Romney has barely broken 28% and then only a few occasions. As a frontrunner, from a traffic point of view, that’s a big yawn.
Also, if you have stories that knock down Romney, PLEASE submit them to Drudge. If enough people do that, he will link to them.
[Also, if you have stories that knock down Romney, PLEASE submit them to Drudge. If enough people do that, he will link to them.]
i have, he doesn’t run them. Just as he doesn’t run the vid of Nancy Reagan saying she Reagan handed the conservative torch to Newt. Did you notice how he quit reporting the polls in FL and nationally when Newt jumped out in front?
I am so done with Drudge and Ann Coulter.
Not really sure "from a traffic point of view" people care about national polling percentages. The 28% is misleading and virtually meaningless in a multi-person and multi-state race. And of course it's only the early states that matter at this point. The remaining ones will likely fall like dominoes if a candidate gets off to a good start, no matter what the national polls may have previously indicated.
Any way you look at it,Romney has always been seen as the true frontrunner by people who closely follow politics and the only question was whether someone could knock him off. And given his huge fundraising advantage and establishment backing, that was always seen as a tough task. Perhaps the media could have played up that angle (can Romney be knocked off? what are his vulnerabilities? what do the other candidates need to do to catch up?), but they haven't as far as i've seen. Instead they have played up the surges by any conservative candidate in order to provide an excuse to bring out the heavy artillery against them.
I will grant that Gingrich is a much more compelling figure than Romney. But then, who isn't? But i think there is more to it than that.