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bedsitter23The headlines are all about Chris Christie this week as he still maintains he is not a candidate for President, even with the recent poll that 50%of Republicans are not satisfied with the current field. To be fair, politically incorrect as they may, Letterman's 'Fat Christie' jokes are one of the best things going on in CampaignLand right now.
Nothing makes them want you more than not actually being interested in racing. Whether Christie is one of the good ones- a guy too modest to actually believe he should be President or perhaps someone who puts his family first- or someone who doesn't want his secret orgies to come out, Christie is on record saying "What do I have to do - Commit Suicide?" to prove he's not running.
This may also explain why Mitt Romney is winning in Iowa all of a sudden. Romney has had 50 less campaign events in Iowa than Bachmann, Cain, Newt and Santorum and has even spent less days in Iowa than recent entry Rick Perry.
Still, he's at the top in the Hawkeye State.
Romney 21%
Bachmann 15%
Perry 14%
Paul 12%
Gingrich 8%
Cain 6%
Palin 4%
Santorum 2%
Huntsman 1%
Roemer 1%
It should also be noted that a large enough group (15%) is still undecided. Again as I noted yesterday, Perry and Bachmann seem to have the biggest back and forth going on.
Self-identified Republicans like Romney best (22%) and Independents like Paul (23%) and Bachmann (20%), with Romney finishing third in this group (13%). Bachmann is most popular with the Tea Party supporters (19%), with Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Cain all bunched up for second in that group. Unsurprisingly, Romney is far ahead among people who don't consider themselves "Tea party".
Of course, this Iowa and in February, it can be damn cold (and icy), so there's also the all important "definitely going to caucus vs. probably going to caucus" results.
The race among the "drive through ten feet of snow" crowd is close (Romney 19%, Bachmann 15%, Perry 15%, Paul 14%, Gingrich 9%, Cain 5%), but if it is a mild winter day, it's probably going to end up going to Willard in a landslide (Romney 25%, Bachmann, 14%, Perry 13%, Cain 8%,Gingrich 6%, Paul 6%). Well, you gotta give the Paul Revolution points for dependability.
Nothing makes them want you more than not actually being interested in racing. Whether Christie is one of the good ones- a guy too modest to actually believe he should be President or perhaps someone who puts his family first- or someone who doesn't want his secret orgies to come out, Christie is on record saying "What do I have to do - Commit Suicide?" to prove he's not running.
This may also explain why Mitt Romney is winning in Iowa all of a sudden. Romney has had 50 less campaign events in Iowa than Bachmann, Cain, Newt and Santorum and has even spent less days in Iowa than recent entry Rick Perry.
Still, he's at the top in the Hawkeye State.
Romney 21%
Bachmann 15%
Perry 14%
Paul 12%
Gingrich 8%
Cain 6%
Palin 4%
Santorum 2%
Huntsman 1%
Roemer 1%
It should also be noted that a large enough group (15%) is still undecided. Again as I noted yesterday, Perry and Bachmann seem to have the biggest back and forth going on.
Self-identified Republicans like Romney best (22%) and Independents like Paul (23%) and Bachmann (20%), with Romney finishing third in this group (13%). Bachmann is most popular with the Tea Party supporters (19%), with Paul, Gingrich, Perry, Cain all bunched up for second in that group. Unsurprisingly, Romney is far ahead among people who don't consider themselves "Tea party".
Of course, this Iowa and in February, it can be damn cold (and icy), so there's also the all important "definitely going to caucus vs. probably going to caucus" results.
The race among the "drive through ten feet of snow" crowd is close (Romney 19%, Bachmann 15%, Perry 15%, Paul 14%, Gingrich 9%, Cain 5%), but if it is a mild winter day, it's probably going to end up going to Willard in a landslide (Romney 25%, Bachmann, 14%, Perry 13%, Cain 8%,Gingrich 6%, Paul 6%). Well, you gotta give the Paul Revolution points for dependability.
