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Rasmussen predicts GOP dark horse
Boston Herald ^ | 1/17/11 | Katy Jordan

Posted on 01/17/2011 5:14:28 PM PST by pissant

Addressing business leaders in Louisiana last week, national political pollster Scott Rasmussen said that the GOP’s 2012 nominee will not go to a big-name candidate (i.e. Romney, Palin or Gingrich?), but likely someone lesser known, who has experience on the national stage, the News Star reports.

Rasmussen addressed the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry at their annual meeting last Wednesday, weighing in on the political climate and condemning Washington partisanship saying “Both parties have worked together for decades to alienate the people.”

Any dark horses out there?

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To: Bigtigermike

Pence and Bachmann both sound like they are running for Prez. DeMint’s adviser said a couple weeks back that everything is still on the table. And Cain almost certainly is running.

If we get two out of the 4 I’ll be satisfied. I hope Bolton runs too, if for nothing else to teach the rest of the field about US sovereignty.


21 posted on 01/17/2011 5:44:48 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
I agree. It will either be DeMint, Bachmann, Cain or Pence.

After four years of Obummer, voters will be in no mood for someone without a lot of executive experience. That gives Herman Cain the edge.

22 posted on 01/17/2011 5:45:37 PM PST by freespirited (Truth is the new hate speech. -- Pamela Geller)
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To: pissant

Congressman Steve King of Iowa is ready to throw his hat in the ring with a little encouragement. He’s the type of leader that would have our enemies quaking in their boots.


23 posted on 01/17/2011 5:45:54 PM PST by The Duke
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To: pissant

Well if we knew or had hopes of one, would we tell it so Obamamedia/Journolista’s can start the attacks early????


24 posted on 01/17/2011 5:46:41 PM PST by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: freespirited

Voters will be in no mood for liberalism. That should give any of the 4 the edge not only over Obama, but the rest of the GOP wannabees.


25 posted on 01/17/2011 5:46:57 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
Dream on, darkhorse breath.
26 posted on 01/17/2011 5:47:43 PM PST by JPG (YES SHE CAN!)
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To: colorado tanker
I agree the front runners have too much baggage.

The reality also is that within 5 minutes of assuming a national presence, any Republican will have too much baggage, manufactured by the MSM and force fed the public 24/7.

27 posted on 01/17/2011 5:48:44 PM PST by ChildOfThe60s ( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: pissant

He means Jeb Bush. I don’t want any more Bushies. They have proven they are better than Obama—but we need real conservatives now. RINOS are not what we need in this crisis.


28 posted on 01/17/2011 5:48:51 PM PST by SC_Pete
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To: The Duke

I was pimping for King earlier in the year, but he hasn’t made any noises about it. I’d be quite happy if he goes for it. No one currently holding office in DC or the guv’s mansions is as conservative as King.


29 posted on 01/17/2011 5:49:19 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

Cain’s a dark horse to 3/4 of the electorate.


30 posted on 01/17/2011 5:50:20 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
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To: SC_Pete

Jeb would NOT be a dark horse. He’d be hailed as the instant frontrunner. And no, I don’t want him either. He’s a flippin amnesty queen, like most of the others.


31 posted on 01/17/2011 5:50:20 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
I agree. It will either be DeMint, Bachmann, Cain or Pence.

The 'frontrunners' all stink

Not all of them... Sarah Palin, for instance.

32 posted on 01/17/2011 5:50:37 PM PST by sargon (I don't like the sound of these "boncentration bamps")
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To: colorado tanker

I like the idea of a governor.


33 posted on 01/17/2011 5:51:11 PM PST by samtheman
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To: The Duke

Would he have to surrender his House seat? I don’t think he would, as IA has a September (?) primary.


34 posted on 01/17/2011 5:51:14 PM PST by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: pissant

Bachmann is the only one of those that could win.


35 posted on 01/17/2011 5:51:41 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: JPG

Must suck having to hope that no conservatives run. What a miserable existence.


36 posted on 01/17/2011 5:51:47 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant

Jebbie, Myth, and Huckabee are truly triplets of the left. It would be hard to vote for any of them as the nominee. Maybe Constitution Party then, which is the same as voting for Obama.


37 posted on 01/17/2011 5:52:24 PM PST by Theodore R. (Rush was right when he said America may survive Obama but not the Obama supporters.)
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To: sargon

TO me she does. She ain’t nearly as conservative as the ones I mentioned.


38 posted on 01/17/2011 5:52:37 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: TexasFreeper2009

We’ll see.


39 posted on 01/17/2011 5:54:10 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Uncle Miltie

You’d prefer another four years of 0bama?


40 posted on 01/17/2011 5:54:51 PM PST by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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