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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Richard Adams

Fred Thompson death watch: 6% edition

As the National Review Online so eloquently puts it, "Yikes":

[Fred] Thompson has accomplished something once thought impossible - he now has higher negative ratings among Republican primary voters than [John] McCain.


Oh boy. According to a Rasmussen poll, 38% of those likely to vote in New Hampshire's primary have an unfavorable opinion of the former Tennessee senator. According to its new poll:

Romney now has support from 28% of likely primary voters while Giuliani earns the vote from 19%. McCain at 16% and Huckabee at 10% are the only other Republicans in double digits. Thompson attracts just 6% of the vote...


Will he still be in the running come New Hampshire? Not at this rate. I've said it before and I'll say it again: out before Iowa.

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