by Jill Zuckman
Remember when former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson was supposed to be the salvation of the Republican Party?
How things have changed in just a few short months.
According to a new poll by the University of New Hampshire for The Boston Globe, Republican primary voters in New Hampshire said Thompson is the candidate that they would be least likely to vote for, an interesting tidbit to put the GOP primary in perspective.
Forty-three percent of all likely Republican primary voters said Thompson is the candidate they would be least likely to vote for, far more than any other GOP candidate.
Twenty-one percent said the same of Sen. John McCain of Arizona; 14 percent said former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani; and 13 percent said former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney.
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Comments
Someone better wake up Thompson before it's too late!
Posted by: Marko | November 12, 2007 11:09 AM
An odd article, with no link to the actual Boston Globe Poll. I wondered why there wasn't a link, so I went to www.boston.com to find the actual poll results.
And as could be expected, the Boston Globe did complete polling on the 2 party's races, headlining who's ahead. On the Dem side, Clinton still leads St. Barack big. And Romney is ahead of Giuliani on the GOP side.
As usual, the Swamp reporter tried to hide the news that Obama was way behind in a crucial state.
The Boston Globe article reads:
"Republican Mitt Romney and Democrat Hillary Clinton remain the clear front-runners in the New Hampshire presidential primary, but both have vulnerabilities that could erode their support among voters in the weeks ahead, a new Boston Globe poll indicates.
Two months before the New Hampshire primary, Romney leads his nearest rival, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, 32 percent to 20 percent, with Senator John McCain of Arizona third at 17 percent. Among Democratic voters, Clinton, the New York senator, leads Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, 35 percent to 21 percent, with former senator John Edwards of North Carolina third at 15 percent.
The primary contest in both parties remains highly fluid - just 16 percent of likely Republican voters said they had definitely decided whom to back; among likely Democratic primary voters, only 24 percent are firm in their choice. And neither Clinton nor Romney has closed the deal with their party's voters, the poll suggests.
"It's still really open," said Andrew E. Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, which conducted the Globe poll.
In the Democratic race, Clinton's lead has narrowed 9 points since September, when a CNN/WMUR poll conducted by UNH showed her with a 43-to-20 percent advantage over Obama. Among Republicans, Romney has reestablished the lead over Giuliani that he enjoyed in the summer, after the same September poll showed the two candidates neck and neck."
Posted by: Bruce | November 12, 2007 3:58 PM