The Rasmussen website is reporting this morning …
The first Rasmussen Reports poll [1] of the Iowa Republican Caucus for 2008 finds former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney enjoying a six-point lead while former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee are virtually tied for second.
I’m not seeing a whole bunch of solidity in those numbers however. one problem that Fred Thompson is going to have, is the female. Granted, that the female vote in Iowa is substantially different than the female vote in, say, New York. but I wonder if the wisdom of Ann Coulter doesn’t speak to this point… that being the if you take away the women’s vote Democrats would never get elected again. I suppose that means that women voters will tend to allow for a more big government streak in the people they vote for. According to the report ready and Thompson are basically even as far as the man’s vote goes, but Thompson’s only attracting 10% of female vote.
It should also be noted that the chatter I’m hearing speaks of a great deal of softness in these numbers, not a whole bunch of solidity… a point which even this report raises. How that’s going to bear on things going forward is anybody’s guess, and is entirely dependent on who the steps out in front of the pack.