tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post7071226243605312957..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Edwards, Giuliani, Debates and Super TuesdayJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-63031986757297737202008-02-01T11:20:00.000-05:002008-02-01T11:20:00.000-05:00Rob,All too true about Romney. I was going to say...Rob,<BR/>All too true about Romney. I was going to say something similar to what Obama said about Romney last night in the debate, but he said it better. He just hasn't gotten a good return on his investment thus far. And that's a problem. You can spend all the money in the world but if you've had difficulty getting through to people with that money already, then chances are it won't happen. Though it could be argued that that type of spending has a better chance of success on the national level than on a state by state basis. The opposite could be argued also though.Josh Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-52252117976473595912008-01-31T15:30:00.000-05:002008-01-31T15:30:00.000-05:00Josh,Good stuff! I agree that McCain is looking ve...Josh,<BR/><BR/>Good stuff! I agree that McCain is looking very strong, but he did not look good in the debate last night. The debates have not been as decisive on the Republican side as they have been for the Democrats. Romney has enough money to make a difference between now and then, but he has not been effective in spending it wisely to this point. Aren't we supposed to get the financial reports today?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-72418722311249524032008-01-31T14:58:00.000-05:002008-01-31T14:58:00.000-05:00Thanks Rob. I always look at the averages and the...Thanks Rob. I always look at the averages and they are slow to update those apparently. <BR/><BR/>Those are definitely some rapid switches. The one-on-one debate tonight will be big. I'm excited to see it. It may be too late to have a one-on-one on the GOP side. Then again, I suppose Romney has the money to stay in this thing for the long haul if he so desires. It'll be hard if McCain becomes the de facto nominee after Super Tuesday as one of his <A HREF="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/01/mccain_internal_memo_de_facto.html" REL="nofollow">internal campaign memos suggests</A>.Josh Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-84456634735076038012008-01-31T13:53:00.000-05:002008-01-31T13:53:00.000-05:00The link ishttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls...The link is<BR/><BR/>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/<BR/>epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html<BR/><BR/>You may have to cut and paste as I had to divide it to keep it in the box.<BR/><BR/>When I looked earlier this morning, it had Clinton up by 6 in Massachusetts and 3 in California which was very different from the last one. There is another one posted since then that has her up by 28 in Mass., but that may have been done earlier. McCain also seems to be loing some advantage over Romney, too, but Huckabee is falling like a rock. Again these are single datapoints which may mean nothing, but there appear to be some trends.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-9391692522253736072008-01-31T13:45:00.000-05:002008-01-31T13:45:00.000-05:00Rob,Do you have a link? My glance at RCP shows no...Rob,<BR/>Do you have a link? My glance at RCP shows no polls any more recent than Tuesday (and I'm assuming those were completed before the results were fully in in Florida). Other than that, Clinton seems to have some healthy leads across the board. <BR/><BR/>I didn't catch the debate, but the write ups that I read seemed to indicate that Huckabee was on his game. There were some good one liners. Huckabee is the new Edwards.Josh Putnamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-46580261009909468132008-01-31T10:13:00.000-05:002008-01-31T10:13:00.000-05:00Rich and Josh,Have you seen today's California and...Rich and Josh,<BR/><BR/>Have you seen today's California and Massachusetts polls on realclearpolitics.com? Either there are some serious abberations going on in today's polls OR there are some major shifts going on. Did Kennedy's endorsement make that much difference? This morning on the way in I heard about the Georgia poll you mentioned in the discussion group testerday, Rich, with Hillary and Obama even ion Georgia but it doesn't show up on the list in realclearpolitics.com.<BR/><BR/>Bill Schneider of CNN gave last night's debate to Huckabee. Supporters of the other three were incensed. Supporters of Paul and Huckabee were upset about the lack of equal time. I thought they alloted time on the basis of results in the contests so far. I think Huckabee looked good because he responded selectively to what the two leaders (or managers if you prefer)said, but he didn't get any tough questions. What did you think about the debate?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379192575044761972noreply@blogger.com