Romney Holds Large Lead in New Hampshire

Political Wire ^ | November 19, 2007

[Clintonfatigued]

A new CNN/WMUR-TV poll in New Hampshire finds Mitt Romney way ahead with 33% support from likely Republican primary voters, followed by Sen. John McCain at 18%, Rudy Giuliani at 16%, Rep. Ron Paul at 8% and Gov. Mike Huckabee at 5%.

Key caveat: Just 14% have "definitely decided" who they will vote for in the primary while 56% "are still trying to decide."

Complete survey results are available.

[Clintonfatigued]

The possibility of Romney being the nominee is becoming more real every month.

[#1CTYankee]

Money can’t buy me love.

Big fish? definitely a small steam

[#1CTYankee]

"The possibility of Romney being the nominee is becoming more real every month."

Not really, Bush won New Hampshire against Reagan and we all know how that turned out.

[TheBigB]

Not really, Bush won New Hampshire against Reagan and we all know how that turned out.

If you're referring to 1980, Reagan defeated Bush in the NH GOP primary 49.6% to 22.7%.

[ConservativeDude]

LOL.

Regan lost to Bush, eh?

Better check your history on that, yank.

Reagan won the 1980 primary and the 1984 primary. The only one he ever lost was 1976, to President Gerald Ford.

[TheLion]

Mitt bump!

[PA-RIVER]

My money has been on Romney since he first entered.

I think he has a good temper, variety of experience, has made millions in private sector and governed a state. Not bad. Hes got a nice personality. He could make Hillary look pretty bad when the two are on stage together.

[ConservativeDude]

Rats, you beat me to the glory of correcting someone on GOP politics history.

I have to move quicker next time....

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yeah, but remember, Pat Buchanan won NH in 1996, for all the good it did him. And IIRC, NH just lost half its delegate value due to the national party’s ire at its early primary date.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Actually, I don’t think they’ve gone after New Hampshire, because they are just following the rules, allowing them to be in front of any other primary. Yes, those others are too early, but NH still has the right to be first.

[Bobbisox]

Yep...yep...New Hampshire loves RINOS. No doubt about it. However, his national numbers are still lagging and he will soon slide down in the mud.

Fred Thompson will eventually pull this out when the Conservatives truly unite behind him.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yeah, but remember, Pat Buchanan won NH in 1996, for all the good it did him. And IIRC, NH just lost half its delegate value due to the national party’s ire at its early primary date.

[Alter Kaker]

Yeah, but remember, Pat Buchanan won NH in 1996, for all the good it did him.

Yes, but Mitt Romney isn't going to just win New Hampshire. He's 11 points ahead of his closest rival in Iowa, and, at least according to one recent poll, he's in the lead in South Carolina as well.

There's a good... and increasing... chance that Romney will go 3 for 3 in early primary states. That's a hell of a lot more than Pat Buchanan ever got.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Actually, I don’t think they’ve gone after New Hampshire, because they are just following the rules, allowing them to be in front of any other primary. Yes, those others are too early, but NH still has the right to be first.

I thought I had read that NH was included in the Big Ding because they had moved up too. I might have misread....

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

There's a good... and increasing... chance that Romney will go 3 for 3 in early primary states. That's a hell of a lot more than Pat Buchanan ever got.

Romney might possibly take it, but (and this is just gut intuition, mind you) I just don't get the sense that he's going to do it. Who knows. I'll just do what little tiny bit I can to make sure it doesn't happen.

[org.whodat]

There's a good... and increasing... chance that Romney will go 3 for 3 in early primary states.

You sound like you may be in the market for some bridge stock. :)

[JCEccles]

He could make Hillary look pretty bad when the two are on stage together.

I agree. America will not know how much it hates Hillary until she standing on the same stage debating an optimistic, smiling, friendly, articulate, loyal husband and father like Mitt.

The time will come when they will ask themselves (as they always do), "Who do I want to look at and listen to from the White House over the next four years?" Hillary will be fortunate to pull 40-45 percent of the vote.

[PA-RIVER]

...in 96 .... and then we ended up with Dole, a tax wonk and professional voter/spender.

Incredible. Pathetic.

We gave that one away to slick willy on a silver platter.

[DOGEY]

Fred Thompson will eventually pull this out when the Conservatives truly unite behind him.

He will have to project a more energetic approach to the voters.