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Originally Posted by revrew
Not true.
Going back and looking at the early polls in previous elections, John McCain was nowheresville in the polls at this point
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And he, nor anyone in recent memory, has had a field this insanely large to try to weave their way into actual contention through.
Maybe I'm looking at the RCP data wrong or something but McCain had a rather massive lead at this point best I can tell. That would erode for a while later but we know the outcome, don't we?
RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - Republican Presidential Nomination
And, come on, look at the candidates that weren't in the top ten. Of those omitted there MIGHT be two (Perry on name recognition, Jindal cause youth or energy or something) with even a snowball's chance in hell at making even a top five run. The rest would very likely do well to remain ahead of Joe The Plumber if he entered tomorrow.