Saturday, January 06, 2007
They've got him surrounded
As this article indicates, Romney is being slammed by everyone in the GOP field. It's interesting to me that Mitt's the primary target right now, and not the so-called "front runners." That tells me 3 things:
1) The second tier candidates feel Mitt has more support than the polls would indicate.
2) They view Mitt as vulnerable.
3) At this point, they view Mitt's candidacy as a more immediate obstacle to their own campaigns than the supposed front-runners.
1) The second tier candidates feel Mitt has more support than the polls would indicate.
2) They view Mitt as vulnerable.
3) At this point, they view Mitt's candidacy as a more immediate obstacle to their own campaigns than the supposed front-runners.
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1 comments:
I think #3 is the definite key. I would guess that the other SoCon candidates are just assuming that Rudy and McCain's leads will disappear in Repub primary, so it makes sense to really just focus on eliminating Mitt ASAP. Mitt is the biggest threat to those guys, since he has the best balance of fiscal and social conservatism now, plus enough charisma to be electable.
I think Rudy will definitely fall over time, but I'm interested to see what happens with McCain. This is not his first go at the primary, and he's been in the press a lot over the past several years, so voters certainly know him. So for him to be polling so well says there must be some strength behind his numbers.