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CNN Poll: Perry Leads GOP Race Even If Palin Runs
Wall Street Journal ^ | August 29, 2011, 2:32 PM ET | By Danny Yadron

Posted on 08/29/2011 2:24:17 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a commanding lead in the 2012 GOP presidential race, and that wont likely change if tea party favorite Sarah Palin decides to run, a new CNN/ORC International poll indicates....The poll’s data show that, for now, Mr. Perry is the clear favorite of tea party supporters. Ms. Palin won support from 10% of voters, leaving her in third place just ahead of Mrs. Bachmann.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; bachmann; cnnpoll; palin; perry; poll; rickperry; rinofreeamerica; romney; ruhroh; saintsarahorbust; sarahpalin; saveusohsarah
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To: Artemis Webb
Either a Greta or Tammy Bruce interview shortly after the Ames Straw Poll and Perry announcement.
41 posted on 08/29/2011 2:57:16 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: RockinRight
Yep, she should just give up because the polling people say she can't win 15 months before the election takes place.

Good thinking, I'm certain she'll take your advice.

42 posted on 08/29/2011 2:58:04 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Pravious

““Read:

“Sarah, don’t bother running. Pretty please?””

Why? I want to see RINO and Lefty heads explode!”

Umm...I’m pretty sure the original poster was being ironic - suggesting that this just another ploy by the leftist media to stop Palin from running.”

Good Point!


43 posted on 08/29/2011 2:58:12 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: ConservativeDude

You didn’t know about it? Then you need to keep up better.


44 posted on 08/29/2011 2:58:26 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: gov_bean_ counter; Artemis Webb

I heard the same comment in an interview, I think it was Greta, and it was at least a week after Perry got in to the race.


45 posted on 08/29/2011 2:59:40 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Thanks Lakeshark..,


46 posted on 08/29/2011 3:00:26 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: gov_bean_ counter

good comeback.

So, basically, you don’t have a source.

Actually, that’s what I figured.

Come back when you have evidence, and not just an opinion.


47 posted on 08/29/2011 3:00:32 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: ConservativeDude

See #45.


48 posted on 08/29/2011 3:01:21 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Nonstatist

She is not going to run. She is stringing along her supporters to empower her pac. She wants to play the role of king maker.


49 posted on 08/29/2011 3:01:34 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Cheetahcat

I meant, that is the underlying theme. They don’t want her to run. They try to deflect, disuade and deceive the true intention, which, IMHO is to keep Palin out.


50 posted on 08/29/2011 3:02:04 PM PDT by sappy
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

You can feel the fact that Perry is going to be the Republican candidate. I’m no fan of Perry’s but there is no denying the surge of enthusiasm coming from Republicans and conservatives everywhere. IMO at this point Perry is the next President. About the only things that would be a problem is if the Dems are sitting on something so incredibly damaging to Perry’s reputation or if Hilary gets in the race.

I may be one of the last to fall to Perry’s “charms” but I will say the enthusiasm and confidence literally oozing from the right at this time feels pretty damn good. I think Sarah missed her chance. If she had jumped last month I doubt Perry would have got in the race. At the very least he would have given a lot of thought to it and his confidence may have been shaken a bit.

Also on the timing front is the fact the voters on the Right are tired of bandying about all these names and want a leader to stand behind. Not just anyone but someone perceived as strong. I wonder if this will give Sarah pause now? She’s a smart woman and there is no way she can’t help but feel the Perry groundswell.


51 posted on 08/29/2011 3:02:54 PM PDT by Graneros ("It is no exaggeration to say that the undecided could go one way or another.")
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To: 1L

If someone can offer a good reason why she hasn’t declared yet, I’d love to hear it. The only one I’ve heard from Palin is that she hasn’t decided yet.
If she still hasn’t decided, what is she waiting for? If she has decided — what is she waiting for?


52 posted on 08/29/2011 3:03:10 PM PDT by Lady Lucky (Heavy the head that wears the tiara.)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Come on now! It's from CNN, and I'm reading about it on the Internet.

To a libtard journalist, that counts as two sources.

So it must be true!!!

;^)


53 posted on 08/29/2011 3:03:35 PM PDT by airborne (Paratroopers! Good to the last drop!)
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To: Graneros

I think Perry was always going to get in, regardless.


54 posted on 08/29/2011 3:06:06 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“She has also stated publicly that there is no one in the current field she could support in the primary.”

Maybe that’s because McCain isn’t running. She liked him fine, joined his ticket as I remember.


55 posted on 08/29/2011 3:06:15 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.....A man eventually wears the face he earns.....)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I look at it more like Cheney being sent to find a VP for Bush...


56 posted on 08/29/2011 3:07:41 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Lakeshark
Polls are amazingly prescient 8 months from the primaries or 15 months from the election. Why look at how Rudy swept the field last time, Or how Hillary was going to be the dem nominee, or how Trump was the frontrunner a few months ago. Dukakis was unbeatable, Reagan couldn't win,

Go look up polling results for Republican candidates from August '99 and see who the front-runner was.

57 posted on 08/29/2011 3:08:14 PM PDT by Gena Bukin (Perry/Rubio 2012)
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To: sappy

“I meant, that is the underlying theme. They don’t want her to run. They try to deflect, disuade and deceive the true intention, which, IMHO is to keep Palin out”

Whereever you look in the media it is the same even on fox with that bigmouth BOR.


58 posted on 08/29/2011 3:08:41 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Carnival commie side show, started November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
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To: Lakeshark; gov_bean_ counter

Thank you.


59 posted on 08/29/2011 3:09:18 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Perry 2012! A Conservative who can win!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Translation: “Oh please, please, please don’t run, Sarah.”


60 posted on 08/29/2011 3:10:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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