Posted on 06/16/2007 5:23:09 AM PDT by Degaston
So we've got these two leaning all over the country. When do they fall?
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Right now, the nomination is Thompson's to win or lose, not Roodies and certainly not Mitt's.
If some conservatives stay home, then that proves that all the anti-Clinton bluster on FR and everywhere else was false. Those same people must not dislike the Clintons as much as they claimed if they’re willing to hand them the White House on a platter (one they didn’t steal from it when they left in Jan 2001).
See post #28.
The polls that matter are the polls of people who are paying attention and actually listening to and comparing the candidates. In those polls Romney is sprinting ahead.
Thompson has picked some easy low-hanging fruit: people who know him from Law & Order. That fruit is likely to spoil a bit once he actually gets in the race and people get to see and hear how old and weary he is.
The national polls will only REALLY begin to matter around Labor Day, 2008.
How can anyone figure that Hillary Clinton has even a prayer in Tennessee, when Albert Gore Jr. couldn’t carry his native state ?
These early predictions and projections are bizarre in the extreme.
Romney is the right’s version of Slick. Polished, coiffed, the right suit, the right smile, charisma — and it all looks phony. I do not like his positions, which combined with his past positions.....still does not ring true, just like his persona. I will pass on Romney.
Why? Because he's polling 20 percent in national name recognition polls?
He's doing well because he hasn't actually entered the race yet. He's been coasting lazily on the utterly fantastic and unrealistic expectations of the FRedheads.
That free ride will only carry him so far.
Pure bovine waste!
If those are the choices, it’s Hunter by a mile.
>> Did I miss like a bunch of polls?
http://www.datamar.net/pdf/CRPP061407.pdf
Now that’s just one poll. The question is whether or not Mitt Romney has the strength in his loins and sinews to keep up the momentum that he’s building.
Those aren't name recognition polls, those are choices for the GOP nomination. The non-runner lazy Thompson is beating the slick well-funded Mitt 2-1 in most national polls. Sorry, but Mitt is not resonating with the masses.
Now that statement I agree with.
Unlike Mitt, there is hardly anybody that hasn’t heard of Hillary. And several polls say that 47% of voters would vote against her no matter who the republican candidate is.
What this means is that the Republican candidate needs to woo just 5 million of the remaining 64,000,000 voters.
In an age where more people watch American Idol than the Presidential debates, who has the best chance of doing that?
I kinda feel sorry for him. He can’t get good buzz with a six-pack and a bottle of tequila. He looks nice, though.
Republicans aren't Democrats. See post #42, that is what matters this election.
I don’t have a dog in this fight...yet. However, I am very impressed by Mitt’s management skills and his campaign team. Those are very important factors that Fred seems a bit weak in. The skill, money, and team are needed for the long fight to win. BTW, this is why Hillary is so strong. Her funds and control of the dim party Machine are very important. If she did not have those going for her she would be under Obama’s bulldozer by now.
Are you really looking for an answer? The answer is an obvious and enthusiastic "yes!
Now, where are the detractors sneeringly informing us that Romney may have surged ahead among likely primary voters in California, but California doesn't matter?
New Hampshire? "Doesn't matter." Iowa? "Doesn't matter." California? "That's just one poll."
You'll note that Blackstone Financial, e.g., sold their property portfolio, did a private placement of their equity to the Chinese, and distributed (enormous) cash payouts to their insiders.
Rats leaving ship, y'all. They milked the old Republic for all she was worth the last six years, cut their own taxes and offshored and outsourced and got rid of as many of their obligations to the rest of us as they could, and now they're over the side and swimming for shore.
But don't worry -- they'll be back in 2015, looking to pick over what's left.
Since you obviously didn’t reread post #28, I’ll post it for you again:
“Right now, polls are a name recognition contest, and nothing more.
However, in every straw poll taken of people who have actually paid attention and/or attended a debate or speaking engagement of the candidates, Mitt comes out on top. That’s why Giuliani and McCain are avoiding the Iowa straw poll like the plague. Their campaigns could not withstand a solid trouncing this early in the race from a guy that most major polls list as 3rd or 4th overall.
It’s safer for them if they allow the media and bloggers to keep reciting some meaningless poll numbers rather than to compete in the first, real actual “poll” that means something.”
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