Ted is good. I like him best. He will never be nominated.
This covers it as best I can. You won’t like most of it, but inside is an explanation why we haven’t nominated a Conservative since Reagan. The GOPe RINO is always the nominee.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3329712/posts?page=36#36
Giuliani was polling 38%, with Fred Thompson far behind at 18%, followed by Romney and then McCain in August 2007. Guess who ended up winning the nomination? McCain. Even more remarkable, McCain’s campaign was broke at the time and Romney had far more money than McCain and could self finance an extent. He still ended up losing to McCain.
You are assuming that polls in August = polls in January and actual voting in February and March. That is often not the case.