More bad news for McCain, he has now seen the worst poll showing since the start of the campaign coming in third place in A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll. Giuliani still takes the top spot with 29% and politician/actor Fred Thompson who isn’t in the race comes in second at 15%. McCain is a strong third with 12% but for a man who only months ago was seen the the likely frontrunner and who raised the least amount amongst the top three polling in Q1 this is a bad sign.

From the LA Times:

“Thompson is a Reagan conservative, and that’s what I want,” said Robert Little, a poll respondent in Duluth, Ga., who views other leading Republican candidates as unreliable allies on social issues.

Coming in fourth for the Republicans is Gov. Mitt Romney with just 8%.

The polling also gave some further indication of why McCain is seeing his popularity plummet:

The survey also shows significant Republican desire to move beyond the George W. Bush era: 61% of Republican voters surveyed said they wanted the next GOP nominee to campaign on a platform of moving in a new direction. Only 30% said the nominee should call for continuing Bush policies.

So what are the blogs saying?

IraqSlugger says “McCain Speaks But Are People Listening?

Pollster.com has the numbers from a CBS poll.

AnkelBitingPundit has the news from inside the McCain Blog Conference call.

Hotline looks at the blogosphere reaction.