The race has tightened at the top. Just when I thought Hillary was a complete runaway, her phoniness has collapsed to the point where the other huge phonies, Ron Paul and John Edwards, have a shot at taking the lead.
Query String | Hit Count | Change Since 2007-10-20 |
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"Hillary Clinton" phony | 592,000 | -96,000 |
"Ron Paul" phony | 588,000 | +5,000 |
"John Edwards" phony | 576,000 | +38,000 |
"Mitt Romney" phony | 392,000 | -8,000 |
"John McCain" phony | 379,000 | -26,000 |
"Fred Thompson" phony | 373,000 | -30,000 |
"Barack Obama" phony | 371,000 | -57,000 |
"Rudy Giuliani" phony | 333,000 | -18,000 |
"Mike Huckabee" phony | 167,000 | --- |
"Dennis Kucinich" phony | 158,000 | 0 |
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Close followers of the phony campaign will note that we've dropped Dave
Burge from the standings, as this was technically a "joke", and
we've started to take this
whole thing way too seriously. (Dave has since decamped for Mexico, where I'm pretty sure they don't even have a
primary, so his dedication to his campaign is in question.)
We're leaving Kucinich in, though. Probably more than enough laughs there.
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And we've added Mike Huckabee to the mix, since (as Dean
Barnett points out) he actually outpolled Mitt Romney recently.
According to this John Fund
article, Mike may have a lot of upside potential, phoniness-wise.
Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of [Huckabee's] early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." She was bitterly disappointed with his record. "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."
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I looked at Intrade's
prediction markets for the nominations to see if there was
anyone else I should include in the standings. Surprisingly,
Al Gore ranks higher over there (among Dems) than anyone except Clinton
and Obama; he even leads Edwards. What would happen if we
put him in?
Query String Hit Count "Al Gore" phony 827,000 That's right: he'd be by far the front runner. I'm not surprised, are you?