links for 2008-01-10
FOXNews.com – FOX News Poll: New Hampshire Republican Primary Voters Say Romney Played Dirty Politics Most – Polls | AP Polls | Gallup Poll | Opinion Polls (tags: romney nh 2008 polling)
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Steve Forbes, Rudy, Romney, and the economy
(Cross-posted from Redstate) Two days ago (technical problems delayed this) in Manchester, New Hampshire, I sat down with Steve Forbes, and we talked about his endorsement of Rudy Giuliani, and his thoughts on the economic records of the other candidates. As a supporter of Rudy Giuliani’s he has the most Read more…
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State of the race
After John McCain’s comeback victory, the game is still on. For each of the candidates: First, Mitt Romney must win in Michigan or drop out. He is going to have to talk about his business experience because of the weakness of his governing record. The clear rejection of his negative Read more…
links for 2008-01-09
Marc Ambinder (January 07, 2008) – Neilsen: 28,000 Spots Since January (tags: 2008 nh)
Why was the polling wrong in NH?
Matt Dabrowski, a pollster and a reader, sent in a letter about what happened with the broken polling in New Hampshire Just yesterday, some major media polls showed Barack Obama with a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton. But Clinton won the New Hampshire primary by at least 3%. At the Read more…
What high turnout means: Organization doesn’t matter much
New Hampshire had the potential to be another passion versus organization fight. John McCain has had amazing events overflowing with people. Mitt Romney not so much, with some evidence of Massachusetts astroturf. The polls seemed to settle on a 3-5 margin for McCain. Normally, I would have added another point Read more…
Report from the polls
When I pulled into the Hooksett polling place around 6:30 AM, I came into a traffic jam. It was 15 minutes before I could get to a parking spot. Simply put, turnout was huge. The Union-Leader reports massive turnout. The Secretary of State has predicted a 500k turnout, and three Read more…
WSJ’s knife in the heart of Romney’s base
Mitt Romney’s voters are upper-middle class. The kinds of people who read the Wall Street Journal. Today the Journal attempted an assist. On the top of the page was a piece entitled "McCain’s promise" with the pull-quote: It is cruel to compare the senator to most of his Republican competitors. Read more…
Final NH debate
I think that Mitt Romney and John McCain did fine. Romney did much better than last night. McCain was more low-key and seemed dignified. Once again, Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson played interference. I really doubt that this moved the ball too much.
Huckabee’s support more than Southern Evangelicals?
(cross-posted from Redstate) I just finished a Mitt Romney townhall in Nashua, NH. He had around 400 people, according to the campaign. I had just come from a similar event in Windham, just down the road, where Mike Huckabee had over 600. The Huckabee event clearly had more energy than Read more…