Mr 25 Percent

Mitt Romney and his sons are smiling brightly as recent polls from Iowa show Mitt on top and Newt Gingrich - his latest rival - fading. And Ron Paul will never get the GOP nomination. The overwhelming majority of Republicans are sane and not motivated by racist, paranoid views despite what the Democrats say.

Just out of curiosity, this morning I checked the Real Clear Politics Average on the eve of the 2008 Iowa caucus. Here are the stats:

Candidate	RCP Average	Final Result
Mike Huckabee	29.7%	34.4%
Mitt Romney	26.7%	25.2%
John McCain	11.8%	13%
Fred Thompson	11.7%	13.4%
Ron Paul	7.3%	9.9%
Rudy Giuliani	6%	3.4%

Let's compare that with the current RCP Average:

Candidate	RCP Average
Mitt Romney	21.6%
Ron Paul	21.2%
Rick Santorum	14%
Newt Gingrich	14%
Rick Perry	11.8%
Michelle Bachmann	8.6%
Jon Huntsman	2.6%

Amazing. After campaigning for six years; spending millions in negative ads against his opponents; being declared the winner of nearly all debates by the pundits; Mitt Romney is still stuck at 25% when margin of error is taken into account. Simply amazing.