Romney, Giuliani and Paul Leading Positive Ratings

Its about 30 minutes before the Fox News Channel GOP debate and on the MSNBC web site Mitt Romney has the highest positive rating of 31% of the nearly 4,440 votes.

Rudy Giuliani follows close behind with 30% and Ron Paul comes in third with 25%. John McCain is close on Paul's heels with a 23% positive rating.

The leaders in the negative rating side are: Sam Brownback (58%), Jim Gilmore and Tommy Thompson both with 56%, Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo each with a 55% negative rating and Mike Huckabee with 50%.

The candidate with the lowest negative rating is Ron Paul with 42%.