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[Saxwsylvania]

That's the lowest for McCain in many months.  *Too* low, in my opinion.  I definitely think he has a better than 37% chance of winning the nomination.  Yes, he has his vulnerabilities, but that's not exactly a first rate crop of candidates he's running against!

If we say that the Big 3 of Romney, Rudy, and McCain are the only Republicans with a chance at the nomination, then they should each have around 33%.  If anything McCain's is too high, and I'm still puzzled as to why most of the forum considers McCain to be a shoe-in for the nomination.

[Saxwsylvania]

I think Democrats are definitely afraid of Fred Thompson.  They try to comfort themselves by saying "he's a pro-war southern conservative . . . can't win."  But in the back of their minds they know that he can win, and it gives them the creeps to think that the American people might put a Bush clone back in the White House in 2008.