With former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson officially out of the contest for the Republican presidential nomination, supporters of Mitt Romney are looking to sway his supporters into his camp. Thomson enter the race late and never attained the level of support he had hoped to achieve, dropped out of the battle following his third place finish in South Carolina.
Romney trails in the national polls posted at usaelectionpolls.com with 19 percent, could use the nine percent of the support held by Thompson. John McCain leads nationally with 29 percent and Mike Huckabee has a 20 percent approval rating. Romney's campaign is looking at what enticed voters to ultra conservative Thompson and looking for ways to have them see Romney's message in the same political light.
Since winning in Nevada, the former Massachusetts governor is trying to convince many GOP leaders in the states scheduled for primaries on Super Tuesday February 5 that he is the candidate that can best any of the currently leading Democratic candidates. His odds of winning against each of the current leaders is posted in polls at presidentelectionpolls.com. These polls indicate the percentage of voters that would favor any of the front runner GOP candidates against the Democratic rivals.
In New York, home of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the state's party leaders have endorsed McCain, saying he has the backing and the campaign to best any of the Democrats in a race for the White House, an opinion Romney is hoping to change in the February primaries on February 5.
Latest Polls: Momentum is Clearly on Romney's Side, He Leads the Two Latest Florida Polls.
