Just talked to my brother, who has many friends in republican circles all over the state. He said their internal polls show Newt with about a 20 point lead on Romney all over the State. He said mainstream polls like CNN and especially Rasmussen are not reliable because they do not poll the entire state, most concentrating on the Charleston area and areas like Hilton Head in the Lowlands. In otherwords the carpetbagger area of the state. He also went on to say that he had a better chance of winning the lottery that Romney does of carrying SC. He also said that the only reason McCain won the state in 2008 is because McCain was seen as a war hero and SC is big on the military. I have no reason to doubt my brother’s thoughts and observations on the state of politics in SC. He’s a retired chief of police, die-hard republican, and conservative to the bone.
‘He said their internal polls show Newt with about a 20 point lead on Romney all over the State’
Did he say when the polls were done?
Thanks for the info it gives me some hope. I do really like Newt’s proposals, and I was ok with most of his Congressional track record.
Did your brother indicate what the situation is with respect to the 2 Ricks? Based on what I’ve heard over several interviews, I don’t believe Newt planned to win Iowa or New Hampshire, and He didn’t think he would bounce up so early in the polls either.
It is a shame he didn’t have the money to respond to all the negative ads in Iowa, but I think he’s going to conserve his money till S. Carolina.