“California is in play,” the Romney aide said.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1964392/posts?page=17#17
Monday, February 04, 2008The Romney Surge In California And Georgia, And The Leadership Of Talk Rado
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at 9:38 AM
Reuters/C-Span/Zogby has the Romney lead in California up to 8 points!
In Georgia, the McCain lead of 2 points is within the margin of error.
Huckabee voters across the country are indeed coming to Rush's conclusion that "a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain."
Romney credits talk radio with helping to lead his comeback after his narrow loss in Florida. While it is difficult to overstate Rush's influence on American conservatives, and while all of the talkers have audiences that do indeed listen intently, the real reason behind the Romney surge is the incredible connectedness of center-right voters and the sheer amount of data they take in. The talkers just opened the spigots on the information, much like they did when the audience killed the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill in the spring and summer.Rush sets the menu for more than 20 million people, and the rest of us for smaller but still very large audiences.
But the listeners decide what to order...