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I think romney SHOULD discuss his Mormon religion. It is an underlying albatross for him. there are such strange histories with this religion....like many misconceptions people had of the Catholic church.
How would he do in key states e.g Florida, Ohio, New Mexico, Wisconsin, etc....?
McCain? Is he still running? I thought he was banned from the Iowa debates because he’s a “second tier” candidate? Who runs polls and asks about McCain, anyway? I am so freakin confused....
I think it basically comes down to whether a lot of the people who answer NO when asked if they would vote for a Mormon will say YES when asked about a specific Mormon named Mitt Romney.
The situation is no different than when pollsters ask “do you want a Democrat or Republican” to win the presidency next year. Asked generically the RATS get a big advantage over the GOP. Substitute Hillary for Democrat and most of that advantage disappears.
I wish I knew the answer to the first question. The extent of the concern with Mitt’s religion has been a big concern to me.
If he sweeps Iowa he should get a nice bump in the polls.
Sorry .. but I’m not buying it!!
I think the majority of candidates so far has been an attempt by the media to mislead republicans into nominating a "liberal light" candidate that hillary can slaughter in the election, be it by fraud or personal attacks.
Pick a conservative. Not rudymcromney, you'll just get burned if you do.
More good news! I said a long time ago around here that time favored Mitt’s candidacy. He will continue to rise as more people get familiar with him.
Presidential races are always close and early polls like this do not tell much. Most people have never heard of Romney yet.
It is always fun to watch jaywalking on Jay Leno. There, Jay shows pictures of famous people (e.g. presidential candidates) to passersby who try to guess who it is in the picture. The results are quite depressing. They hardly know who is the sitting president but beyond that absolutely nothing. These people vote.
I don’t know where McCain support comes from. Still, if he’s our man, I will walk over glass to pull the lever.
I like Romney but I didn’t like his response when Rush was being attacked for the “phoney soldiers” comment.
Good news. McCain back in the lead. Romney moving up.
Mitt tops Fred
The Washington Times
Stephan Dinan
12 November 2007A new Rasmussen poll finds that voters see Mitt Romney as a conservative candidate more than Fred Thompson — the first time Thompson has not led on that measure.
In the last month the number of Republicans viewing Romney as conservative has jumped 10 points, to 46 percent, while Thompson has fallen 11 points, to 40 percent.
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Here's the conservative rating for the top six Republican candidates:
Romney 46 percent
Thompson 40 percent
Huckabee 38 percent
McCain 28 percent
Giuliani 21 percent
Paul 16 percent
— Stephen Dinan, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Romney passes Thompson by a point over the weekend (for the first time) ending up tied with him today. Thompson sees his lowest point since Rasmussen started tracking him in their daily polls. Thompson's support has slipped 40% since his announcement in September. McCain's numbers are slightly down and Huckabee pays a brief and soon to be repeated visit back down into the single digits. The real concern is that Giuliani has recovered some of his support, achieving a level he's not Giuliani's closest business associate/partner and former chief of police, Bernard Kerik, was indicted for corruption on Friday.