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New Poll Shows that Perry’s Entrance Scrambled GOP Race (Perry leading in Iowa)
Chron.com ^ | August 23, 2011 | Nolan Hicks

Posted on 08/23/2011 4:02:14 PM PDT by AAABEST

A new poll by Public Policy Polling puts Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the front of the GOP presidential field in Iowa and shows just how much Perry’s entrance into the race scrambled the contest for the Republican nomination.

The poll, released Tuesday (.pdf), shows that 21% of the poll respondents would support Perry in the Iowa caucuses next February, outpacing the two other Republican frontrunners Michele Bachmann and Mitt Romney. Romney’s campaign has been focusing on New Hampshire, a state that is considered a must win for his campaign.

If the contest were simplified to a three-way race between Bachmann, Romney and Perry – Perry would be supported by 34 percent of respondents as opposed to just 28% for Romney and 24% for Bachmann.

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.chron.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ammesty; laraza; maldef; openborders; perry; perry2012; perrytards; porkulus; ricardo; rick; rickperry; rinofreeamerica; shootingfromthelip; texican
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To: RitaOK
There is no one in the current field whose presence will keep her from running.

On this point she has been crystal clear.

41 posted on 08/23/2011 5:23:39 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Then I guess she’s not as smart as I gave her credit for.


42 posted on 08/23/2011 5:24:07 PM PDT by Sudetenland (There can be no freedom without God--What man gives, man can take away.)
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To: Sudetenland

I really don’t care what you think because you’re insignificant. Others may want info (Most of which comes from Perry’s own Governor’s website) Its for the benefit of people who want to do their own research and not take things for granted.

The fact is that Perry is making a serious mistake in running a liberal style campaign. It may play well with the casual news viewers but conservatives are far more aware than you give us credit for.


43 posted on 08/23/2011 5:25:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: radioone
"I wouldn’t believe ANY poll from PPP: Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina.PPP was founded in 2001 by businessman and Democratic pollster Dean Debnam."

So for the record which polling company DO you believe?

44 posted on 08/23/2011 5:36:21 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Perry 2012! A Conservative who can win!)
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To: cripplecreek; Sudetenland
"conservatives are far more aware than you give us credit for."

cripplecreek is from the "If you don't think like me you aren't a conservative" school of semi-thought.

45 posted on 08/23/2011 5:39:40 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Perry 2012! A Conservative who can win!)
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To: AAABEST
"Perry has the best favorability rating of any GOP candidate among probable Iowa caucus voters with 56% having a favorable opinion and only 24% having a negative opinion – even after Perry’s controversial statements about global warming, evolution and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke."


They seem to think that Perry's high favorability rating is "in spite of" making such comments. Did they ever consider that it might be "because of" such statements?
46 posted on 08/23/2011 5:41:20 PM PDT by rob777
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To: cripplecreek

What was the point you were trying to make about Wind Energy? I don’t get it.


47 posted on 08/23/2011 5:53:05 PM PDT by Texan
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To: Texan
I don’t get it.

Exactly.
48 posted on 08/23/2011 5:56:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: AAABEST

PerryForPOTUS Herman P. Vasquez
I prayed that my people would be saved, and Rick Perry answered.
20 Aug

https://twitter.com/#!/PerryForPOTUS


49 posted on 08/23/2011 5:57:10 PM PDT by Fred ('Just cus I said it, don't mean I meant it'....Obamaism)
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To: cripplecreek
Well, since you won't answer a sincere question, should I just skip all your posts in the future?

Maybe someone else who took the time to read it can tell me what I evidently missed.

Anyone?

50 posted on 08/23/2011 6:04:09 PM PDT by Texan
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“as people discover his warts and weigh out the trade offs.”

Nobody has as many racist, goosestepping warts as the 50 IQ pig obuma.


51 posted on 08/23/2011 6:53:12 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“as people discover his warts and weigh out the trade offs.”

Nobody has as many racist, goosestepping warts as the 50 IQ pig obuma.


52 posted on 08/23/2011 6:57:42 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: cc2k

*****
I know, right now, “W. is the only one who can win.”

Where have I heard that before?

*****

Umm ... in 2000 and 2004 ?

When George W. Bush actually DID win ?

-George


53 posted on 08/23/2011 9:42:20 PM PDT by Calif Conservative (rwr and gwb backer)
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To: cripplecreek
“And there it is.

