Zogby: Romney Rockets!

[skipos]

Latest New Hampshire telephone poll shows Romney's support nearly doubles to 25% to tie McCain; Giuliani trails at 19%

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has rocketed to the top of the field of contenders for the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary crown, running dead even with Arizona Sen. John McCain at 25% each, a new Zogby International telephone poll shows. With Romney’s ascension, the GOP presidential race looks just like the Democratic contest – a three–way battle!

While McCain has held mostly steady at the top of the Republican field in New Hampshire, losing just one point since January, Romney has made the big move up from 13% two months ago. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who is the toast of Republican primary voters nationally, finds himself in third place in the Granite State at 19% support, falling slightly from 20% in January to 19% this week.

Fred Thompson, the actor and former senator from Tennessee won 6% support in this latest survey of 502 likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters, which was conducted April 2-3, 2007, and contains a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percentage points.

http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1280

GO MITT!!! He would be easier for us to beat than Dame Rudy, Fred Thompson or McCain, imo.

[Little Wing]

1. The GOP sure does love its pretty men

:eyes:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. can we call him "Dead Eye Mitt" for his hunting skills?

or will Mitt Hunter Romney suffice?

[Blackhatjack]

3. Tweety & Company must be deflated to learn that their pick Thompson got only 6% in N.H.

Tweety and Carlsson were going on and on about how Thompson was the real deal, how he would beat all the Democrats, and he would be the perfect candidate.

I guess this poll shows Thompson's TV appeal just does not translate well to positive polling numbers.

[AX10]

16. Tweety again showing that he is a Republican tool at heart.

[saltpoint]

4. I wonder how fluid these numbers are, and whether Romney's surge

is more a matter of people liking him better or liking McCain and Giuliani less.

[Colobo]

6. Romney is Bush's darling

He has the support from the fringe elements of the GOP.

[saltpoint]

9. Hi, Katzenkavalier. Yes -- I'd heard Jeb Bush has been directing some of

his staff folks toward Mitt's candidacy.

I expect Mitt is happy to have them aboard.

But my god what a creep.

[Raven]

5. Just wait until the yahoo repubs up here find out that Romney

has only "hunted" twice in his life. That will be the end of him.

[Blackhatjack]

7. Democatic Strategists Must Be Anxious To Get Started On Mitt Directed Ads...

So many issues, and so little time to cover it all!!

"Multiple Choice Mitt" will be in for a rough row to hoe!

[Czolgosz]

8. Romney was governor of neighboring Massachusetts. If he can't win New Hampshire, he can't win.

[dysfunctional press]

18. why do people think that neighboring states matter?

most people can't name the governors of the states that border their own...let alone know their politics.

[Czolgosz]

20. Neighboring states matter because Romney should have a network in Massachusetts and if you have ever

worked the New Hampshire primary, about half the organization is run from Massachusetts (largely from Boston). If Romney doesn't have the organization in Massachusetts from which to win the neighboring state primary, it is unlikely he'll have a sufficient organization in Iowa or South Carolina where he doesn't have a long history and a core of long-time supporters.

Plus, a huge portion of the southern New Hampshire population actually commutes to work in Massachusetts, and many in New Hampshire get their news (via newspapers and television and radio) from Massachusetts news outlets so these New Hampshire voters are very familiar with Romney and his work in Massachusetts. While some of those in New Hampshire who have become familiar with Romney will have grown to dislike and distrust him, some will have developed a level of comfort with him. If Romney can't build on this identification advantage in New Hampshire, how can he expect to build from the ground up in Iowa and South Carolina?

Whichever candidates have not won a single primary or caucus before February 5 will likely be eliminated on February 5. That gives Edwards, Obama, Hillary, and the rest of our candidates four chances to break out (the Iowa Caucus on January 14, the Nevada Caucus - Democratic only - on January 19, the New Hampshire Primary on January 22, and the South Carolina Primary on January 29) before the deluge on February 5. The Repubs have one less chance to break out because their Nevada Caucus is set for February 7, after the super vote on February 5.

[dsc]

10. If Romney wins it is a victory for demagogury pure and simple

The man has no apparent beliefs. He was against abortion before he was for abortion before he was against abortion. He was pro gay before he was anti gay. He was for gun control and now against it. Republicans, especially evangelicals, have a couple real deals and if they lose to the likes of Romney it shows them to be craven.

[LiberalEsto]

11. I call him Mittler

It seems to fit

[originalpckelly]

15. OMG!

:rofl:

It just flows out of one's mouth so easily. Mittler.

[LiberalEsto]

17. A bit shorter than Mittenfuhrer nt

[poverlay]

12. No, he would not be easier to beat. He is the greatest threat to this country since * reared his

cruel, ignorant head.

Please, Please do not underestimate Romney. He is the danger. He is the darkhorse who will do anything. Every hate filled, ignorant bigot in this country will fall in line right behind the starry eyed religious right phony to vote for him. The danger is the swing vote who will like him because he sounds and looks far better than *.

Alert
Alert
Alert
Danger DU
Danger caring, intelligent, people
Danger America
DANGER!!!

I pray that I'm wrong, but my instincts are ablaze.

[originalpckelly]

14. Romney is not friendly acting, he's just too stiff.

You need to keep in mind a lot of people in America are stupid, and it just doesn't matter how much you do or how smart you are if you're infected with Frankensteinitis.

[TwilightGardener]

22. He comes off as a nice guy, with a nice wife and family, to me. That

is a real problem. I don't like him, but he obviously has his home life sewn up pretty well, and that will fly with voters.

[skipos]

19. Who would be easier to beat?

Newt maybe... his fav/unfavs are even worse than Hillary's.
Not Dame Rudy, MSM will never tarnish the mythical "hero of 9-11" and I don't expect enough Americans to dig deep and find the truth for themselves.
McCain still has the "hero" and "maverick" status, and still beats many Dems in many polls. Will MSM turn on him, will AMericans dig deep? I dunno.
I think F. Thompson seems strong as well.

As for Mitt, he wouldn't win MA, and I think his flip flops and his religion (right or wrong) will lose him many votes. I am not saying it would be a breeze to beat him though.

[originalpckelly]

13. Yeah, he'll lose because he's too stiff like Kerry was.

This is a good thing, he's what they want, and he's stiff. There is a large group of people in America who don't like unfriendly stiff upper-class folks, and both Hillary and Romney give off that aura.

Edwards, Obama, and Fred Thompson on their side, should he get in, all have charisma and personality and seem very common man oriented, though Edwards does give off the slick lawyer type vibe as well, and people don't trust that vibe.

I think maybe Giuliani gives it off, and McCain used to, but now that he's sold his soul he's acting like Tom Cruise with Matt Lauer.

[WI_DEM]

21. Interesting, I thought that "America's Mayor" was indestructable but he's running third in NH!