Romney Wins Beaufort County, South Carolina Straw Poll
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Romney: 36
Giuliani: 24
Gingrich: 18
F. Thompson: 14
McCain: 5
Huckabee: 2
Tancredo: 2
Hunter: 1
T. Thompson: 1
Romney is picking up steam in SC. He nearly tripled his polling there a few days ago, and won a student Republican straw poll a few weeks ago.
Romney didn't do to well in the Spartanburg one, but he did do well in this as well as the recent Fox news poll. Not to mention he was in 2nd place in the recent Dillon County, SC straw poll behind McCain.
I think Romney is picking up steam, but you might also have some gas.
Got a link to that joy joy joy, happy happy happy news?
Or can I just go to Mitt's web site for the full press release?
Nothing like campaign press releases posing as commentary here on RS...Yum!
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Jason
I'm not convinced on who I am going to vote for, but I do tend get argo over what is really just campaign spam.
On your web site you posted this news already, this very same "news factoid". I'd call that Blog Spam.
I would point out to you that in the spirit of transparency there is another poster here on RS that is on the Brownback team, and preferences all his postings with a disclaimer that he so. He also does not crank out a posting for his guy on one of the his sites then come here and repost it, especially when it is bereft of real commentary or dialog on a real issue.
It's not my house so I'm not going to tell you what to do, but I really wish you would think a bit about how you may be turning off people on your guy by being way over the top.
You are not the Borg and we will not be assimilated.
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But I think I am pretty upfront about about the sites I blog about. If cross-posting news worthy poll results here turns you off to Romney than I think your support of him was highly unlikely. I think my last paragraph say where my allegiance lies, and I think you knew this full well.
I think your previous comments to me reflect that you opinions are more shaded by a dislike of Romney rather than concern for this site. Your foolish to argue otherwise.
OK Fine....it's really up to the editors and moderators for deciding what's fish and what's fowl. So I'll leave it to them to comment or not on what's appropriate content.
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Everyone knows where Jason, gamecock, me, and several other Romney-supporters stand. The anti-Romney crowd keeps pointing out that Romney has little support in (meaningless) national polls. Romney's supporters have every right to point out that in the early states that matter most (if you look back at Kerry's campaign in '04, Bush's campaign in '00, Dole's campaign in '96, and HW's campaign in '88), he is gaining momentum in some polls and taking the lead in others.
If Romney wins the 2Q money race, his poll numbers will continue to rise. Whoever wins that race will get a noticeable bump.
...Mr. Bonham has made his affiliations clear, and, as he knows, is free to continue posting in the blogs here.
-JE
McCain has really fallen. He's not my guy in the primary (a once enthusiastic Rudy supporter, I am now a bit more timid in my support, and am hoping FDT jumps in the race), but I'd certainly vote for McCain in the general. In any case, this seems to be some good news for the Romney camp. It looked like he may have slipped a little in the last Gallup poll, but that may have been more of an aberration than anything else. We'll see.
Don't get me wrong, for Mitt Romney to have raised over 20 million is impressive. But if one takes a closer look at where the donations came from, one finds Romney got far more "big" donations than did McCain. What that means is that in the next round or two of fundraising, Romney's donors will be tapped out to the max, whereas McCain's campaign can go back and get repeat donations (in smaller quantities) from the same loyal donors. Romney will be forced to expand his base of support, but if Fred Thompson gets in the race, Romney will have a difficult time raising money from new donors. For Mitt Romney, it could be a case where he might have peaked too early.
I disagree with this because Mitt's potential base was so much smaller and he still won. He did not have name recognition and he had low national poll numbers. Once he becomes more visible and people see him as more viable, he'll have a whole new base to tap into on top of his already impressive donor list. It seems McCain and Rudy have little inroads to make. They are national figures. Those two will peter out before Mitt.
Mitt's average comtribution amount was $600 approximately. The limit is $2300. Still plenty of room, and plenty more low hanging fruit. Mitt's a smart guy, too smart to give everything in the first quarter.
I feel bad doing this since I am the guy that says spelling is the hobgoblin of puny minds...
but it is a proper name
in my home state
I remain leaning to Mitt
nice story
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
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"One man with courage makes a majority." - Andrew Jackson
Sense we are posting poll reports of differing pedigree and of goodness knows what significance, I thought I'd add one to your list.
In that March 2 poll of 776 GOP voters in the city of Spartanburg, Hunter garnered 158 votes, only four fewer than Giuliani and six fewer than McCain. Romney, who spent tens of thousands on television commercials and other efforts, got 80 votes.
Source North County Times (San Diego).
I'm sure someone, somewhere running for President is picking up steam, or is it gas from eating at the various diners that dot this land of ours.
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