Poll: McCain Gaining Ground Nationally
The new Gallup poll shows John McCain enjoying a bump in the national polls, statistically tied for second place with Fred Thompson. Rudy Giuliani has 30%, Thompson 22%, McCain 18%, and Mitt Romney 7%. A month ago, Gallup's numbers had Romney narrowly overtaking McCain for third place.
On the other hand, McCain still has a lot of room to make up in the key primary and caucus states, where Romney is performing strongly. Can McCain leverage this bump in support into the states where it counts?
Comments (8)
Daniel wrote on September 19, 2007 9:58 AM:Before when we justified why Romney was so low in national polls, we said he had no name ID. But now that he has been at 15-16% and has fallen back to 7-8%, that explanation really doesn't work anymore.
www.campaigndiaries.com david knowles wrote on September 19, 2007 10:00 AM:McCain, at least, agreed to debate on Univision. One wonders why he wouldn't do the same with Tavis Smiley...
http://news.aol.com/elections-blog/2007/09/19/does-the-gop-care-about-black-people/
KingElvis wrote on September 19, 2007 10:04 AM:Kind of surprised to see Romney so low in the polls. I guess a double talking, totally insincere member of a bizarre cult doesn't wash well even with the GOP.
Matt wrote on September 19, 2007 10:20 AM:I wonder who Romney endorses after NH & Iowa? This is such a strange Repblican field... Hardly a bible thumper among them.. Not one of these guys (to my knowledge) has been born again.
Andrew wrote on September 19, 2007 11:25 AM:I'm sure the campaign consultants are saving the 'rebirth' for an October surprise.
The Conservative Deflator wrote on September 19, 2007 11:36 AM:Good God, what a bunch of doorknobs! If this the best that the GOP has to offer, they are in a world of hurt. I wouldn't put any one of them in charge of the pony ride at the circus, let alone in the White House. Catchers Mitt Romney (a/k/a Willard the Mormon) does bear an interesting resemblance to Bryan Ferry, the former Roxy Music lead singer, who is one of favorite all-time vocalists.
bob wrote on September 19, 2007 12:18 PM:Remind me again why anyone should care about national polls when the caucuses and primaries happen in specific states?
Don't fool yourselves; it's Mitt Romney's race to lose right now.
Paul Gilmartin wrote on September 19, 2007 3:53 PM:I'm not saying this to be funny but has anyone considered the fact that McCain's recent behavior may be due to a psychological problem? As The Daily Show pointed out, he contradicted numerous aspects of his comments from the Congressional hearings with Petraeus when he appeared on Meet the Press. I know politicians flip-flop but his comments were startlingly contradictory. Melanoma can come back as an internal problem, often times manifesting in the brain. I think he may be,literally, losing his mind.
