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Posted on 05/29/2007 7:48:09 AM PDT by Quicksilver
The immigration reform debate may be shaking up the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has inched past Arizona Senator John McCain for second place in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone poll. Just two weeks ago, Romney was in fourth place among GOP hopefuls.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) remains on top with 25% support. That’s essentially unchanged from last week. In fact, Giuliani has been at 25% or 26% in the polls for four straight weeks.
This week, Giuliani is followed by Romney at 16%, McCain at 15%, and former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson at 12%. While Romney’s one-point edge over McCain is statistically insignificant, it’s worth noting that McCain had a six-point advantage over Romney just two weeks ago.
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Anything that pushes McCain down the line is good news to me.
Now if we can get Thompson past McCain - then the 3 (Rudy, Mitt, Fred) can really start to debate and allow us to pick the winner.
Come on Fred - you’re making me think you’re not coming aboard.
This is the first time in a long long time that the nomination is wide open. Any of the top 4 can take it, but I think McCain is the one in the biggest trouble of falling out of contention.
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We need to get Duncan Hunter on that short list.
I can’t figure out what he’s waiting for. I would love to see Mitt, Giuliani and Thompson debate but this waiting game is getting old fast.
Great news. But who are the 15% of McCain supporters? I’m at a loss! Wouldn’t moderates prefer Guiliani? Or, are moderates split between Guiliani and McCain? If that’s the case, conservatives are in the minority in the Republican party.
Too bad Romney is a Rino, who forced HillaryCARE on Mass.
as he waltzed out the door to DC.
Romney did what Hillary could not, so maybe he
should be her VP.
This is the first time in a long long time that the nomination is wide open. Any of the top 4 can take it, but I think McCain is the one in the biggest trouble of falling out of contention.Immigration is seriously hurting McCain. Ironically, I'm sure that he thought it would give him a boost.
Immigration bill in the Senate is an absolute disaster for the country.
In terms of its impact in rasing taxes and expanding the welfare state, it is probably worse than anything else except socialized medicine.
It is fitting that McCain tanks in the wake of his sponsorship of this monstrosity.
Call your senator, say no to Z-visa amnesty...
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-immigration-bill-is-built-to-fail.html
“Immigration is seriously hurting McCain. Ironically, I’m sure that he thought it would give him a boost.”
Our national leaders are becoming tone deaf to their own base.
This is a rot that has been going on for some time in the GWB era.
The presidential candidate MUST be in tune and be listening to the base of the party. He MUST reach out and rebuild the coalition in a healthy way.
People who still think he's the front runner, like he was about six months or so ago. They are probably oblivious to the amnesty bill, as well.
All McCain has anymore is name familiarity, and since the MSM loves to show Republicans slinging mud at each other, even that's going to go away. McPain's attacks on Romney are not going to win him any friends.
Great news. But who are the 15% of McCain supporters? I’m at a loss! Wouldn’t moderates prefer Guiliani? Or, are moderates split between Guiliani and McCain? If that’s the case, conservatives are in the minority in the Republican party.There's about 30% for other candidates or undecided, that's where most conservatives are at this point in the primary process.
This is a stupid knee jerk response that liberals are usually know for. If you are a conservative then your responses should be based on facts and logic and Romney’s health care plans in MA are not NOT universal health care provided by the govt. They embody free market principles and are an innovative attempt to address health care funding. Just like we require people to have car insurance otherwise the rest of us bear their cost, what is wrong with requiring people to have some kind of health insurance so that the rest of us don’t bear their costs. I am strongly against the govt running health care but requiring people to have health insurance is promoting self responsibility. Romney’s proposals were endorsed by the CATO Institute and they would never get be linked with socialized medicine.
We should resist the urge to have emotional knee jerk responses, the quality of people and intellect on FR deserve much better that DU style responses.
Too bad Romney is a Rino, who forced HillaryCARE on Mass. as he waltzed out the door to DC.I have done the research and I can tell you that is not true.Romney did what Hillary could not, so maybe he should be her VP.
Duncan Hunter is right on the issues - but for purely cult of personality reasons - he falls short.
It’s not fair - but it is politics in this era.
Duncan Hunter is “Uncle Charlie” - you know?
Wise - experienced - but not a warm guy - and that matters.
Unfortunately.
Mitt - Rudy - Thompson - and maybe one other (if once can rise)
We need a stage with 5 or less and we need to force them into 3 minute answers - “you must talk for 3 minutes” - NO LESS
Any idiot to spout for 30 seconds - 3 minutes takes intellect.
Fred Thompson’s eventual entrance into the GOP Presidential race will end up greatly changing the poll results yet again. The polls will eventually have Fred Thompson as the overall favorite to win both the GOP Presidential Primary and the general election for ‘08 (I hope). Right now, I support both Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson, and I also hope that Fred Thompson/Duncan Hunter is the eventual GOP Presidential ticket for ‘08.
I don’t like ANY of these guys. I can’t stand Giuliani and Mitt! Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter are better candidates.
I’m still with Mitt.
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