Why do I suspect that Romney’s consistent 26-32% is what’s left of ‘moderate’ Republicans, and represents his ceiling in the GOP primaries? His only chance may be to keep all the other candidates in the race to split the Alan Keyes vote long enough to clinch the nomination.
Recent Political History:(From Gallup, 10/23/07)Gallup’s 2007 national presidential polling strongly points to Clinton winning the 2008 Democratic nomination. Barring something unusual or otherwise unexpected, she is well positioned for the 2008 Democratic primaries. Obama has not been an insignificant rival: he came within single digits of tying Clinton for the lead at two points this spring. But he has recently lost ground and is now in the weakest position relative to Clinton that he has been in all year. No other announced or potential Democratic candidate has come close to threatening Clinton’s front-runner status since the campaign began, including former Vice President Al Gore and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.(Per RCP, national polls had Obama running between 17-26% that month, to Clinton’s 38-51%. Both Fox and USA Today showed that Edwards was running 3rd throughout 2007, and Clark’s run was against Kerry in ’04.)
“Americans Favor Jobs Plan, Including Taxing Rich”: http://www.gallup.com/poll/149567/Americans-Favor-Jobs-Plan-Proposals-Including-Taxing-Rich.aspx/“Romney is essentially tied with Obama in the latest head-to-head matchup for the general election, and currently trails Perry in Republicans’ current preferences for the party’s presidential nominee”: http://www.gallup.com/poll/149612/Voters-Considering-Romney-Obama-Perry.aspx
pirate227 almost 13 years ago
ZING!
Dirty Dragon over 12 years ago
Why do I suspect that Romney’s consistent 26-32% is what’s left of ‘moderate’ Republicans, and represents his ceiling in the GOP primaries? His only chance may be to keep all the other candidates in the race to split the Alan Keyes vote long enough to clinch the nomination.
Dirty Dragon over 12 years ago
Recent Political History:(From Gallup, 10/23/07)Gallup’s 2007 national presidential polling strongly points to Clinton winning the 2008 Democratic nomination. Barring something unusual or otherwise unexpected, she is well positioned for the 2008 Democratic primaries. Obama has not been an insignificant rival: he came within single digits of tying Clinton for the lead at two points this spring. But he has recently lost ground and is now in the weakest position relative to Clinton that he has been in all year. No other announced or potential Democratic candidate has come close to threatening Clinton’s front-runner status since the campaign began, including former Vice President Al Gore and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.(Per RCP, national polls had Obama running between 17-26% that month, to Clinton’s 38-51%. Both Fox and USA Today showed that Edwards was running 3rd throughout 2007, and Clark’s run was against Kerry in ’04.)
Dirty Dragon over 12 years ago
Also, too: Rudy Giuliani was ‘running away’ with the Republican nomination at the time.
halfabug over 12 years ago
He blindsided the uninformed. vetting would have been nice.
Dirty Dragon over 12 years ago
“Adjust your talking points”? To paraphrase Twain: Better to have people think you’re a party hack than to remove all doubt. Cheers.
BrianCrook over 12 years ago
“Americans Favor Jobs Plan, Including Taxing Rich”: http://www.gallup.com/poll/149567/Americans-Favor-Jobs-Plan-Proposals-Including-Taxing-Rich.aspx/“Romney is essentially tied with Obama in the latest head-to-head matchup for the general election, and currently trails Perry in Republicans’ current preferences for the party’s presidential nominee”: http://www.gallup.com/poll/149612/Voters-Considering-Romney-Obama-Perry.aspx