[codercpc]

He is also within the margin of error with Fred in the Rasmussen (most accurate according to many here) in the national poll as of today.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/daily_presidential_tracking_polling_history

[DJtex]

Romney is running a very smart campaign. He doesn't want to peak too early, especially when voters aren't paying too much attention now.

The classic rule on the early primaries is driving Romney:

There are three tickets out of Iowa.

There are two tickets out of New Hampshire

Romney will almost certainly be number one or two in NH. If he follows that with a win in the South, as in Carolina, he will become a juggernaut.

He's not perfect, but not as identifiably liberal as Rudy. He has business and executive success behind him, and he is very good on his feet with a good speaking style and a command of the issues.

Also, of all the candidates--on both sides--he's the best looking, someone you wouldn't mind having in your living room for the next four years.

[Prokopton]

He is also within the margin of error with Fred in the Rasmussen (most accurate according to many here) in the national poll as of today.

He's also in the same place he was in July in the same poll, 14%.

Thats an awful lot of money to spend over 3 1/2 months without any movement at all in this national poll.

Maybe he's not campaigning hard enough. Are you sure he has the "fire in the belly"?

[Spiff]

Thanks for pinging me to the new info at Rasmussen.

I've added it to my tracking chart:

[Plutarch]

This is an amazingly wide open race. Giuliani has the advantage, but he has lost the most support. McCain refuses to go away. Huckabee has managed to get support, but is in the first blush of his introductory honeymoon. Once we learn more about him, it is likely that his support will lag, especially as he has little appeal to conservatives. Things should be interesting in the next several months.