Posted on 10/09/2007 8:12:52 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
PRINCETON, NJ -- As the Republican presidential candidates square off in the latest in a series of debates -- this time in Dearborn, Mich. tonight -- new Gallup polling shows former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani continuing to hold onto his status as front-runner, 12 points ahead of former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and 16 points ahead of John McCain. Thompson -- for whom this will be the first national debate since officially declaring his candidacy -- is still less well-known to Republicans nationwide than Giuliani and McCain, suggesting that the debate could be an important opportunity for him to fill in the blanks in the minds of GOP primary voters. The poll also finds former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee moving within two points of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, whose nationwide support among Republicans remains mired in single digits.
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If there has been a change of note over the last several months, it has been the failure of Romney to capitalize on his mini-surge when he won the Iowa straw poll in early August. McCain has, at the same time, recovered his standing after slipping in August.
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Polls aren’t reliable indicators in the long term (the election is 13 months away), but FRed is holding his own, even without MSM support (they support those they consider un-electable against the Hildabeast).
McCrain is a loser. If he would get out, then we’d see how the voters feel about the real candidates.
Scary thing is that Juliani is still leading the opinion polls.
What happened to the conservatives in the GOP?
Good news for Fred but had to post correct title. Rudy and Mitt with the same 15% “unfavorable” rating. In spite of Mitt’s expenditures, 40% have never heard of him. McCain still hanging in there in the favorable category. Unfortunately, Hunter not in the poll.
Thompson is not galvanizing support and appears to be fading a bit. McCain is surviving on name recognition and hoping illegal immigration gets forgotten.
Someone needs to stop Guilliani and given the Thompson fade, it won’t be him. There needs to be someone else.
Even according to Rasmussen today, Rudy is now 5 points ahead of Fred.
Nothing. But it does tell a lot about that poll Here are some more results RASMUSSEN Reports
Date 10/09/07
Thompson 21%
Giuliani 26%
Romney 15%
McCain 9%
Roughly the same but it has G at 26, not 32. So the G poll probably included less choices.
So, who is the “someone” you think will stop Guiliani?
Nod. Someone has to stop Guilliani and it clearly won’t be Thompson.
He’s another oh-so-coy fan of Slick Willard.
I don’t think any of the minor candidates have the money or support to take the nomination. My first pick is Guiliani due to his proven leadership and ability. Next, Thompson, due to his philosophy, but I am not enthusiastic and with McCain and/or Romney, enthusiasm goes down hill.
My fear is that the GOP doesn’t win elections by fighting against a candidate, as evil as the candidate is.
If Fred catches on, I could change my support, but right now I like Rudy.
Not a revelation here, but the amount of people who are truly paying attention to ANY of this is microscopic.
Couple that with the problems with polling in general, and the fact that a series of primaries is a unique event. The outcome of the election in one or two states could dramatically alter everything in a short one week timeframe a few months from now.
This is a lot like the NCAA tournament, just survive and advance until showtime.
The best chance to stop him among who is involved now is Romney, just from an efficiency and fund raising perspective. A white knight charging over the hill who is off the radar screen now . . . is an appealing vision, but there’s no one who could even be imagined.
In the final analysis the problem is Arnold in California. If there was a GOP governor of California he would instantly be a prospect, but Arnold is ineligible. Romney having been governor of Mass is a nice plus, but he won’t carry that state. He might carry Michigan, where he was born. That would be huge, but it’s a maybe only.
We need Electoral Votes to undo loss of Ohio. It really comes down to that. Michigan is the best likelihood. It would have been better if the GOP had let that budget languish longer, but so it goes.
This can’t be right. I was given SPECIFIC ASSURANCES just yesterday that Willard is “surging” in the national polls and South Carolina.
Wisely, you made no mention of conservatism.
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Well, tactics beat policy every single time. But regardless of that, any GOP nominee will be rightward of Hillary so it is a non-issue.
The key is we have to have EVs to undo loss of Ohio, where the Soros people have poured money. Michigan can be those. Wisconsin (assuming NM and IA held) would also suffice, but much more dicey. I can’t see a more promising place for EVs than Michigan. That is what matters.
Mulefritters.
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