Posted on 03/30/2015 11:02:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A new poll of New Hampshire GOP primary voters from the Boston Herald and Franklin Pierce University finds Jeb Bush and Scott Walker are tied at 15 percent support, with a slew of other likely candidates close behind in the first presidential primary of the cycle. Here's the Herald on the implications of the survey:
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has lost his front-runner edge in New Hampshire, not because GOP voters are sick of the Bush family but because conservatives are roundly rejecting him, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald poll shows.
Bush is tied with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 15 percent, while a pack of other GOP contenders are within striking distance, according to the poll of 429 likely GOP primary voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
The Herald refers to Bush losing his "frontrunner" status, even though Bush hasn't had much of a lead in the Granite State. According to the Real Clear Politics poll average, Bush and Walker are essentially tied at around 15 percent. Bush's largest lead in the New Hampshire primary polling since October was 5 points, and he had just 17 percent support. Bush hasn't cracked 18 percent support in New Hampshire since announcing he was exploring a presidential run.
Not that other possible GOP presidential candidates have been doing much better. In two polls of New Hampshire primary voters, one likely and one registered, Scott Walker had a 7-point lead over his Republican rivals, getting 21 percent and 23 percent, respectively. That's the best showing of any Republican candidate so far in New Hampshire, but it's not a consistent trend......
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The Dauphin must be stopped from reaching the convention.
Cruz moving up big time in all the polls is the REAL story here.
Cruz up to 9% and only 1 out of the 3 days the poll was conducted was after he announced. I suspect there is a 4-way tie with the MoE.
Now, I'd like to here how Cruz stacks up against Jeb in a far more intelligent state like, say, Wyoming.
Walker is trying to turn around the economy and well being of a rustbelt state, and is succeeding.
Jeb is trying to flood the US with cheap illegal mexican laborers, and shows more allegience to mexicans than his own country.
Decisions, decisions.
No wonder the CofC GOPe is out to ruin Walker.
I'd like to know how many individual donations of under $100 Cruz has gotten since his announcement. That's a REAL poll....people who put their money where they say their vote is.
Page 2 of the poll gives a good idea of the “favorability” of the candidates - their room to grow.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sites/default/files/blog_posts/Franklin_Pierce_Herald_GOP_Poll.pdf
LOL. I can hardly wait to hear the fire breathing, gun-totin’, I’ve-always-loved-conservatives Jeb Bush thats about to hit the stump.
Jeb comes across as if he just doesn’t have his heart in it.
It’s as if he’s been pushed out there by the family machine.
There is no fire, no self-confidence, just a big nothing burger.
They think with enough money at his back, they push him across the finish line.
Truthfully, I got the same vibe from his brother immediately following Hussein's arrest. He just lost interest.
Well hopefully all the real conservatives running will be attacking Jeb non-stop during the debates instead of each other as Santorum and Bachmann did last time around.
I noticed this also. Maybe Jeb Bush is also worried about the Osorio scandal being looked into again. And who knows what other skeletons there may be in his closet.
So far the only two conservatives are Cruz and Walker, I prefer Cruz, but appreciate Walker and if he gains more traction than Ted at the primaries, I could go to him to prevent Jeb.
Walker 2016!
Cruz is a declared candidate.
Baring Walker announcing, the problem solves itself.
Jeb comes across as if he just doesn’t have his heart in it.
It’s as if he’s been pushed out there by the family machine.
There is no fire, no self-confidence, just a big nothing burger.
They think with enough money at his back, they push him across the finish line.
I see Bush dead in the water within 6 months.
A tidbit about who is shadowing campaigns:
“Actually it was an encounter with a single person now working as a consultant with the Kentucky Senator’s presidential campaign. The gentleman is an old friend, so I will protect his anonymity… “Kevin, how are you old buddy?” From there he went to, “I spoke to Rand (Paul) this past week and he was asking about you. He said, ‘what’s up with this article Kevin wrote about my campaign.” I consider this a very positive article, but for some reason Rand’s people are treating it as if it is a hit piece. I tried to explain, but my friend said, “what would you think about having Rand on the show.” Okay, I know when to shut up. “That would be great, I consider myself very friendly to Rand Paul.” He said, “I will set it up.” I will keep you posted on when I have this interview. Don’t ask my what Rand is doing at a Scott Walker event. Politics is just strange that way.”
http://usdailyreview.com/live-blogging-of-scott-walker-and-greg-abbott-event-in-texas/
same here. I prefer Cruz but would gladly vote for Walker.
I look forward to hearing them both in the debates, and let the best conservative win.
Bush can crawl back into his RINO hole along with Crispy Cream and that traitor Rubio.
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