The primary season begins: What are we going to do with this "upper tier" notion? |
| Published: September 8, 2007, 6:36 pm |
| Tags: 2008 |
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Ever since before it was arguably complete, there has been an "upper tier" of candidates for the Republican nomination. If the top tier is determined by early polling in States with early nominating contests, the upper tier would be Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and Fred Thompson. If the top tier is determined by national polling, the upper tier would be Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, and John McCain. Fundraising? It would be Rudy (and Romney, if you include self-donations). Well, there is a sort of early revolution going on in the GOP with this upper tier nonsense. The candidate who cavalierly attacked Ronald Reagan by falsely insisting that as governor of California, Reagan was "adamantly pro-choice," has now determined that a candidate must raise $20-million to be allowed into his tier. He's raised plenty of money from himself and from others, thus that's the metric he prefers. Read More "I think you're going to have to see [ Full article ] |
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