Sunday, January 6, 2008

Reds for Romney?

Very quick comments on the FOXNews debate... Huckabee finally took a hit when he was asked about immigration and got caught flatfooted. Was quoted as saying that he would not punish kids but had to admit his immigration plan would force them back to Mexico. Romney and Thompson seemed to do slightly better than last night, Guliani was mediocre and I think John McCain was probably the winner. The post debate "focus group" analysis slammed Huckabee and was strongly pro-Romney. It was a house full of people who said they were uncommitted at the beginning and claimed to become Romney supporters because of the debate!(?) But Frank Luntz, the guy running the focus group, is partisan hack so I take it with a grain of salt. Important to note that FOXNews went right to Luntz after the debate and he slammed Huckabbe within 60 seconds of the end of the debate. Could be the Reds are bailing on Guliani and moving to Romney. The way Romney flip flops like a fish on land, they must figure they can make him their new puppet if they are viewed as helping him get elected. Either that or some Romney supporters snuck into the group to skew the results. Something seemed inauthentic about the almost universal dislike for Mike Huckabee AND sudden fondness for Mitt Romney after one unremarkable debate. Hmmmmm
UPDATE Monday 10:00AM: I knew something was up.... there are reports now the the focus group was fixed. I'll keep up on this and let you know if it is true.

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