Posted on 12/30/2007 8:13:57 AM PST by John Valentine
For the first time all year, Arizona Senator John McCain finds himself on top with support from 17% of Likely Republican Primary Voters.
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Duncan Hunter 2008
“Data from RasmussenMarkets.com suggest that Giuliani has a 30.0 % chance of winning the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney 25.8 %, John McCain 21.0 %, Mike Huckabee 11.7 %, and Fred Thompson 3.3 %. However, those numbers are likely to shift dramatically as results come in from the upcoming Iowa Caucuses and New Hampshire Primaries.”
I actually think the McCain swing had started before the assassination. The talking heads are saying McCain benefits from the situation in Pakistan, but to me it sounds like those daily after-the-fact explanations of buys and sell-offs in the stock market: just so much explanation.
McCain is clearly the comfortable alternative in NH, where he has been embraced in the past and has ties to the GOP establishment. Otherwise I think voters are hovering over McCain only unless or until Fred shows viability in Iowa.
Would be nice.
McCain/Feingold - Gang of 14 - Keating
For the 1st time, Rasmussen has McCain leading the GOP pack nationally.
I know, but I believe he will win the general and what is the alternative at this point? I don’t see Thompson making a run.
Pro-Life, Pro-fight the terrorists, Pro-traditional marraige.
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Pro-open border, anti tax-cut, and quite hostile to the first amendment.
Any old Republican will do, eh?
All that matters is that there is an (R) next to their name.
So what if McCain engineered the gang of 14, so what if McCain authored the bill that took away freedom of political speech, so what if McCain was involved in the Keating scandal.
:sheesh:
You are correct. McCain would have the best chance to beat the Beast, but I doubt there are enough votes for him in the primaries to get him the nomination. There are too many Republicans who would rather be right than keep the White House. So be it.
You wrote: “Any old Republican will do, eh? All that matters is that there is an (R) next to their name.
So what if McCain engineered the gang of 14, so what if McCain authored the bill that took away freedom of political speech, so what if McCain was involved in the Keating scandal.”
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My comment: Hope you enjoy your President Hildabeast. Personally, I would find McCain FAR more acceptable than the Beast.
And you will be donating your oh-so-pure vote to....?
Does anybody ever go back and check these polls after they come out? I wonder how many of these polling people are ever right?
The only time that I know they were right was in 2006 when they were spot on. I think that gave them a big ego. We will see if they are right in 2008. If they are, than they will just continue to get credibility.
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