Oh, Doug
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney called into the Doug Wright show on KSL Radio this morning and faced a barrage of Wright's trademark softball questions.
Wright talked of the good ‘ol Olympics days and handled Romney with kid gloves. No questions about the lifelong hunter controversy, about how his religion affects the race, about any of the criticism of flip-flops.
And Wright did his best to pump up Romney's candidacy, noting that, "The polls are looking really, really good." Well, let's fact check that.
The Los Angeles Times has Romney running in fourth place, behind Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson -- who hasn't even said he’s running. Gallup shows Romney in fifth place with 6 percent, and Rasmussen has Romney in its fourth spot with 12 percent.
In Iowa, on average, Romney is in third place and in New Hampshire, Romney is third, though gaining a bit.
It looks like Wright is, well, wrong.
-- Thomas Burr
Wright talked of the good ‘ol Olympics days and handled Romney with kid gloves. No questions about the lifelong hunter controversy, about how his religion affects the race, about any of the criticism of flip-flops.
And Wright did his best to pump up Romney's candidacy, noting that, "The polls are looking really, really good." Well, let's fact check that.
The Los Angeles Times has Romney running in fourth place, behind Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Fred Thompson -- who hasn't even said he’s running. Gallup shows Romney in fifth place with 6 percent, and Rasmussen has Romney in its fourth spot with 12 percent.
In Iowa, on average, Romney is in third place and in New Hampshire, Romney is third, though gaining a bit.
It looks like Wright is, well, wrong.
-- Thomas Burr
4:43 PM
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2 Comments:
You ignored the Zogby poll in New Hampshire, which showed him in a tie for first. Perhaps that poll is what Wright was referring to.
That's a fair point, though that's the only poll out of dozens that has shown Romney in the lead. Zogby has Romney and McCain tied at 25 points in that poll.
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