NH PrimR: CNN/Time: Romney has big lead in NH

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

New Poll: New Hampshire President by University of New Hampshire on 2007-12-10

Summary: Giuliani: 19%, McCain: 19%, Romney: 32%, Thompson, F: %, Other: 30%, Undecided: 0%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

A strong second would help Rudy here. McCain's chances are lessened if Obama wins Iowa because the Independents will come out for him over McCain.

[Mr. Morden]

I'm guessing that you won't see McCain saying anything critical of Huckabee or Thompson any time soon.  He'd presumably love for both Romney and Giuliani to be humiliated in Iowa, as that makes it more likely that he wins NH.  Huckabee also probably won't say anything bad about McCain, since he'd probably like McCain to knock off the two best funded candidates in the race in NH.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

He'll keep it - NH isn't known for always sticking with what IA does.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

except for 2004 when they jumped on the kerry bandwagon after he won in iowa.

[Verily]

except for 2004 when they jumped on the kerry bandwagon after he won in iowa.

That's not likely to happen for the Republicans in 2004. Huckabee just doesn't fit New Hampshire at all. Kerry and Dean were both pretty good fits for NH, or at least equally good.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

except for 2004 when they jumped on the kerry bandwagon after he won in iowa.

That's my point.  Except for 2004 (which is all that a lot of this forum remembers well and was alive [and actually cared about politics] for) - most everybody else was in their early teens, and don't remember the 2000 election.

[Inmate Trump]

I'm really going to be disappointed if either Romney or Huckabee wins this thing.  I like Huckabee (can't stand Romney) but neither one of them is electable.  A victory for them by winning the Republican nomination means a Democratic victory in November 2008, and unless that Democrat is Dodd, Biden, Clinton or Richardson, it'll be a big loss for the country.