Posted on 10/20/2014 9:48:16 AM PDT by Citizen Zed
Even though this poll isn't predictive, it is telling. Two of the top three candidates -- Bush and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- are, at best, 50-50 shots at running. (Bush is entirely unreadable; Huckabee seems smart enough to understand that he had his presidential moment in 2008.) The only other person pulling double digits is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a status due, at least in part, to voters' familiarity with his last name because of his father's two presidential bids in 2008 and 2012.
Even though this poll isn't predictive, it is telling. Two of the top three candidates -- Bush and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee -- are, at best, 50-50 shots at running. (Bush is entirely unreadable; Huckabee seems smart enough to understand that he had his presidential moment in 2008.) The only other person pulling double digits is Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a status due, at least in part, to voters' familiarity with his last name because of his father's two presidential bids in 2008 and 2012.
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who for VP?
What about Walker?
One thing at a time.
Let’s let Cruz decide. I’m sure I’ll be delighted.
“Acceptable to great: Paul, Cruz, Jindal.”
I like Jindal, and I think being Indian-American is an asset. But he does come off as a bit of a wuss sometimes. It’s just that he’s so darned skinny and doesn’t fill the room. I wish he commanded more physical presence. People vote for that, whether they know it or not.
Paul is a Foreign Policy Libertarian, in my opinion. He is unwilling to defend America where I want to do so. He is unafraid, and I like most of his positions. But Libertarian is a different flavor than Conservative, and I require a red-blooded Foreign Policy Conservative. That’s just me. I understand others may reasonably disagree.
I can live with all three. But my money is on Cruz as The One who can unite all the flavors of Conservatives early, avoid the bloodbath the GOPe has planned for us, and win the General Election.
I’M WITH CRUZ!
Guilty as charged.
ALL conservatives need to unite behind Ted Cruz, the only potential candidate who has shown the necessary guts, intelligence and strategic thinking needed to bring back America.
Ted Cruz 2016
It was the "Reagan Democrats" that stayed home.
Why would they vote for a counterfeit democrat?
We agree: Cruz!
I thought you may want to know... the trend looks good in CO.
The Dems are getting waxed in the early ballot count between Rs vs. Ds and these trends usually hold. I do expect the percentages to tighten up, but predict the Rs to take it over the Dems by 2% to 4%.
From Colorado Peak Politics:
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“OCT 20 BALLOT RETURNS: Advantage Still With Republicans
Republicans in Colorado are continuing to outpace Democrats in early ballot returns, growing their lead with ballots returned as of this morning, but it’s still early and returns are uneven. So far, 79,355 ballots have been reported as cast. Here’s the breakdown:
Statewide:
D: 24,648
R: 36,830
U: 17,191
For those of you keeping score at home, right now, turnout stands at 31% D, 46% R, and 21% U. This is a far cry from the 33D/33R/33U model that some polls have used, but it’s still incredibly early and this shouldn’t necessarily be taken as a predictor of the final. That said, the enthusiasm seems to be with Republicans for now.
Then, there are the suburbs that everyone across the country is eyeing – Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties. Here’s the ballot returns for these two counties:
Jefferson County (Total: 13,829)
D: 4,352 (31.5%)
R: 5,961 (43.1%)
U: 3,394 (24.5%)
Arapahoe County (Total: 10,884)
D: 3,521 (32.3%)
R: 4,877 (44.8%)
U: 2,378 (21.8%)
See the ballot returns from October 17th here. The next report will come out on Wednesday.”
http://coloradopeakpolitics.com/2014/10/20/oct-20-ballot-returns-advantage-still-republicans/
Thanks, Red Steel. I appreciate the update/info.
Voter turn out will be key.
We certainly should stay optimistic.
Hick is hurting Udall and vice versa.
Jefferson County used to be a strong Republican county. Too bad it’s slipped down hill.
New Suffolk poll - where Beaprez moves up and past Hick who is standing still.
Excerpt from Suffolk:
"The Colorado race for governor continues to be a close race, with former Congressman Bob Beauprez, a Republican, leading Democratic incumbent John Hickenlooper 45 percent to 43 percent, with 8 percent undecided. Beauprez is gaining while Hickenlooper’s numbers have not moved from a month ago, when he led Beauprez 43 percent to 41 percent."
http://www.suffolk.edu/news/56520.php#.VEgs4lf-Kls
The Gov race means more to us to reverse last year's anti-gun laws.
Other than Cruz and Carson, the rest are worthless. Hucksterbee and PA’s Ricky boy had their day and should go away.
Read the NYT article on how Ricky boy backed down from Rove over knowing we found lots of WMD’s in Iraq during the war.
It’s time conservatives turn that against the RINO’s and back a strong conservative from the start and let the RINO’s fight amongst themselves.
Cruz/West. Carson is too intelligent to be wasted as a VP. Put him in charge of HHS or something and clean it up.
Excellent analysis from Suffolk. Thanks, Red Steel.
It should get better, too.
The new ballot return numbers for today. Dems still getting waxed.
“The Colorado secretary of state announced today that 332,050 Coloradans have cast ballots already, and out of that total, 145,824 are registered Republicans, and 105,401 are registered Democrats. That translates to a 43.9 percent to 31.7 percent advantage for the GOP.”
Mom and I haven’t voted yet. That will be two more ballots on the right side of the scale.
Yep, gotta stay above the Dem fraud voters.
Yep, gotta stay above the Dem fraud voters.
Hopefully that guy caught stuffing ballots in AZ will scare them.
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