Rasmussen Poll Romney 33% McCain 27%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/florida/election_2008_florida_republican_primary ^ | 01/27/2008 | Rasmussen

[Old Retired Army Guy]

He may take FL, but Feb. 5th isn’t shaping up too well for him.

[pgkdan]

I’m with you...I have pretty much given up on FOX. I was watching CNN and got sick of their black vs white anlysis when I switched to FOX.

[libbylu]

A poll from yesterday showed Romney and McCain tied in early votes, who knows. I think there is momentum the talking heads just don’t see maybe because of their own biases.

[John D]

McCrazy’s surge will have the same problem as Romney’s. Rudy is the only one who will benefit from the early voting.

[lonestar]

LOL!

[libbylu]

A stark contrast, good looking,congenial Obama versus old dried up temper tantrum always lurking McCain.

[codercpc]

I got my over 40% from another Freeper that was told this by a poll worker in her district, so maybe it was regional, but I had also read it on one of the many Florida articles posted here, so who knows. But regardless 20-40% is a huge total that will skew all polls, in my opinion.

All I can picture in my mind is three weeks ago Rudy was pulling in well over a 1,000 people at rallys, before the other candidates even showed their faces in Florida. I could picture him saying, "OK you guys, leave here today, and go directly to your polling place (which opened already) and vote for me". If I was a supporter at a rally like that, the enthusiasm that usually goes along with that type of event would have propelled me to do just that, go out and vote that day. I also had seen, in the last week two different estimates, one had Rudy up in the early polling, and one with McCain up, but none with Mitt up in the early voting, so that is why I am saying take the late "surge" with a grain of salt.

I was gone last night, and never turned on the TV, or came to Freep until this morning, so when I saw Obamas win I was shocked. I don't think any "poll" out there came close did it?

On another subject, how long does John Edwards stay in after his pitiful performance? South Carolina could be the demise of the two opposite party hopefuls, Thompson and Edwards.

[Rumierules]

I am in northeast Florida (Jacksonville). I see some support for Romney and Giuliani (bumper stickers, yard signs, ect.) But I have not seen any for McCain.

I believe Romney will win this area comfortably.

[bluedressman]

polls are contrived mechanisms to control the electorate opinion on how/who they will vote for.

the polls by definition are unscientific due to the fact of not being able to collect a random sample.

they assume a random sample but can not achieve that due to their liberal bias.

what they do accomplish is that they can tank a candidacy like Rudy’s just by dropping his poll values.

it gets people to think, hey i better vote for a winner.

but all they really end up doing is voting for who the liberal press wants them to.

we’re doomed if we the people can’t start to see this better for what it is.

[codercpc]

You are exactly right. I think if by some miracle, Rudy does win or at least beat McCain, due to the early voting, that Rudy can stay in, but if McCain beats him, even though he won't officially drop out until after Super Tuesday, he is done for.

As I said in another post, if Rudys campaign was smart, in the very early days of the voting, before all of the other candidates even showed their faces in Florida, Rudy should have been giving them rides to the voting places. A couple of weeks ago, Rudy was pulling in crowds of over a 1,000. If, before they left the rally, he said, "OK you guys, go directly to your voting places, right now, and vote for me" I think a large percentage of them probably did. I know that in the past when I have been to political rallies, you never feel as optimistic of a candidate, as you do when you are at the rally, and immediately following it. The energy and enthusiasm of that type of atmosphere is a powerful force, and if Rudy was able to turn that enthusiasm into votes immediately he still has a chance. We will see on Tuesday.

[Bigun]

Wow amazing. I was watching Fox News last night the Geraldo Rivera show. He had panelists on and they were all speaking as if its a forgone conclusion McCain will get the nomination and will the “hard right” come to support him in November.

The the Washington establishment, of which Fox News is a part, are trying HARD to sell that BS but I'm not buying!

What ARE they so afraid of? That someone might actually come to town and turn it inside out? Could THAT be it?

[libbylu]

Did you know Romney is in Jax at the airport Monday? I am just west of Gainesville, very red except for UF. (I think they should make students vote in their “home” districts).

[gruna]

Romney will win Florida. All these high paid “experts” who think McCain will win are going to be shown to be clueless, as usual.

[Yorlik803]

I never thought I would utter these word “ GO MITT”...cough cough..that was tough. maybe it will get easier as time goes by.

[Rumierules]

Intrade Real Time Quotes: Romney is at 54, McCain at 47.1.

This index is very sensitive. A new poll comes out, it moves in Romney’s favor. Yesterday, when Crist endorsed McCain, McCain shot up to 54 or 56.

[vaudine]

Hellloooo! Hello! Anyone out there listening to the MSM?

THEY want McCain to be the nominee, and it ain't because they really love him, although I guess they Do love him better than most Repubs. cause he is such a high % Democrat.

All the people here at FR that are dissing Romney's liberalism, flipflopping, etc. need to take a ratiional look at what the media is pushing. They don't think McCain can beat Hillary. They KNOW that in a showdown, they have plenty of ammunitiion to use against McCain to knock him out of the conservative vote. All they really have on Mitt is his Mormonism and scare tactics on abortion.

Why do some here keep insisting ONLY McCain can beat the Dem. Ain't gonna happen.

Our best shot (Fred) is gone. The media won that one. If Repubs. sit around contemplating their navels and come up with McAmnesty, it's all over.

vaudine

[Signalman]

The poll also says that Romney is now seen by 76 percent of the voters as the most electable Republican candidate vs. 68 percent for McCain.

[Iron Munro]

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Yesterday on FOX they had a poll for Florida which showed 5+ difference between Clinton and Obama and they referred to it as a statistical tie. Then they went to the Repub. side which showed McCain with less than 1 point difference and referred to it as “sort of a tie”. I am pretty much a FOX news fan, but the bias for McCain is so obvious.

[efs111]

None of the candidates on either party is worth a bucket of warm spit.