New nationwide polls show Former Tennessee U.S. Senator and Law and Order Actor Fred Thompson near the top. He is tied for the lead according to Rasmussen and a LA Times/Bloomberg poll showed him in a close 2nd. Thompson has yet to officially join the race and he has constant publicity and strong polls. Many worried he couldn't catch up in fundraising but with this great numbers and the media attention he gets Thompson should easily earn enough money to competee with McCain, Giuliani, and Romney. The only area Thompson needs to improve is in early states like Iowa NH and SC. He currently leads in SC but trails by wide margins in Iowa and NH. Of course new polls havene't been amde since his huge surge in the most recent polls. Thompson really has surged into this race and thrusted McCain and Giuliani from their 2-man show. Romney is even getting pushed out of the spotlight for once. His lead in NH is dwindling since Thompson started his exploratory committee. Thompson is going for the ultra conservative role that Romney and Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore have been playing very poorly. He wants to gain conservative votes where frontrunners McCain and Giuliani struggle. 3 out of 4 conservatives will not vote for either McCain or Giuliani under any circumstances and that leaves a huge spot for someone to jump in and Thompson has taken that spot. Can Thompson continue this buzz? if you remember Obama had this same buzz but it died off after a month and Rudy held a 30-40 point lead until he dropped. Will Gingrich or other possible contenders like Hagel take the spotlight away and steal some of those conservative votes? There is a loyt of pressure on Thompson to hold this surge and we will find out if he can ery soon.
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