AP: Few in New Hampshire paying attention to GOP race. New poll shows only 11 percent have 'definitely' settled on a candidate.
Submitted by RatPAC on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 09:40http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44843148/ns/politics-decision_20...
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Mitt Romney's grip on New Hampshire may be far less secure than it seems.
Beneath the conventional wisdom, the expectations game and the evolving dynamics of a newly settled GOP presidential field, there lies a stark reality here: Less than 100 days before the nation's first presidential primary election, the state's fickle voters haven't tuned into the race.
That reality was on display last week when 10 New Hampshire women, middle-class mothers with a strong voting history, shared their perspectives on the presidential contest with political researchers — and had trouble simply naming the candidates.
When asked who was running, they cited Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and his chief rival, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, relatively quickly. One of them tentatively suggested the name of Texas Rep. Ron Paul. But they could name no one else.
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Maybe this is why
they are being very quiet about Tuesdays Debate in NH. The candidites will lay out there economic plan. This could very well be were Dr. Paul separates the men from the boys.
Am I just being paranoid or is my gut telling me something. Does anyone else have this same opinion?
Let's do more!
Are there any New Hampshire people here on DP? Can we connect with some of the Meetup groups there?
If they could find some barns or some places to set up some big signs - maybe we could get them the money to do it (chip-in).
Maybe the one woman who mentioned Ron Paul got a call from one of us doing the phone from home project!? :-)
Three points to be taken from
Three points to be taken from this article:
1. 10 women is not the general population ;)
2. The view seems to be alive that there is a threeway race between Paul, Perry and Romney
3. Ron Paul is expected by many to take 2nd or 3rd place. While of course we are all aiming for no. 1 everywhere, it is significant that a mejor news outlet reports Ron Pauls good standing.
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