Posted on 01/01/2008 4:07:20 PM PST by amordei
I support Fred Thompson as do a far majority of FreeRepublic members. However, polls of Iowa voters, NH voters, national voters, etc. all place Fred way back in the pack. Why is that? Is it bad polling, e.g., oversampling non-Republicans, unlikely voters, etc.? I just can't believe that we are that far from standard Republican opinion. If we are, may God have mercy on us all. ;->
Tha’s because them gots a butter edumacation at a better scruwll.
Actually he has been here a year longer than I have and 5 years longer than you. He must have some unusual page setup that doesn't display the polls.
As I understand it, the national Rasmussen poll puts Fred 3rd, and that is also where he stands in Iowa. He isn't campaigning in New Hampshire and is running near the bottom there.
Probably the pollsters are registering the voters who still get most of their info from the MSM and the unrelenting barrage of ads.
Remember the carnage of the 2006 election. We were off pretty badly on our hopes and predictions.
Remember that both Gore and Kerry came within single digit percentages of actually winning (accounting for 5% voter fraud).
Remember the rats have mounted a successful campaign to dilute the Republican party with liberals at high levels to destroy the message and dishearted the base.
We're "political geeks" compared to 99% of the population. Not everyone else follows these things even remotely closely enough to understand what's at stake.
With Huckabee, I think it's more like "Come Together" -- but without the toe-jam football.
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