Posted on 09/30/2007 6:17:48 PM PDT by Spiff
It helps when you can write a big fat check to get votes as Romney can.
But, not to fear. One state does not determine the election.
This is amazing. I had to check the source because I didn’t believe it. I honestly thought SC was a write off for Mitt.
That said, it makes sense. The NH race has tightened up for this reason - Mitt has maintained his conservative support but the liberals and some of the moderates supporting him are afraid he is too conservative to win (imagine that) and it might be safer to go with Guiliani or McCain. SC is reliably conservative.
Amazing.
I guess we'll know that next month, won't we?
If Thompson’s going to make a move let him make a move. How long do conservatives continue to prop this guy up without some help from the candidate himself. HEY Thompson,GET in some debates and show the base what you’ve got,otherwise get the hell out !!!
So maybe Thompson should have waited until just before the election? The sad fact is that we are forced to choose between pathetic and unbelievably pathetic.
Personally, I choose pathetic... Which is Giuliani. I think Giuliani has the best chance of beating the Beast. Though even his chance is at best 50-50.
Um, Fred has, and Precious Willard is still in 4th place.
Ah, but will Dobson endorse him or form a third party if he's nominated. (end/sarc)
Dobson's come out against Thompson, Guiliani, but I haven't heard what he has to say about Romney...has Dobson made a statement concerning him? If he's also against Romney, then the plan for a third party was the idea from the start for Dobson. Doesn't he remember what happened when Ross Perot ran?
Actually, if there had been a debate or something else significant, I WOULD believe it. I just don’t think anything has been going on that would indicate Mitt has really tripled his support.
Perhaps our SC folks can explain - but without an explanation, I’m very suspicious of this poll.
See here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/sc/south_carolina_republican_primary-233.html
http://americanresearchgroup.com/
Pretty fishy. They provide no details on their company, history, or purpose. A real communications firm would have a much better web page.
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He has the least chance. Two liberal nominees from each party with a Conservative 3rd party choice popping up means Hillary wins with a plurality. Fred is the only choice.
“Well spoken, ..., religious, and espousing conservative social and economic positions.”
Yes, ever since 2006 he has been.
Come on,Fred hasn’t done crap and you know it. Precious Willard might just beat this guy if he doesn’t get going !!!
I don’t believe this.
I don’t put much stock in polls, even the ones which show my favorite candidate ahead, especially one which purports to have polled “likely” voters. Even at this stage in the race, I’m betting lots of folk aren’t really paying too much attention yet. No sore loser here, I’m willing to wait and see how it all plays out.
Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson are tied for the lead among Republicans.
National Primary
Republicans Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Brownback 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Gingrich 12% 10% 13% 12% 10% 7% 6%
Giuliani 34% 27% 28% 24% 30% 27% 24%
Huckabee 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 3% 4%
Hunter - - 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
McCain 30% 23% 24% 20% 14% 13% 14%
Paul 1% - 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Romney 7% 12% 8% 10% 10% 16% 9%
Tancredo 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2%
F Thompson ni 9% 6% 15% 17% 16% 23%
Undecided 9% 14% 13% 11% 11% 14% 15%
Question wording:
Don’t count on Fred being in any of those debates. He ducked the two that came after he announced. He ducked those that came before. The GOP has made grievous errors in this process. I’m afraid that the end result will be four years of Hillary.
But the likelihood is that Hillary will screw up so badly that the conservatives will take a majority in 2010, though maybe not under the banner of the GOP. So maybe not all is lost.
I agree with you about the polls....there are just too many of them. If you follow Romney threads you might know some who I was directing my comments to.
Swapped Thompson and Romney data.
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