Background on the Suffolk poll showing Romney leading:
Read on.I've just gotten off the phone with Professor David Paleologos, who conductsthe Suffolk University/WHDH poll in New Hampshire. I asked him why his poll is the only one showing Romney ahead. Here is what he said, hastily transcribed by me:
We all have different methodologies. I think the difference will be measured in the independents. We believe that this most accurately reflects where New Hampshire is going...I think the difference is there have been broad-brush gifts of independents to McCain.
UPDATE: Where the Republicans are. CNN gets it wrong as usual. Andrew Cline, The Corner:
An FYI for your readers trying to understand New Hampshire today: This CNN story claims that Massachusetts expatriots have populated the southern portion of New Hampshire and turned it Democrat. Not at all true. Those Mass. expats are overwhelmingly Republican and vote that way. That portion of the state is the strongest GOP base for low-tax policies. Newcomers from other states, not Massachusetts, are turning NH blue, as are northern, rural Republicans who have abandoned their party recently over the war, spending and social issues. If CNN had checked the results of a single election it would've found that out.UPDATE: Thomas Sowell, via RCP:
When it comes to personal temperament, Governor Romney would rate the highest for his even keel, regardless of what events are swirling around him, with Rudolph Giuliani a close second.Temperament is far more important for a President than for a candidate. A President has to be on an even keel 24/7, for four long years, despite crises that can break out anywhere in the world at any time.
John McCain trails the pack in the temperament department, with his volatile, arrogant, and abrasive know-it-all attitude. His track record in the Senate is full of the betrayals of Republican supporters that have been the party's biggest failing over the years and its Achilles heel politically.
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