Romney with narrow lead in Mason Dixon poll

Another day, another poll and this one by Mason Dixon Research shows Romney with a narrow lead and Clinton holding her own. The poll of 400 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted Jan. 21-23 and the poll of 400 likely Republican voters was conducted Jan. 22-23.

Among Republicans, Romney holds a 30%-26% lead over McCain, with Rudy Giuliani fading to third place at 18%, Mike Huckabee getting 13%, Ron Paul 3% and 10% remain undecided.

GOP PRIMARY VOTE: Romney 30%; McCain 26%; Giuliani 18%' Hucakbee 13%; Paul 3%; Undecided 10%.

Among likely Democratic primary voters, 47% back Clinton, while 25% are for Obama, 16% favor Edwards, 2% support Dennis Kucinich and 105 remain undecided. With none of the Democratic candidates actively campaigning in Florida, there has been no relative shift in voter preference over the past six months.

DEM PRIMARY VOTE: Clinton 47%; Obama 25%; Edwards 16%; Kucinich 2%; Others - 11%; Undecided 10%.

Comments

[Nina]

Has anyone seen this video of Mitt Romney dissing a man in a wheelchair? Doesn't Mitt have any compassion?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ZNVQ7y0n0

[Nate]

Nina you are a good little attack dog for Ron Paul. Keep at it girl, the blimp will rise again!

And Mr. Romney campaigned on Monday at a Martin Luther King’s Birthday parade in Jacksonville, where he posed with a group of young African-Americans and, in an apparent reference to a 2000 hit song, jokingly said, “Who let the dogs out?” Later, shaking hands in the crowd, he said, “Oh, you’ve got some bling-bling here.”

Go Mitt! Looks like your conservative economic message is catching on in Florida and the rest of the nation. Mitt Romney is the man who can bring about the change that we need in Washington!

[Bruce Moomaw]

He sure can; if ever I saw a candidate certain to ensure a Democratic victory, Mitt's the one.

[Eric]

I don't know about that Youtube video -- it was just a pot head making excuses for his addiction. So Mitt is not for it and Obama is. No surprise there.

Look, it's all about the economy and no one holds a candle to Mitt's insight and ability to fix things like this. He has done it over and over again in many settings. I just voted for him here in Florida and can't wait to see him elected. He really has the best plans to get the economy back on track permanently.

[Paul]

The man in the wheel chair was probably a set up by another candidate trying to take Mitt into a debate on legalizing marijuana. My guess is that the video link was posted by John McCain's staff. Who knows if the guy was really even confined to a wheel chair (politics are dirty and dirtier tricks have been pulled). There were dozens of people waiting to talk to Mitt and this guy wanted to go into a policy discussion while everyone waited for this guy to feed Mitt the same old tired reasons for why people want to use marijuana legally. I think Mitt’s answer was right on – “I am not in favor of legalizing marijuana,” and that was the end of the discussion. This guy wanted to debate the issue right there while dozens of others waited to greet Mitt. Mitt was smart not to let this guy pull him into a debate of this issue in front of a camera where all kinds of tricks could be pulled to set him up, which is probably precisely what this stunt was all about. Go MITT!!!

[Jennifer]

As far as Mitt saying "Who let the dogs out" and talking about bling- bling, I'm sure was just a 50 year old man's way of connecting to the younger urban culture. I'm sure the comments even though stereo typical were not bias in any measure.