[rhombus]

Actually I’m surprised Giuliani polls as well as he does in South Carolina. This has got to be causing a lot of ulcers.

[4everontheRight]

The only political commercial I have heard on the radio in the Upstate of SC is Rudy’s

[Wallace T.]

What ie more surprising than Giuliani's showing is the fact that John McCain has 14% of the vote in this survey. Given that Senator Lindsey Graham, another amnesty advocate, is in electoral trouble in his home state of South Carolina for his stance, McCain's showing is unusual. Of course, McCain's military background and his family's Southern roots probably help.

The numbers might be more meaningful in three months, assuming Fred Thompson jumps into the race with both feet. We will then see if the former Tennessee senator will become the 800 pound gorilla in the primaries, or if he will be competing for conservative votes with Romney, Hunter, Tancredo, and Huckabee.