Posted on 10/08/2007 9:32:02 AM PDT by finnman69
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday Rudy Giuliani back on top in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Twenty-five percent (25%) of Likely Primary Voters say they will vote for the former Mayor of New York City while 23% support Fred Thompson. Mitt Romney is the top choice for 14% while John McCain slipped back into single digits at 9%. Mike Huckabee earns the vote from 6% (see recent daily numbers).
Polling over the past three weeks has shown a clear decline in support for Thompson, but its not clear that Fred is fizzling. As noted last week, the GOP race is getting murkier.
A recent commentary by Douglas Schoen helps explain why Rasmussen Reports shows a closer race for the nomination than some other polls that focus on interviews with all adults. Dick Morris also touches on this subject in a recent column.
In the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. Clinton attracts 42% support followed by Barack Obama at 26%. John Edwards is at 12% and Bill Richardson is a distant fourth with 4% support from Likely Democratic Primary Voters (see recent daily numbers). Obamas support steadily declined from April through August, stabilized in September, and may have begun to turnaround this month. Clinton remains the frontrunner but the former First Ladys nomination is not inevitable.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
I disagree, if Huckabee could shed his bad spending record then I think he could catch on fire. I wonder if this is why Huckabee is going whole hog for the FairTax?
I would like three polls. One for who you think CAN win. One for who you would most like to see win. And one for who you plan on voting for. I suspect too many think they are so clever about strategy that they are unwilling to vote for the candidate they like the best. In that case we end up with a government that represents our own paranoid imaginations and nothing more. We are being sold on strategies rather than ideas. It’s pitiful.
Do you know who's broadcasting it?
Let's face it, Dobson wants to be prominent (understandably) and if Huckabee looks like he may have a chance we will know, without being told who Dobson endorses.
Last debate had me feeling sorry for Romney. He was Fox New's human pinanta.
Nav_mom responds
It is so mind spinning to read GOP voters like you who have this attitude that the way to punish liberal Republicans is by giving leftest Democrats MORE POWER. If you are living under some delusion that once Democrats become in power Americans will “wake up” you are naive at best. If the Democrats gain control of power in 08 say hello to the Fairness Doctrine say hello to 12 million illegals becoming voters say hello to the felon vote say hello to leftest judges who will do the bidding of the likes of Hillary Clinton from the bench. Say hello to higher taxes being used to fund more Democrat votes.
Not to mention it will be LEFTEST Democrats in charge of the nest USSC nominations! I could go on for pages how dangerous a democrat strong hold on America could be. Hell, as long as the Dems can count on “payback” Republicans to jump ship they are a shoe in. (God help us)
P.S. If you plan to respond please address my points regarding taxes, leftest judges, felon voters, illegal Mexican voters and fairness Doctrine.
Duncan Hunter. I cant find anything wrong with him. Please let me know if there is something wrong with him that I know nothing about. He did build a wall and he has lowered crime. Is it because he does not have enough money?
Thanks Nav-Mom. You are dead on. Also, thanks for your family’s service.
Wrong on all three!
MSNBC.
Frankly Duncan Hunter is more qualified than Fred Thompson, but he has no mass appeal or buzz, (does not have a TV show). Watch for Hunter to become Sec Def as opposed to a VP candidate.
Dead on. The whining James Dobson types are not as big a factor as they claim they are. There are far more practical voters like you, than the head in the sand dead ender types.
Whoever is the ultimate Republican nominee better be able to pick up independent voters.
In 2004 Bush held 93% of registered Republicans, got 48% of Independents (to Kerry’s 49% and Nader’s 2%) and added 11% of registered Democrats.
It is likely that the percentage of the electorate that is Independent will be greater in 2008.
Thompson is preparing hard for tomorrow’s debate. I think I heard that Al Damatto (sp) is coaching him. Thompson is taking off about a week to prepare for the debate and with a hard-nose like Damatto he should be able to hit back at Matthews.
Thompson looks good, but if he blows it with more comments that seem to indicate he isn’t well informed (like his comments about Shiavo, Everglades oil, and the Soviet Union), it will be hard for him to catch Rudy.
I don’t have a problem with Thompson’s divorce and remarriage. He was divorced for quite a while before finding his second wife. It’s not like some other politicians who carry on affairs while married and then divorce the prior wife (1st, 2nd) for the new one. Unfortunately, divorce and remarriage is fairly common today, especially with successful, powerful men.
Should the GOP not realize listing leftward will cause a good heap of the shipmates to jump on the first starboard craft, it deserves a good sinking. I know one who won't reward the GOP for that leftward tilt.
"You're gonna need a bigger Party"
“Seriously, though - Mike Huckabee is going to saddle us with Rudy911 if he doesnt wise up.”
You don’t worry about Huckabee and I won’t worry about Rudy.
People are still stuck into thinking Rudy is the only candidate to beat the Dem candidate.
They don’t realize that strong conservatives will stay home or vote 3rd party in the General Election. They better wake up before it’s too late.
They better remember what happened in 2006!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.