Lest you think the mad scramble to move to February 5 has ended, I give you Rhode Island and their 20 delegates this morning.
The state lawmakers voted yesterday to move their primary to February 5, joining at least 20 other states on that day.
The only polling done for Rhode Island was in April of 2006, long before Giuliani entered the race or anyone was really paying attention. At that time, McCain was leading Romney 50-14. Governor Carcieri has endorsed Romney.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am
Great news for Rudy! Rhode Island has the highest percentage of Italian-Americans in the nation. Rudy has RI locked up.
In fact, SurveyUSA has even polled Rudy beating Hillary in Rhode Island, even though it is normally one of the very most liberal states in the union. Can you say a 50-state campaign with Rudy at the helm???
October 31st, 2007 at 11:04 am
Great News For Romney…and Rudy, both have a claim.
Anyway, What a stupid move, all it does is makes them less relevant. It is quite possible that after Feb. 5th there will two standing, which makes all of the remaining states that much more important. All RI did was ensure that they were overshadowed by CA, TX, NJ, NY, etc. Again, it makes RI less relevant.
By the way, I ranked the GOP candidates over at Dry Fly and discussed the recent ARG poll, check it out at http://www.dryflypolitics.com
October 31st, 2007 at 11:12 am
Swint, I agree. (Except the part about it being great news for Romney too.)
October 31st, 2007 at 11:25 am
nice rankings swint. i agree with them except the part about huckabee being in third.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:36 am
Rhode Island is more heavily influenced by Massachusetts than NYC, and Carcieri isn’t merely the most popular Republican in the state: he’s the most popular politician from either party in the state. This could, indeed, be good news for Mitt.