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George W. Bush, Sarah Palin endorsements most influential, poll says
The Politico ^ | January 13, 2012 | M.J. Lee

Posted on 01/13/2012 4:34:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Endorsements from George W. Bush and Sarah Palin would have the biggest impact on Republican voters, trumping the support from other GOP figures such as John McCain and Donald Trump, according to a poll Friday.

The majority of Republican and Republican-leaning voters said in a Pew Research Center survey that endorsements from six prominent GOP figures — Bush, Palin, McCain, Trump, Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann — would make no difference in their vote.

But of the six political figures listed, an endorsement from Bush was found to have the most positive impact on voters, with 28 percent saying they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who garnered the former president’s backing. He was followed by Palin, whose endorsement was shown as swaying 23 percent of GOP voters to choose the candidate supported by the former Alaska governor.

Bush and Palin also were found to have the weakest negative impact on GOP voters — 11 percent said a Bush endorsement would make them less likely to vote for a candidate, while 15 percent said the same for Palin.....

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This should be an interesting thread.
1 posted on 01/13/2012 4:34:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, that’s what I’m drooling over myself for - Bush’s endorsement - NOT! We all know who he is gonna recommend - like father, like son.

Palin’s endorsement I will consider.

Bush’s endorsement gets thrown in the trash heap.


2 posted on 01/13/2012 4:39:04 PM PST by bkopto (Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

George W Bush??? For who? Those who didn’t get enough Compassionate Conservatism?


3 posted on 01/13/2012 4:39:28 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: bkopto

His father, mother and youger brother have already endorsed Milt, why would he deviate from that?


4 posted on 01/13/2012 4:40:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

GWB has done a pretty good job as a former president. Unlike Carter and Clinton he stays quiet. I hope he stays quiet.


5 posted on 01/13/2012 4:43:45 PM PST by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
His father, mother and youger brother have already endorsed Milt, why would he deviate from that?

OK, OK, I should have said, "Like Father, like Mother, like little bro, like W" !!

6 posted on 01/13/2012 4:44:57 PM PST by bkopto (Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Endorsement tell more about the person doing the endorsement than the person they are endorsing.


7 posted on 01/13/2012 4:48:38 PM PST by Leep
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

3+ years of Obama has done so much to improve Bush’s image.
Another term by Obama and Bush will be looking like George Washington...

So who should he endorse?


8 posted on 01/13/2012 4:50:50 PM PST by mrsmith (It's 2012 now. Have you found a Tea Party nominee for your House seat yet?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who in their right mind would give any value to dumbo Dubya’s endorsement? Bush was and is a complete failure and a disgrace.


9 posted on 01/13/2012 4:54:14 PM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Thanks for posting. They both will have powerful voices, though I am still supporting Newt no matter who they align with.

GW’s parents have already endorsed Mitt. It makes me think GW will do that as well or stay out of the election. Palin, I see supporting Newt. If she endorses Mitt, her credibility as a conservative will be destroyed by many who see her as an true outside voice against liberalism gone to the extreme and the corruption in which she fights against.
If Mitt wins, she may come back and ask us all to unite to stop Obama. That might be one thing, I will not be able to do, even for Sarah because I am tired of being lied to (vote for me, then they go left).


10 posted on 01/13/2012 4:57:36 PM PST by Christie at the beach
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Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)

+1

11 posted on 01/13/2012 4:58:37 PM PST by Doofer (Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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I assume certain Reps to cozy up to Sarah long enough for her to serve some purpose and then they can return to ridiculing or ignoring her. Palin doesn’t have a party and neither does any other legit conservative. I’d play along and line my pockets if I was her too.


12 posted on 01/13/2012 4:59:37 PM PST by Hayride
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dubya is big on letting the people decide.

My bet is that he will not endorse until the GOP has a nominee.

13 posted on 01/13/2012 5:03:41 PM PST by Siena Dreaming
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Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)

Perspective is everything. If you can't get any more drunk than drunken and we set Obama to be the current drunken sailor, then Dubya was spending like some tight-fisted old maid aunt. Or, if you want to keep Dubya as the drunken sailor with his increasingly small yearly deficits until the Democrats took over both houses of Congress, then Obama would have to be the entire Pacific fleet of drunken sailors.
14 posted on 01/13/2012 5:03:52 PM PST by aruanan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Interesting how they call Trump a top GOP figure. Last I checked, he had changed to independent. He’s not even a Republican anymore.

I wish they had explored this more. Gone into more detail. W is an establishment guy. I think the people likely to be swayedby him are already with Romney. His endorsement might increase their confidence in backing Romney, but I don’t know whether it would cause people supporting others to switch to Romney. I don’t know much it would improve Romney’s position. I think it would just reinforce that Romney is the establishment pick.

I’d guess that those who said yes for Palin otoh, aren’t with Romney now and are currently divided among Newt, Santorum, Perry, etc... Her endorsement could well be more effective than W’s in that I think it has a greater potential to lift someone up and actually change the #s.


15 posted on 01/13/2012 5:03:56 PM PST by jeltz25
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16 posted on 01/13/2012 5:08:23 PM PST by KantianBurke (Where was the Tea Party when Dubya was spending like a drunken sailor?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bush’s endorsement?!?

If that big-spending, big-government, totalitarian freak endorses someone, I’m *NOT* picking that one as a candidate.

Palin, I might listen to...

Rush, Mark Levin... and the rest have more influence than those two ever will.


17 posted on 01/13/2012 5:09:33 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I would rank who would have most influential as:

1. Rush Limbaugh
2. Sarah Palin
3. Dan Chaney
4. George Bush


18 posted on 01/13/2012 5:11:14 PM PST by NoDRodee (U>S>M>C)
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To: bkopto

I must be strange,because an endorsement from Bush would turn me off on just about anyone.

I really do not care who Palin endorses in the Primary’s.

My only two Primary candidates are Santorum and Newt, and I don’t think Santorum can cut the mustard.If Sarah endorsed any of the others it would just be a waste in my book.


19 posted on 01/13/2012 5:15:08 PM PST by Venturer
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To: bkopto

Bush’s endorsement gets thrown in the trash heap


Amen to that.

And Bush has said nothing that I know of about the evil bastard in our White House and his agenda to destroy America.

Screw the Bushes.


20 posted on 01/13/2012 5:29:25 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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