Rasmussen : Giuliani 33% McCain 19% Thompson 13%

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Arizona Senator John McCain (voting record) both gained support this week in the race for the GOP nomination. Former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney held steady and remain the only other Republicans earning double digit support.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of the Republican Presidential Primary competition finds Giuliani at 33%, fourteen points ahead of McCain's 19%. Thompson is still in third at 13% slightly ahead of Romney at 11%. For Giuliani, that's his highest level of support in three weeks. It's McCain's best showing since early March. Last week, it was Giuliani 27% McCain 16% Thompson 14% and Romney 12%.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was consistently in third place before Thompson's name was thrown into the ring. He is now in fifth place as and is the top choice for just 8% of those likely to vote in a Republican Primary.

A separate survey found that 29% of all voters say they would definitely vote for Giuliani if he is on the ballot in November 2008. Thirty-four percent (34%) would definitely vote against him. Those numbers are a bit weaker for Giuliani than they were a month ago, but they are still the best of any Republican Presidential hopeful. For McCain, the numbers are 23% definitely for and 35% definitely against. Those figures have changed little over the past month.

Illinois Senator Barack Obama (voting record) (D) draws the best overall numbers of any candidate at this time--33% definitely for and 33% definitely against.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20070417/pl_rasmussen/gopprimary20070417;_ylt=Ag_Jdf9Pe0zjBSAUKgTxsnWyFz4D

is leading John (I hate gooks) McCain who is leading Tommy (Jews like making money) Thompson who is leading Mitt (flip-flop) Romney? What a great bunch to choose from. Where is Newt (divorcing wife in cancer ward) Gingrich in the rankings?

and he's getting beat by a jowly old man who isn't even running.

How in the hell Thompson broke double digits is beyond me.

Maybe some people are confusing him with Fred.