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“Why was there never a McCain truth file at the time when it might have done some good?”

Because McCain was doing so poorly, no one thought he was a threat. He simply rose to the top like spoiled milk.

FR Polls.....many didn’t even list McCain because he had so little support, often he scored below “other”......members only scores...

(6/11) Who do you support in the GOP presidential primaries?

Fred Thompson 50.5% 1,433
Duncan Hunter 18.6% 527
Mitt Romney 6.7% 191
Ron Paul 6.7% 190
Rudy Giuliani 5.9% 168
Undecided/pass 4.7% 133
Tom Tancredo 4.4% 124
Mike Huckabee 1.1% 31
Other 1.1% 30
John McCain 0.4% 12

(1/22) With FRed dropping out, who do you now support for the Republican nomination?
Mitt Romney 51.8% 1,092
None of the above 20.5% 433
Staying home 6.7% 141
Rudy Giuliani 5.3% 111
Mike Huckabee 4.2% 88
John McCain 3.5% 73
Anyone but Mac 3.4% 71
Anyone but Huck 2.1% 44
Anyone but Rudy 1.9% 40
Anyone but Mitt 0.8% 17

(1/17) Which candidate would you like to see win in South Carolina?

Fred Thompson 64.0% 1,078
Duncan Hunter 17.0% 287
Mitt Romney 11.0% 186
Mike Huckabee 3.0% 51
Rudy Giuliani 2.5% 42
John McCain 2.4% 40

(12/20) Today’s FOX News Poll has Giuliani, McCain and Huckabee tightly clustered at 20%, 19% and 19%, followed by Romney and Thompson at 11% and 10%. Which one of these five would you prefer?

Thompson 72.8% 1,579
Romney 11.9% 257
Giuliani 6.1% 133
Huckabee 5.3% 114
McCain 3.9% 85

(12/4) Rasmussen today lists Giuliani and Huckabee tied at 18% each, closely followed by McCain with 14%, Thompson with 13% and Romney at 12%. If the GOP primary were held today and these were your choices, which one would you choose?

Thompson 66.6% 1,708
Romney 12.9% 332
Huckabee 10.0% 257
Giuliani 8.1% 208
McCain 2.3% 60

(10/23) Who would you vote for if you were not afraid that your candidate might not win?

Duncan Hunter 37.4% 949
Fred Thompson 24.5% 621
Rudy Giuliani 6.9% 174
Ron Paul 6.5% 165
Mike Huckabee 6.3% 160
Mitt Romney 6.1% 155
Tom Tancredo 5.0% 127
Alan Keyes 4.0% 101
Other 2.2% 57
John McCain 1.1% 28

(9/9) Who do you support for president?

Fred Thompson 48.5% 1,772
Duncan Hunter 20.2% 739
Other/undecided 6.4% 234
Ron Paul 6.3% 231
Mitt Romney 5.9% 214
Rudy Giuliani 5.8% 211
Tom Tancredo 3.2% 116
Mike Huckabee 2.8% 101
John McCain 0.7% 24
Sam Brownback 0.4% 14

4/08 Who do you support in the GOP presidential primaries?

Fred Thompson 44.9% 1,917
Duncan Hunter 14.1% 603
Rudy Giuliani 9.5% 407
Newt Gingrich 9.1% 387
Ron Paul 5.7% 245
Undecided/pass 5.5% 234
Mit Romney 4.9% 208
Tom Tancredo 4.3% 185
Other 1.2% 52
John McCain 0.8% 35

2/08 If the short list for Republican Nominee were narrowed down to the following, which one would you favor?

Duncan Hunter 26.7% 984
Newt Gingrich 25.6% 944
Rudy Giuliani 13.9% 512
Tom Tancredo 10.2% 377
Undecided/pass 8.3% 308
Mitt Romney 7.8% 287
Ron Paul 6.0% 222
John McCain 1.5% 55

*********1/08 According to a posted article entitled “McCain Starts Planning for 2008 Run” Senator John McCain is considered the front-runner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. Would you be for or against McCain?

against 92.4% 3,059
for 7.6% 252

Over a year ago....

If Romney, McCain, and Giuliani were the only names on the ballot for the GOP 2008 nomination, whom would you vote for?

Giuliani 44.0% 1,369
Romney 31.5% 982
Sit it out 19.7% 613
McCain 4.8% 150

If the 2008 Republican primary for president were held today and the following candidates were listed on your ballot, which one would you choose?

Tom Tancredo 25.3% 714
George Allen 21.7% 610
Newt Gingrich 17.9% 504
Rudy Giuliani 12.1% 340
Jeb Bush 9.7% 272
Mike Pence 4.2% 117
Mitt Romney 3.4% 97
Sit it out 3.2% 90
John McCain 1.6% 44
Bill Frist 1.0% 29