Rasmussen Reports: Giuliani 30%, McCain, Thompson tied with 14%, Romney 11%

[flpoljunkie]

2008 Republican Presidential Primary

Giuliani 30% McCain 14% Thompson 14%
May 1, 2007

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani remains on top in the race for the GOP nomination and now enjoys support from 30% of Likely Voters. That’s more than twice the total of any other candidate. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and Arizona Senator John McCain are tied for second at 14%.

Thompson has been in the 12% to 14% range for each of the five surveys since his name was floated as a possible candidate.

McCain, once considered the dominant frontrunner, has struggled in recent months. His support among Likely GOP Primary voters has fallen eight percentage points since January. His numbers now are strongest among independents likely to vote in a Republican Primary. In Election 2000, McCain did best in open primaries that allowed independents to vote. Then Governor Bush did best in Primary states where only Republicans could vote.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney remains the only other candidate in double digits. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich remains in fifth place with 8% support.
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Rasmussen Reports releases updated polling data on the Republican nominating contest every Tuesday. Results for the Democrats are updated on Mondays. The current survey is based upon national telephone interviews with 602 Likely Republican Primary Voters conducted April 23-26, 2007. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Political%20Tracking/Republican%20Primary/2008GOPPresidentialPrimary.htm

[MrModerate]

1. After 2000, I no longer use the term "unelectable . . ."

Clearly *anyone* is electable (or at least selectable). So I'm still looking for a term that would embrace Giuliani and Romney, et al, without being hubristic.

Suffice it to say that Hizzoner's dubious charm will continue to shrivel as he's exposed to non-Kool Aid drinkers and as his actual record in NY and supremely unattractive character are revealed.

Romney oozes phoniness from every pore, and the wingnut base is not going to be happy voting for a Mormon, which together seriously undercut the base of *anyone* who'd vote for the goniff.

McCain is a rabid dog who's lost all his teeth.

Thompson is still a cipher. Hard to imagine he could get organized in time. Especially since he has "acting commitments" to fulfill before he can even consider a bid. Can you say "unserious?"

Gingrich is even slimier than Rudy with a whole 'nother traincar of baggage, both moral and professional.

I think the term I'm looking for to cover all these guys is "loser."

[TwilightGardener]

2. Loser sums it up nicely, thanks, I am not worried about ANY of them.

[Tipring]

3. Loser

I really like the field of Republicans running, they all are plugs, but let us not forget that we found a way to lose to W in 2004. We found a way to allow W to be appointed in 2000. Never undermisunderestimate the ability of our Democrats to find a way to blow an election. Both of those elections were elections for us to find a way to lose and we succeeded.
I do like the collections of losers the R's are putting out there though and I just love all we have out there, and I think the American people will too.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Agree--can't get complacent. And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Untrue about 2004

Wartime incumbents rarely lose. Even when that are sub-primates.

[jcrew2001]

6. I can't believe Hillary loses to Thompson

thats umpossible.

[BlueStater]

7. It's still early

And according to the poll, Ghouliani's popularity has gone down 13 points since December.