Mitt Romney - Brits Don't Like Him Either

Mitt Romney just can't get a break. Check out this online poll at the London Times that gives their readers a chance to 'vote in the US primary'. The results I got were this.

McCain - 41.4%
Romney - 4.8%
Rudy - 17.7%
Huckabee - 12.5%

And the big winner of the night placing second exceeding expectations????

Ron Paul - 17.9%

What? Don't they realize that he's a nut?

On the Dem side, no real suprises though. Obama 60%, Clinton 25% and Edwards 9%. I guess there is something of a suprise. Where did all that Clinton goodwill of the world go?

Oh, and if you do look at the actual poll, notice the option at the bottom that allows you to change your vote after you've seen the results. They have this Iowa stuff down cold.

The Huck Man Cometh

Listening to the popular median one would think that Mike Huckabee is a one trick pony. He may just win Iowa but the conventional wisdom seems to be that it is over from there.

But looking at Real clear Politics seems to tell a vastly different story. He is trailing the pack in New Hampshire polling at a RCP average of 9% as compared to McCain's 32%.

But after New Hampshire the campaign moves to Michigan where Huckabee is in a statistical dead heat with Romney. 18.8% for the Huckster as compared to 19.8% for Romney.

From there it is on to Nevada where Huck is at 15.7% as compared to Romney and Rudy tied at 23%.

Then it is South Carolina where Huck is leading Romney 25.8% to Romney's 19.3%.

Finishing off the month of January is Florida where Huckabee is trailing Rudy 25.3% to 23.3%.

No wonder Romney and McCain are going so hard after the Huckster. It is a very easy to image a scenario where Huckabee leaves January having won 5 of 6 primaries and leading the delegate count by a mile. Ofcourse then comes California where Huck is again second only to Rudy.

These numbers will must have the Rockafeller Repubs squirming.