Everybody is a liar or a liberal if they don’t support St Rick.”

Probably because some folks are tired of being accused of being liars or liberals if they DO support “St. Rick”.

For example, I don't support Palin running, because I don't think she did the hard work to build up her resume over the last two and a half years, and I think her poll numbers are too low to be a credible threat to the President. What I don't say is she is a “RINO” because she happened to endorse John McCain.

When folks call Perry a RINO, they are in a sense saying his supporters are too...in other words, liars or liberals (what a RINO is, after all, by literal definition).

I suspect some folks here kinda got tired of that, and are fighting back.

54 posted on 08/23/2011 10:11:11 PM PDT by trickamsterdam (District: Red-light...)
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To: Calif Conservative
Calif Conservative wrote:
Umm ... in 2000 and 2004 ?

When George W. Bush actually DID win ?
And Conservative Principles lost. This country went further down the road to socialism under the Republicans during 2001-2006.

Conservatives were told, "this is the best you can do." We held our noses and voted for the RINO/Progressive wing of the Republican party and we got:

I could go on.

Republicans (the "ruling class" Republicans) are responsible for a large part of the mess we are in. The Obama/Reid/Pelosi socialists wouldn't have won in 2006 and 2008 if Ruling Class Republicans had not abandoned their (aleged) conservative principles under George W. Bush.

That's all water under the bridge right now. Let's talk about defeating Obama and the socialists. To do that, we need a candidate that can actually win. Obama's top two choices (people he thinks he can beat) are:

Perry has some strengths. I could probably even vote for the guy. But he sounds like George W. Bush (his accent, his speech patterns and mannerisms). There is still too much hatred of Bush for that to work. It's too soon. Obama still blames Bush for everything, and his base still hates Bush.

I'm not convinced that Rick W. Perry can get past that in 2012.

This poll from PPP (People Pushing Perry?) doesn't convince me either. This polling group is not known for accuracy. They are known for pushing far left candidates and inflating their numbers. I seem to remember that the Daily Kos has commissioned polls from these people in the past, and blasted out the results as though they meant something. It's interesting that the PerryBots are doing the same thing now.

55 posted on 08/24/2011 3:04:30 AM PDT by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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To: trickamsterdam

I don’t need any lectures from newbtard trolls.


56 posted on 08/24/2011 3:35:12 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: cc2k

Listening to people tell me I need to vote for a RINO like Perry one last time is like listening to an alcoholic promise to quit drinking after this last drink.


57 posted on 08/24/2011 3:46:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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To: cripplecreek

Those phoney hispanic republicans will help Perry topple Obama. He’s played his cards like a poker player and it will reap dividends. I know that makes me sound like a RINO doesn’t it? I’m not. I’ve sat back and watched Perry weave a nice little web that’s going to take in a bunch of hispanic support ALONG WITH RUBIO when he’s announced as Perry’s VP selection. I don’t normally forecast the future but I hope this is his choice.


58 posted on 08/24/2011 8:07:27 AM PDT by mikhailovich
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To: trickamsterdam; cripplecreek
When folks call Perry a RINO, they are in a sense saying his supporters are too.

Well NOOB, if the shoe fits...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2767681/posts?page=50#50

59 posted on 08/24/2011 8:38:19 AM PDT by South40 (Perry: There is a path to citizenship for ILLEGAL ALIENS who have served THEIR country)
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To: mikhailovich

Love Rubio and hope one day he’s sitting in the Oval Office, but think ‘12 is too soon for him as VP on any ticket. A year ago he was a state legislator in FL. Now we want him “a heartbeat away” from the most powerful office in the world?

Have we learned nothing from watching what happened when the Dems foisted an ‘historic’ but utterly inexperienced candidate on us? There’s a good bench for the eventual GOP presidential candidate to pick his/her running mate from (at the moment I favor Santorum), but we should let Rubio get some seasoning before pushing him into a position he will be but is not yet ready to assume.

Fortunately, we haven’t had a VP step into the presidency in nearly 40 years, but the office exists solely to allow an instantaneous transfer of presidential power. It’s not a training ground for the office. We DO have to look at the VP candidates as potential POTUS from Day One.


60 posted on 08/24/2011 8:59:40 AM PDT by EDINVA ( Jimmy McMillan '12: because RENT'S TOO DAMN HIGH)
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