Posted on 11/24/2007 11:14:52 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Fred Thompson's campaign got some good news in the polls this week as a new survey shows him tied with Mitt Romney in the early primary battleground of South Carolina. A new survey released Friday also shows him almost in a tie with pro-abortion New York Sen. Hillary Clinton nationally.
The Rasmussen poll, conducted on Tuesday, finds both Thompson and Romney at 21 percent in the southern state among likely primary voters.
The bad news for Thompson is the poll shows a decline of four percent and Romney increasing his percentage, but it shows his campaign continuing its strategy of a strong showing in Iowa (where he's tied for third) and a win in South Carolina.
Also, 68 percent of Romney’s supporters say they might change their mind before voting. For the other candidates, 47% to 57% of their supporters say the same thing.
Meanwhile, Rasmussen released a new poll on Friday showing Thompson just two points down to Hillary Clinton at 46-44 percent with 10 percent undecided.
The polling firm found pro-abortion candidate Rudy Giuliani leads Clinton 46-42 with 12 percent undecided.
Some political pundits say Giuliani is the only candidate who can beat Clinton but Thompson is tied with the senator when the margin of error is considered.
Both Republicans are doing better against Clinton than they did in the previous Rasmussen Reports survey. In addition to losing ground in the national match-ups with Giuliani and Thompson, Clinton now trails four Republican hopefuls in the pivotal state of Florida.
Looking back at South Carolina, Rasmussen has Rudy Giuliani at 13%, Mike Huckabee at 12%, John McCain at 9%, and Ron Paul at 8%. Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter each earn support from 2% while 13% are undecided.
Those numbers reflect a seven-point drop for Giuliani, a nine-point gain for Huckabee, little change for McCain, and a six-point jump for Paul.
Thompson leads among Evangelical Christian voters, perhaps in part by his endorsement from National Right to Life
Giuliani remains the GOP front-runner in national polls, but trails in many early states while Mitt Romney leads in Iowa and New Hampshire.
That and a common sense platform that actually addresses the issue American Citizens have been pounding DC on... and getting ignored by the current batch of, of... well, whatever the heck those things are in the DC swamp.
According to the article, Thompson is down 4 percent. Is that the impact you expected from the endorsement?
Thompson leads among evangelicals, who are more likely to go to the polls.
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You can put it in the bank, mitt will not win SC. Those people will not vote for a gun grabbing, pro-illegal liberal, ETC, ETC.
Rooty and Mutt’s only elected office were by the vote of rabid barking moonbat liberals.
They knew what they were voting for!
Finally starting to get some welcome movement on Thompson. I think his problem is that he’s not getting much exposure in the MSM since he entered the race. Hopefully that starts to change.
Some political pundits say Giuliani is the only candidate who can beat Clinton ....
I see Sean 'Talking Points' Vanity and Bill 'Open Borders' Kristol are getting their $.02 in. 
The defining word for Thompson is "Lazy". He is going to have to do something about those bags and show some energy. Although I support Thompson, most Americans will not vote for a candidate who already looks like he is at the back end of an 8 year presidency.
PING
Nationally he’s up compared to Clinton compared to before.
“Nationally he’s up compared to Clinton compared to before.”
ok, thanks for the clarification. This is indeed good news for him and the republican party.
You are right a new Mittie...
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Good grief. Fred did NOT start late! The others started WAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY too early!!! Fred was the only one who started on time, LOL!
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Thank you. I believe that free speech and civilized debate are the core conservative principles. I don’t think there is a perfect candidate this time. Indeed, a perfect candidate can exist only in the imagination. Would Reagan be praised right now if he were running? He and Bush were amnesty-pushers and both worked together with Ted Kennedy and they could be mocked for that. Being in a leadership position is tough. Every conservative leader has to do things that can be labeled as “not conservative”. I will surely vote for any republican candidate, but for me, WOT, race quotas, judges and amnesty are the most important. Duncan sounds like a great guy (tough if I remember it correctly, he seems to be against free trade). As for Fred, if he starts campaigning seriously, I can consider him as well. My ideal candidates would be Rick Santorum and Dick Cheney.
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