Tom's got more approval than you think, besides the 50% in 02 where Californian learned which horse could garner the votes.
On Freerepublic, I see the same posters, over and over, demonizing Tom. Then I see different posters (lurkers) questioning the stampede. The greasy wheel is not going to win this. Coming down the wire, I'd like the see a daily count or vote on FR like we had when this started.