them?

[JohnnyZ]

One of the funnier polls ARG has put out to date.

All of them trash, of course.

[rface]

Romney getting 20% is big news to me....If Romney does better than Fred in SC....then, well, I'll let you write the final sentence.

[andy58-in-nh]

FWIW - Rasmussen 1/16 (yesterday) in South Carolina had:

McCain 24%; Huckabee 24%; Romney 18%; Thompson 16%

[RhodeIslandRepublican]

Here is a more recent Poll.
Thompson rises to third in S.C. poll

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/01/thompson_rises.html

“Thompson has 14 percent in the Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released this morning, sliding ahead of Mitt Romney, who slipped to 12 percent, even though some of the polling was done after he won the Michigan primary on Tuesday.

Romney is chasing delegates in Nevada, whose caucuses are also Saturday, after saying he believes John McCain has South Carolina locked up. McCain held his lead in the new poll, with 29 percent, compared to 22 percent for Mike Huckabee. Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani were tied at 5 percent, according to the poll.”

[LibLieSlayer]

I predict an entirely different outcome... and I base that on the biased polling in ALL of the primaries so far. That fork must be for huckster!!!

LLS

[Neu Pragmatist]

Where is Hunter ... oops , right under Keyes ....

Think it’s time for Hunter to bow out gracefully .

[2111USMC]

Wow, Hunter is hot on Keyes’ tail!

[SnakeDoctor]

>> ARG GOP South Carolina Primary (Is Dandy Don clearing his throat)

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out what this has to do with Don Meredith clearing his throat.

H

[TexanByBirth]

Stick a fork in Duncan Hunter!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

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With the Congressional support of friend Sen. JOHN McCAIN:

Sen. KERRY / Communist Vietnamese Killing Off Christians in Central Highlands

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/675016/posts

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NEVER FORGET

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[MinuteGal]

These polls evidently haven't caught up to the fact that Fred has been criss-crossing the entire state of SC and playing to such humungous cheering audiences that in some cases, the fire marshalls have to lock the doors and the remaining crowd actually waits outside for Thompson to finish and come out through the door.

When Fred was in my town, the hall I was in (Florida) seated 600 and it was packed to the rafters....and yet the whirlwind stop had been barely advertised if at all.

Believe it or not, this event I attended was months ago at the very beginning of his bus tours to all the various states....and I observed closely a crowd that was totally absorbed and become more galvanized with every word even at that early date.

Of course, you won't see these SC crowds on TV......... nor will the name that dares not be spoken be spoken, either.

Leni

[Calpernia]

The Rasmussen report that is out on South Carolina wasn't a poll. It is being misrepresented as a poll. If you go to the source for the data, the percentages are from a prediction market. That is powered by Intrade.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/south_carolina/election_2008_south_carolina_republican_primary

Excerpt:

Current market data suggests that the Arizona Senator has a 39.2% chance of winning the nomination. Giuliani has a 19.9% chance, Mike Huckabee 13.2%, Mitt Romney 20.6%, and Fred Thompson 3.1%. Numbers in this paragraph reflect results from a prediction market, not a poll.

[Calpernia]

This is American Research Group, Inc. primary data they have been keeping throughout the months. Looks a bit different then today's released poll. Also lends more for perspective.

South Carolina
Likely Republican Primary Voters	Dec 06	Feb 07	Apr 07	May 07	Jun 07	Jul 07	Aug 07	Sep 07	Oct 07	Nov 07
Brownback	-	-	1%	1%	1%	-	2%	1%	ni	ni
Gilmore	-	1%	1%	1%	1%	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni
Gingrich	15%	10%	6%	6%	6%	7%	6%	7%	ni	ni
Giuliani	28%	29%	23%	23%	22%	28%	26%	23%	23%	23%
Hagel	-	-	1%	-	-	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni
Huckabee	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%	3%	9%	1%	5%	18%
Hunter	-	1%	-	1%	2%	1%	-	1%	2%	2%
Keyes	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni	-	1%	-
McCain	35%	35%	36%	32%	23%	10%	12%	15%	13%	10%
Pataki	-	-	-	-	-	ni	ni	ni	ni	ni
Paul	ni	-	-	-	-	3%	2%	2%	4%	3%
Romney	5%	5%	6%	10%	8%	7%	9%	26%	29%	21%
Tancredo	ni	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	-
F Thompson	ni	ni	10%	13%	19%	27%	21%	10%	10%	13%
T Thompson	-	-	1%	1%	-	-	ni	ni	ni	ni
Undecided	16%	18%	12%	11%	14%	13%	12%	13%	12%	10%

[gbscott1954]

I have to ask this? Since I have been on here you have done nothing but knock people. Are you positive in any way? Why don’t you promote the candidate you are for, instead of seeking to put others down?

[Norman Bates]

The McCain List.

One of the less reliable pollsters, so for what it's worth...