Posted by: McQ on Thursday, December 27, 2007 With a week to go until the Iowa caucuses, Rasmussen points to the tightening of the race among Republicans in its national poll: In the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination, it’s Mike Huckabee at 20%, Rudy Giuliani 18%, John McCain 14%, Mitt Romney 13%, and Fred Thompson at 11%.That shows Romney slipping into 4th place by a point. Ron Paul is at 5%. Of course the margin of sampling error for each is +/- 4 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. So it could be even tighter than shown. All of that to point to something Rasmussen quoted in the report: An Inside Report by Robert Novak says that McCain is now “viewed by canny Republican professionals as the best bet to win the party's presidential nomination.” McCain has the highest favorability ratings of any candidate in either party—55%. He is viewed favorably by 43% of Democrats and 60% of those not affiliated with either major party (see key stats for all Republican candidates). McCain has opened up a six-point lead over Hillary Clinton.You've been hearing these rumbles for weeks, the almost Lazarus like resurrection of the McCain candidacy? Lord help us all, it may be true. |
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