July 17, 2007

The Leader of the GOP Field is… Hilarious

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I know people hate horserace coverage of the candidates. I know they’d rather see serious issue discussions than polls and makeup scandals. But sometimes there’s a punchline just sitting there.

From a new AP/Ipsos poll:

Democrats
Hillary Clinton 36%
Barack Obama 20%
Al Gore 15%
Other/None/Don’t Know 13%
John Edwards 11%
Bill Richardson 2%
Joe Biden 2%

Republicans
Other/None/Don’t Know 25%
Rudy Giuliani 21%
Fred Thompson 19%
John McCain 15%
Mitt Romney 11%
Newt Gingrich 5%
Mike Huckabee 3%

And that’s with Thompson and Gingrich in the race. There is no “other” left!

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