FutureGM Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Ah, alright. Oh well. Romney is the party base candidate How? My understanding was that Fred Thompson is the base candidate... Romney is just the GOP's answer to John Kerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricWiener Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Ah, alright. Oh well. Romney is the party base candidate How? Just look up his favorables among self-identified conservatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Night Phantom Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm not going to call anyone who's radically changed a few of his views the base candidate. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricWiener Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm not going to call anyone who's radically changed a few of his views the base candidate. Sorry. OK then, call him the candidate favored by the party base at this moment. :whistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Night Phantom Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 What polls are you looking at? Rasmussen: 27% Giuliani 16% McCain 14% Thompson 12% Romney Big group link FOX News 22% Giuliani 15% McCain 13% Thompson 10% Romney USA Today/Gallup 32% Giuliani 19% McCain 11% Thompson 12% Romney ABC News/W Post 32% Giuliani 19% McCain 11% Thompson 9% Romney McLaughlin 24% Giuliani 17% McCain 18% Thompson 7% Romney Zogby 26% Giuliani 13% McCain 10% Thompson 10% Romney Hotline/FD 26% Giuliani 17% McCain 9% Thompson 8% Romney Look at that strong base support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricWiener Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Romney leads the CPAC and Heritage Foundation straw polls, those are the conservatives. The 30% or so of the party that always shows up. It doesn't matter what the national poll says, because primaries are state by state, and it doesn't matter what self-identified Republicans say because primaries are about who shows up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Night Phantom Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 In the CPAC poll taken during the conference in March, Romney was winning by 4 points over Giuliani before the debates started. These polls are now three months old. Furthermore, the polls didn't include Fred Thompson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyTHEGANGSTER Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Ron Paul comes in second at Utah Straw Poll (not an online poll, an official poll with delegates) to Romney: http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/224903/4/ Apparently, Ron Paul is not a fringe candidate, and taken in conjunction with reports his campaign has begun massing millions of dollars, he is starting to make a serious run. __________________ U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies (see http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/11/world/mi...amp;oref=slogin) You would think that after what happenrf after we supported Sunni militants in Afghanistan in the 80s, we would learn our lesson by now. There's your foreign policy people! I'm not sure who exactly it is supposed to keep "safe" in the long run, but hey, vote Romney, Giulliani, or McCain, and we'll keep on arming those Sunni militants! I'm sure it is as brilliant as arming those militants to overthrow Iran (according to some reports, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../27/wiran27.xml). Overthrowing an Iranian government in the past did not turn out so well. Sadly, I think this will "blow back" up in our faces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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