Republican Presidential Polls Show Fred Thompson Solid Pre-Announcement

LifeNews.com ^ | July 4, 2007 | Steven Ertelt

[monomaniac]

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Republican presidential race is getting ready for a shake-up that could come any day now with an announcement by former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson that he's running. Two new polls show that a Thompson candidacy would have solid support.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that, after weeks of turmoil leading to Thompson's likely announcement, the race has stabilized with the pro-life attorney and actor in the lead.

Thompson has 27 percent to 24 percent for pro-abortion ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulls in 13 percent while Arizona Sen. John McCain has 12 percent.

A June 26 poll had the split among the top four at 27/23/12/11 respectively. Two previous polls earlier in June both had Thompson and Giuliani first and second and Romney and McCain third and fourth and behind the two leaders by 13 percent or more.

Meanwhile, a new poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News finds Giuliani ahead with 29 percent and Arizona senator John McCain is second with 17 percent. The survey shows Thompson with 15 percent and Mitt Romney with eight percent.

Giuliani has risen seven points in the Fox News poll since June, although other surveys have shown the oppose with Thompson's recent gains.

In the Fox News poll, McCain went up two percent as did Thompson and Romney dropped two points, which also runs counter to most other surveys.

Unlike the Rasmussen poll, Fox News includes New Gingrich, the former House speaker who has not said whether he will run for president.

Both polls show former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson, Kansas senator Sam Brownback, California congressman Duncan Hunter and Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo further down in the polls.

In the Rasmussen survey, Huckabee is atop the second tier at 3% and the six other candidates, including Texas congressman Ron Paul and former Governor Jim Gilmore, split 4% of the vote. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure.

Romney has not been able to gain traction in national polling, but he is on top in New Hampshire. The first Rasmussen Reports poll in that state finds the former Massachusetts Governor with a nine-point lead in his neighboring state.

Surveys in Iowa show Romney doing well, too, and surveys in South Carolina have Romney and Thompson polling the best.

Rasmussen says its polling data is showing the campaign of John McCain "in serious trouble."

"The man once considered the dominant front-runner had struggled for months," it said in its survey analysis. "His poll numbers are now closer to Huckabee and Brownback rather than Thompson and Giuliani. Media reports say the Arizona Senator is running very low on cash and has dramatically reduced his campaign staff."

Senator Hillary Clinton is the front-runner for the Democratic Presidential nomination. She leads both the national and New Hampshire polls, according to Rasmussen. However, pro-abortion Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has a fundraising edge.

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Rockefeller Republican?

[Agent Smith]

Poor Johnny McLame is toast. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

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From tennessean.com: "Imminent 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson is positioning himself as a new hope for social conservatives who are unhappy with the current field of 10 Republicans.
But his answers on past surveys indicate he has previously taken positions that could be viewed as tolerating abortion."

[Man50D]

Fred Thompson has not declared his candidacy but he did express interest in The Fair Tax Act Of 2007 at a Republican luncheon on June 27, 2007. Fair Tax ping!




Well over a hundred FairTaxers came to Columbia, South Carolina yesterday to let former Senator Fred Thompson know that the FairTax is an extremely important issue facing potential presidential candidates.





Amazingly, 140 out of the 300 attendees were FairTax supporters! As a result of this strong showing, the former senator noted several times how he was impressed with the FairTax and also let it be known that the FairTax is an issue he is considering as he prepares for a possible bid for the presidency.





Thanks to all of our hardworking volunteers who made this event a huge success! Now we have to get ready to take our message to Ames, Iowa on August 11th!

[chilepepper]

chilepepper boldly predicts FDT will announce this Friday - which means it will be “the” topic for the talk shows and maximize its impact...

[sgtbono2002]

Go Fred-—————My Man.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Just because you have an "interest" in a subject matter doesn't mean that you either support or endorse the subject.

I took time to thoroughly read the "Fair Tax Act of 2007" and although I have an interest I would never support it.

[Soul Seeker]

Meanwhile, a new poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News finds Giuliani ahead with 29 percent and Arizona senator John McCain is second with 17 percent. The survey shows Thompson with 15 percent and Mitt Romney with eight percent.....In the Fox News poll, McCain went up two percent.....Media reports say the Arizona Senator is running very low on cash and has dramatically reduced his campaign staff."

Interesting results FOX managed to get, contrary to all other polling and facts on the ground about layoffs and fundraising for mccain.

Frankly, I don't trust FOX anymore these days then I would any other Liberal outlet. Certainy not over Rass that has nailed the last three elections.

I'm not unaware they inserted newt's name which can throw numbers off a tad, but no way in hell does Mccain poll 17% these days.

[Honeybunch]

ping

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Rockefeller Republican?

Fred T, no way!

Rudy Giuliani is the Rockefeller Republican running in 2008. He's a lifetime supporter of liberal issues and liberal causes. Jacob Javits and John lindsey were his heroes.

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From Newsweek:
"The right has a crush on Fred Thompson, but his own papers suggest he is less conservative than they think."

[nuconvert]

Realistically, I don’t think Thompson is electable because of his marital status. It may sound silly, but I don’t think the voters are going to elect an unmarried man. People like having a First Lady.
I’d like to see him throw his support to Duncan Hunter.

[Shortstop7]

Woohoo!! Go Fred!

[Abcdefg]

Yes, way!

[Shortstop7]

Uh.....Fred is married.

[dr_who_2]

Yeah, he may look like the right guy now, but you haven't found out yet that he's a bloodthirsty hunchback.

[Principled]

I hope he brings tax reform to the front and ties it into immigration reform.

[Reagan Man]

Obviously, you haven’t been paying attention. Rooty Toot`s the liberal in this race.

I doubt Fred T would be garnering the most support around FR if he wasn’t conservative enough.

[ElkGroveDan]

We MUST stop Hillary. Go ahead and support who you want in the primaries, but when it comes down to the General Election we have to put all that behind us and rally together behind Thompson.

sorry I couldn't resist