Perhaps the Thompson folks were spooked by the NH poll showing
their guy behind Huck and Paul in NH but they put out a silly over
the top email declaring a national poll shows them tied with Rudy.
They cite Rasmussen -- the bouncing ping pong ball of polls --
which today shows the gap only at 2 pts. Considering the gap
between Rudy and Thompson in some rather widely reported polls is
rather substantial ( Bloomberg/LAT 17%), Gallup( 14%), CBS and
others (8%) and Fox(13%) and the overall average at Realclearpolitics has widened recently as
we and others have pointed out, it seems silly to call attention to
national polls right now. Aren't there any good state ones for
their guy?
UPDATE: And to make things worse Fox is out with a new national poll
today : Rudy 31%( up 2 pts from last poll), Thompson 17%( up one
pt.), McCain 12%( no change), Romney 7%( down 4 pts.) and Huckabee
5%( no change).