A CBS Poll snapshot of the GOP primary field in August 2007... * Rudy Giuliani 38% (33%)
* Fred Thompson 18% (25%)
* Mitt Romney 13% (8%)
* John McCain 12% (15%)
A) Polls mean next to nothing at this stage of the game.
B) Nobody who was polling at 1% went on to become the nominee.
C) As worthless as they are, polls indicate
SOMETHING. They indicate who will not be the nominee: People polling at 1%.
By the way, I just read an article at Rasmussen while I was searching for this that compared to 4 years ago, Ron Paul is polling 10X higher. Knowing how his followers operate at the grassroots, one could call that a political movement.