CNN’s latest confirms the similar ABC poll results from yesterday : Huckabee 33, Romney 25, Rudy 11, McCain and Thompson 9. Several candidates are likely pleased. Huckabee must be delighted after having the entire conservative blogosphere on his case and getting a full load of Romney negative ads to be steady in the lead. Rudy, who has had zero TV ads and is obviously focused elsewhere, I am sure would be happy with a third, and get some welcomed “underlying strength below the surface” stories. Likewise, a respectable showing by McCain would be confirmation that even when he disses ag subsidies he does fine. The numbers yesterday and today suggest problems for Thompson. His ads and stepped up campaigning have yet to bear fruit. He’s got a couple weeks to move the number or get his share of “disappointing” headlines.
