Rasmussen National Poll

Here is the latest installment of Rasmussen's Daily Tracking Primary Poll...

Rasmussen Reports Daily National Republican Primary Tracking Poll

Thompson - 21%
Giuliani - 19%
Romney - 16%
McCain - 11%
Huckabee - 4%
Paul - 3%

Favorability Among Republicans:

Giuliani - 66%
Romney - 62%
Thompson - 61%
McCain - 61%

Several important things to note here. First and foremost, Giuliani is within the margin of error of Thompson and Romney is within the margin of error of Giuliani. These are huge developements, as Romney is beginning to show real strength in national polls: something he has proved incapable of doing up until this point. Also, the fall of Thompson is an important, but not unexpected, event. Another key info bit is the fact that Romney's favorability rating has surpassed that of Thompson and McCain. He has previously hovered around in the 50's and this is a huge step for him. If Mitt can use these polls to show that he can contend not only in states like New Hampshire, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, and Wyoming, but also on a national level, he could begin to see his numbers grow exponentially.