by Rod D. Martin
March 27, 2007
For the thousandth time, it's too darn early for any of this to matter. Except maybe it isn't.
The latest USA Today/Gallup Poll is out. And it's, well, interesting.
Rudy Giuliani, "the prohibitive frontrunner" (as his supporters would put it) just three weeks ago at a whopping 44%, watched his support shrivel by nearly a third, to just 31%. Meantime, the man who isn't running -- Fred Thompson -- shot up from zero to 12% just by suggesting he "might consider" a race.
Whoa! And there's more.
Mitt "the conservatives' savior" Romney dropped to within the margin of error, from 8% three weeks ago to just 3% (the same as Brownback, which could very well mean that both of them are at six or at zero). McCain picked up a couple points, moving to a respectable 22%; while Newt Gingrich -- the other man who isn't running -- came in at 8%, proving that he isn't star of a major prime-time drama.
Frank Newport points out that Republicans aren't likely to have a clear idea of …
