Poll: Thompson shakes up GOP race (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Poll: Thompson shakes up GOP race

By ALAN FRAM and TREVOR TOMPSON, Associated Press Writers
54 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Fred Thompson's expected entry into the
tight Republican presidential race is drawing crucial
strength from conservatives and older men, vaulting him
into the thick of the GOP nomination fight, an Associated
Press-Ipsos poll says.

The survey shows the top Democratic contender, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, with twice the support from women as her
nearest rival but dwindling strength among men. Her margin
over Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has eroded slightly since
the last AP-Ipsos poll in March.

-snip-

That has helped inject Thompson firmly into the top tier
among GOP contenders in the AP-Ipsos poll, released
Saturday. It shows former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
with 27 percent; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at 19 percent;
Thompson essentially even with McCain at 17 percent; and
former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at 10 percent.

On the Democratic side, Clinton, the New York senator,
is drawing support from four in 10 women — a block that
accounted for 54 percent of the vote in 2004's key
Democratic primaries. One in three of her supporters cite
her experience, the most among Democrats.

-snip-

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_el_pr/2008_candidates_poll_1

[BeyondGeography]

1. So much for Huckmentum

[sendero]

2. People here dismiss Thompson...

... but I'm saying it here and now if he runs he will be hard to beat with any of the contenders we presently have.

His style of rhetoric will play big time with Republicans, and do well with independents also. Dismiss him all you want, he is our biggest threat.

[Jade Fox]

4. Agree, he's our biggest threat, but......

it remains to be seen how big any GOP threat can be at this point.

Thompson has a LOT going against him. He's not likely to appeal to women for a number of reasons. He's a career lobbyist. He's got a mediocre-to-atrocious record as a Senator, etc. etc.

I know that many Americans don't cast their vote for any kind of logical reason, and Thompson does have a sort of good 'ole boy appeal similar to what people liked about Bush. But at this point he is still mostly an indication of how desperate the GOP is for any candidate who is not hated by some major section of their base.

My prediction is that Thompson won't stand up well to the pressure of being a Presidential candidate, and will make stupid moves, just like all the other GOP clowns running have done.

[BootinUp]

5. I agree with you. n/t

[primative1]

3. So Sad For Mitt Romney ..

But a fine man like that .. I'm just so certain he will find something wonderful to do with all those left over milllions he has on his donation plate ..