Once again, we don’t like to put TOO much stock in polls.  Real Clear Politics has our man Fred in third place.  Other polls might have him in fourth.  But doesn’t SECOND PLACE in the latest McLaughlin and Assoc. poll and a 14% improvement for an UNANNOUNCED CANDIDATE sound pretty darn good?!  Check it out on the Real Clear Politics blog:

A McLaughlin & Associates poll released today makes that Rasmussen poll showing Fred Thompson in second place not seem as such an outlier after all. Here are the M&A numbers (the differences in parenthesis are taken from a 4/15 poll):

Giuliani: 24 (-4)
Thompson: 18 (+5)
McCain: 17 (+1)
Romney: 7 (-1)
Gingrich: 5 (-1)

Then there’s this:

Among moderate Republicans, Thompson’s support has increased by 14 points (4% to 18%), while Giuliani’s support has decreased significantly (37% to 29%). McCain (19% to 16%) and Romney (8% to 3%) have also lost support among moderate Republicans. Giuliani shows a slight loss among conservative Republicans (25% to 22%), while Thompson (16% to 18%), McCain (14% to 16%) and Romney (8% to 10%) show slight gains.

Considering the kind of Republican Giuliani is and how this race has gone so far, you probably wouldn’t have predicted Giuliani losing the most support among moderate Republicans, especially to Thompson.

Read the rest of the article from the Real Clear Politics blog here.

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