Posted on 10/19/2014 12:40:55 PM PDT by Bettyprob
That would be Mitt Romney, supported for the GOP nomination by 21 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. That’s double the support of his closest potential rival, but it also leaves 79 percent who prefer one of 13 other possible candidates tested, or none of them.
When Romney is excluded from the race, his supporters scatter, adding no clarity to the GOP free-for-all. In that scenario former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul have 12 or 13 percent support from leaned Republicans who are registered to vote. All others have support in the single digits.
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Romney: 21%
Bush: 10%
Huckabee: 10%
Paul: 9%
Christie: 8%
Carson: 6%
Rubio: 6%
Perry: 5%
Santorum: 4%
Cruz: 3%
Jindal: 1%
Kasich: 1%
Walker: 1%
No Opinion: 4%
When Romney is excluded from the poll, it's a virtual tie for first-place between Bush, Huckabee and Paul, with everyone else in single digits.
Romney?No,thank you.
Gosh, before the 2016 primaries start, the first name is the guy on whom 700 million dollars was spent promoting as the GOP candidate just 2 years ago.
Because RINOs know how best to polish Democrat knobs.
Romney couldn’t beat a weakened Obama when he had the chance. So why would the party think that running the same tired horse again will win this time? It just doesn’t make any sense — unless you’re a Republican.
Who'd they poll? Every G*D* socialist between Stalingrad and Berlin? Every Lenin luvin', obama worshiping Hitler sycophant D*tard between socialist occupied connecticut and pervert plagued San Francisco?
There were certainly no conservatives involved and no real Republicans.
Go home, Mitt, use the magic seer stones to find a different hobby.
I concur.
I can’t help but believe these polls are mainly name recognition though I would think there would be more name recognition for some of the others.
Curiously, this is similar to the Marist-McClatchy poll which I thought was mainly Iowa vs. this one that seems national.
Leave it to a FR n00bie to pimp Romney again. You won’t find many takers here!
Yep, it’s nothing.
No, they probably read the 700 post thread yesterday filled with RINO sycophants bemoaning rino losses, demanding we abandon principles and vote for more of them ‘no matter what’.
No need to poll socialists’ when cheshire conservatives will step up to the plate every single time they’re directed to.
The only way Romney deserves even one look this time around, is if he comes out FIRMLY for American businesses, and repatriating businesses which are currently overseas.
Sorry but that is it. Same with any other candidates.
Romney be for the return of American industry. Or else shut up, and sit down this time.
Choose.
If you believe anything he tells you, you really aren’t paying attention.
Yeah, buddy, my post #10, which preceded yours, is a real “pimping” for Romney, huh.
Embarrassing.
I’m just saying.
Unlike a lot of FReepers I settled on Romney last time around, after Palin dropped out. I thought he was most likely to win. And he ran strong, until the debates, at which point I don’t know what in the world happened to him, after one strong showing.
It was like, after the first debate, he went to sleep.
After that huge let-down, I am no longer for Romney.
With the exception, that I believe he (could) be a mighty force to bring back American industry.
In which case I would support him enthusiastically. But he would have to be completely for American industry. Robustly so. Militantly so, almost.
Otherwise he had a chance already. Last time around.
As things stand right now, no way.
If Cruz gets in, he will win by a wide margin.
In which case I would support him enthusiastically"
He's a queer lover, among other things, and that's a no-go for me.
Just saying.
Bring back men who don't pander to queers.
Now.
THIS is why, as it stands now, we are going to get slaughtered in 2016. Yeah, yeah we all have our favorites and ones we like ... but we absolutely, 100% lack a leader.
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