The Gallup Poll released the latest GOP standings yesterday. Mayor Rudy Giuliani continues to lead with the recently announced Fred Thompson trailing by 8 points. Senator John McCain is now ahead of Mitt Romney. One thing of note, I’m seeing a lot of interest in Ron Paul both online and in my community (Texas), but he’s tied with Mike Huckabee at only 4% in the polls.
I’ll be curious to see if Paul is able to convert all of his recent media attention to a bump in the polls in the coming weeks. Props to Fred Thompson for making a strong entry into the Presidential race. With so many candidates running for one nomination spot, its amazing that he’s already in the number two spot after a couple of (official) weeks.
Iowa Mayhem
The primaries started with a bang, didn’t they? Huckabee winning the Republican side isn’t too surprising, but beating Romney by eleven points is. Iowa was Romney’s strategy, win big early and build from there. The other candidates have already been spending time in the other primary states, so Romney is now playing catch up. This early upset can’t be good for him.
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