[2ndDivisionVet]

Sure looks like Fred Thompson's campaign is "imploding" huh?

[stockstrader]

Anything that shows erosion in support for a liberal like Giuliani is a good thing-—a VERY GOOD THING indeed!!!

[Veronica Mars]

Sure looks like Fred Thompson's campaign is "imploding" huh?

Polls are always interesting and if the GA results are part of a larger trend this could be important, but as the article states, since the GA primary is not until Feb 5th, this won't have much of an impact on the race.

[Dreagon]

I think this demonstrates Thompsons strength in the South, the bulwark of the Republican base.

[LibLieSlayer]

Well I have been at war with rootietootie mittwitts all morning. Their Conservatism is like Star Trek’s Evil Kirk in an alternative Universe. They twist, deceive and bend Conservative definitions and long held beliefs to promote their candidates as Conservatives. The SOUTH is the heart of Conservatism... we also know what bovine poop smells like. This poll is just one more piece of concrete evidence that proves that Millions of us are not buying into their version of America 2.0!

LLS

[LS]

Umm, honesty? For Fred to ONLY have a 19 point lead over a northeasterner in Georgia is pretty sad. But remember, Rudy does not have to win Georgia--a second place finish in GA and AL are huge for him, because he'll have the very large delegate states of NY, CA, CT, NJ, PA, and FL, where Fred has no chance (Fred will probably fight McCain for a #2 in FL).

People keep ignoring delegates. The RealClearPolitics averages of polls show:

Mitt wins IA, NH, and probably MI. He's campaigning hard in SC, and could possibly take that. Then he's finished, unless a "bandwagon" momentum suddenly appears.

Rudy is way ahead in FL, competitive in SC, and will get some delegates from both IA and NH. Then Super Tuesday hits and all the huge delegate counts come in for him, except AZ.

The dirty little secret is that McCain is polling better against Hillary in KY, KS, MI, OH, WA, (and, I think) VA than Rudy (barely) and far better than Fred.

So I keep asking, where will Fred get his delegates? He not only needs wins in SC and MI, but #2 finishes in IA, NH, just to make it to Super Tuesday.

[PGalt]

Interesting post and thread. Thanks to all.

[Dick Vomer]

How can this be????

On Fox there were two dildoes yapping about Romney and Guiliani.... and of course Huckabee....they were the ONLY ones in the "hunt" for the Republican nomination.

Kewl....Fox's political analysts now bend over for the lib propaganda just like CNNABCCBSNBCMSNBCMOUSE.

Oh and for the Rudy lurkers.... yeah, I'll take Hillary. I made a ton of money last time the "boy" President ruled.

Just short the pharmaceutical stocks and take that money and reinvest it after 1-2 years into the debris thats left.

TON of money. The democrat party won't do d#ck as far as nationalizing health care....cause it's already happened.

[mylife]

But.... He has no fire in his belly.

[ejonesie22]

This is impossible, obviously a fraudulent poll. I have been assured by political operatives at the highest levels that Fred’s camping is a non starter, doomed to failure and he is generating no support.

Quit wasting our time with your irresponsible support of this doomed candidate please.

(DO I REALLY NEED AN /S TAG)

[FreedomPoster]

He’s just so lazy, that he’s kicking Rudy’s butt down here.

We need more of his kind of “lazy” in this country, to being a top prosecutor who took down a crooked governor, to the U.S. Senate and a very successful acting career (basically playing himself, I might add).

He’s also the kind of “lazy” who thinks about what it is the Federal Gov’t should, and more importantly, should *not*, be doing.

[Plutarch]

Thompson is the lone Southern candidate, and it figures that he would do well in Georgia, especially as it is not being contested by any other candidates. You'd think that Duncan Hunter might do well in GA, but no.