[counterpunch]

Romney up 6 points in 2 days. The Romney surge is starting.

Voters now see Romney as the most electable, beating John McCain. Romney and McCain pull about the same amount of support in head to head match ups against both Clinton and Obama.

All of the Washington establishment endorsements for McCain is validating Romney's claim that he is the outsider and agent of change who wants to "fix Washington", and that McCain is the broken establishment's candidate. McCain's high profile endorsements from fatcat GOP Senators and open-borders governors like Florida's Governor Crist may do more to harm him than anything else.

[gruna]

Romney is starting to roll.

[CottonBall]

All of the Washington establishment endorsements for McCain is validating Romney's claim that he is the outsider and agent of change who wants to "fix Washington", and that McCain is the broken establishment's candidate. McCain's high profile endorsements from fatcat GOP Senators and open-borders governors like Florida's Governor Crist may do more to harm him than anything else.

I think you're right. Getting endorsements from liberal entities when your conservative credentials are already in question doesn't help.

[mainepatsfan]

Poor McCain still hasn’t learned that praise from the MSM is lethal during a GOP primary.

[HD1200]

Florida voters will be getting a quick good dose of McCain’s campaign “volunteer”, open borders Juan Hernandez, during the next few days.

[Signalman]

It's definitely now down to the last two men standing, Romney and McCain. I don't know, maybe it's just me but I think I will vote for the guy who was NOT ENDORSED BY THE NY TIMES!

[RockinRight]

If Romney wins FL he’s positioned rather well. If he wins CA, it’s over for McCain and Huck.

[TeleStraightShooter]

Real Clear Politics Florida Average: Romney +0.4

[TCats]

Yep, the endorsements from various Senators and other Big Gov’t functionaries is tantamount to throwing an anchor to a drowning man, IMO. McCain has as much trouble casting himself as some kind of Agent of Change as the Clintons do - A serious stretch of credulity.

[UKTory]

“Romney and McCain pull about the same amount of support in head to head match ups against both Clinton and Obama.”

I wouldn’t usually comment at all on polls of hypothetical general election match-ups, as I don’t believe them to be at all relaible or useful, but seeing as you brought it up in such a completely inaccurate manner....

Your statement does not bear relation to any poll that I’ve seen, all of which show McCain in a statistical tie with either Obama or Clinton and Romney being comfortably beaten by either.

As we’re discussing A Rasmussen poll, we can look at Rasmussens latest on this from last Friday:

http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/mitt_romney_match_ups/election_2008_romney_vs_clinton_and_obama

“Romney has always managed at least 40% support in match-ups with Clinton. With but two exceptions he slumps below 40% in his match-ups with Obama.

Separate polling shows that McCain currently matches up better with the leading Democrats than Romney.”

And, again, as Rasmussen also says “until the nominations are settled, all general election polling data should be viewed with caution”

[ejonesie22]

yea, i’m very excited...

[Perdogg]

Romney has a slight lead over McCain in Florida according to my analysis:

Romney 26.78%

McCain 26.73%

Guiliani 16.76%

Huckabee 14.76%

Paul 4.15%

Undecided 10.82%

[libbylu]

I don’t believe Christ is any republican’s favorite governor. he is.....mccain light.

[counterpunch]

Suddenly Matt Drudge has picked up on the same thing I've been saying here about McCain and the broken Washington establishment. (Wonder if he still reads FR...)


MCCAIN EMERGES AS THE GOP ESTABLISHMENT...