Posted on 05/26/2011 1:23:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
White House hopefuls Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin lead a narrower field of potential rivals for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, according to a poll released on Thursday.
The Gallup survey is the organization's first since Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and real estate mogul Donald Trump opted out of the slowly evolving primary race.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and so far the apparent front-runner, led Palin by 17 percent to 15 percent, well within the poll's 4 percentage points margin of error. Texas Representative Ron Paul ranked third at 10 percent.
But the survey of 971 Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said 22 percent of respondents had no preference.
Neither Romney nor Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and a former Alaska governor, has formally announced plans for the 2012 campaign....
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Ok, Axelrod.
What’s the weather like in Chicago? You guys still get free pizza or is Mr. Soros cutting back? Oh, say “Hi” to that fat slob Jack Stuef for me. Too bad about him getting canned at Wonkette and all! LOL
You know, you play a pretty good fake conservative operative. You’ve got the obligatory military handle and everything, but you’re probably just a deadlocked veterinarian from the 2nd ward of Chicago. I guess that’s the twist.
Sorry, GOP primary voters aren’t stupid enough to nominate Palin because some closet nutroot FR infiltrator ASSURES us (wink, wink) that she can beat Obama.
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