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Friday, January 25, 2008

Romney Wins Florida Debate

According to Rasmussen, the key winner in last nights debate was Romney. Romney has been gaining ground on McCain in Florida, despite the media not noticing. According to the polls, Romney had a 54% chance of winning Florida before the debate, with McCain at 38%. By the end of the evening, Romney was at 60%, with McCain at 33%.

Giuliani is currently at 7.6%. Too bad - Giuliani deserves to be higher than McCain, in my opinion. The problem is that he skipped the first 6 states (which mostly favored McCain and Huckabee anyway). That, combined with the MSM's huge favorability towards McCain and Huckabee (because they're viewed as being easily beatable from the Dems' point of view), has meant that Giuliani is now fighting for his life.

According to the polls, McCain is still favored to win the nomination. But let's not forget, Romney still does not have much name recognition, except in those states where he has campaigned thusfar. McCain's not the no-brainer the media is making him out to be.