Zogby: McCain Ahead In South Carolina, But He Might Be Slipping
This morning's Zogby poll of South Carolina shows John McCain still in the lead, but underneath the tracking numbers there might be some movement in the wrong direction for him:
McCain 29%
Huckabee 22%
Romney 15%
Thompson 13%
Paul 4%
Giuliani 2%
Some commentary from John Zogby: "There is movement afoot in the Palmetto State. The precise three-day rolling average is McCain 28.6%, Huckabee 22.3%, Romney 15.4%, and Thompson 13.2%. The very first day of polling McCain led by double digits. In the single day of polling on Thursday alone, Romney hit 19%, while McCain’s lead over Huckabee stood at only 3.2%. If Romney continues to gain after Michigan it will hurt McCain."
Comments (7)
Anonymous wrote on January 18, 2008 9:07 AM:As a moderate Republican I prefer McCain, could vote for MIT and probably Huck.
I hope the voters of SC are wise enough to support McCain.
We will see.. bubba will do as bubba pleases.
wwjb wrote on January 18, 2008 9:19 AM:At least if Hillary and McCain get the nominations, I'll have a partial victory when McCain stomps her in the sense that I will be able to yell "I told you so you stupid assholes" at every Hillary supporter who didn't have enough sense to realize she is the Typhoid Mary of electoral politics.
It will be a pretty hollow victory though, because we'll have another 4-8 years of Republican rule. It is better than her winning in a way however, because if McCain is in power we can still use the "change" argument, but if Hillary is president, that will be the official answer of the Democrat party to the publics desire for change: more of the same. We'll go back to having absolutely no message, nothing coherent to offer to the voters, just like the 90s. So what I'm saying is, in a way, a Republican presidential victory in 08 may be better for our party than a Clinton victory...in a round about way.
Angry Vet wrote on January 18, 2008 10:33 AM:WWJB-
Watch out. I remember hearing this line quite a bit in the run up to 2004, with a number of people saying (well, once we get Hillary in there...."
Nora wrote on January 19, 2008 2:01 AM:wwjb: be careful what you wish for. do you realize how many supreme court appts the next president will get to make?
joe schmoe wrote on January 19, 2008 2:33 AM:Two Obama supporters said they received automated phone calls Friday evening in which the senator was described as supporting a Republican agenda. Gregory Martin, a financial adviser in Reno, said the caller, who had a woman's voice, said she was calling to bring to his attention recent comments Obama had made "in support of the Republican Party and Bush's vision for America." The call also said Obama was in favor of storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain and was identified as coming from "friends of Hillary Clinton," Martin said.
Amber Erlich, an Obama volunteer from Phoenix, received a similar recorded call at the home of another volunteer in Pioche, Nev., she said. The caller, also a woman, said Obama wants to dump waste at Yucca Mountain and had called the Republican Party "the party of ideas," Erlich said. The Clinton campaign did not immediately respond to request for comment.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_reagan
I don't know, I kinda liked the 90's. If you are too young to remember them I understand.
drubs wrote on January 19, 2008 3:21 AM:Go Huck Go. Please let him be the republican nominee.
