{"id":4552,"date":"2008-01-27T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2008-01-27T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/romney-is-within-3-points-of-j.html"},"modified":"2008-01-27T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2008-01-27T10:00:50","slug":"romney-is-within-3-points-of-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/01\/romney-is-within-3-points-of-j.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney is within 3 points of John McCain nationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s starting to look like <a href=\"http:\/\/rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/election_20082\/2008_presidential_election\/daily_presidential_tracking_poll\">they are the frontrunners<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows John McCain and Mitt Romney are starting to pull away from the rest of the field in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. McCain earns 27% of the vote while Romney attracts 25%. These are the first results based entirely upon interviews conducted after Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Trailing the frontrunners are Mike Huckabee at 17%, Rudy Giuliani at 12%, and Ron Paul at 6%<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also Romney looks like he&#8217;s pulling ahead of McCain in Florida:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney earning 33% of the vote while Arizona Senator John McCain attracts 27%.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Though that was before the Crist endorsement which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/election_20082\/latest_results_from_rasmussen_markets\">Rasmussen Markets<\/a>data predicts that will give it to McCain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And it&#8217;s starting to look like they are the frontrunners: The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows John McCain and Mitt Romney are starting to pull away from the rest of the field in the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination. McCain earns 27% of the vote while Romney attracts 25%. 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