Posted on 06/16/2011 1:43:39 PM PDT by Brookhaven
Romney leads our newest poll with 22% to 17% for Herman Cain, 15% for Sarah Palin, 9% for Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty, 8% for Michele Bachmann, 7% for Ron Paul, and 1% for Jon Huntsman.
Romney's strength is with those voters for whom electability is the paramount concern. He gets 27% with them to 14% each for Cain and Palin and 12% for Pawlenty. With GOP partisans more concerned about ideology Romney is third at 16%, behind Cain's 22% and Palin's 18%.
If Palin doesn't run Romney's lead expands. He gets 27% to 20% for Cain, 13% for Bachmann, 12% for Gingrich, 10% for Pawlenty, 6% for Paul, and 3% for Huntsman. One piece of conventional wisdom that is true: the biggest beneficiary of Palin not running would be Bachmann. She gets 32% of the Palin supporters to 17% for Gingrich, 14% for Cain, and 13% for Romney.
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Ugh.
Palin/Cain or Cain/Palin
Please add me to the Cain ping list.
It’s PPP! Positively Progressive Polling.
That’s a not insignificant number of Palin backers that would move to Romney if she doesn’t run. That just seems wrong to me.
This is all farting in the wind. When Rick Perry officially joins the race, it’s a different ballgame.
What’s interesting here (imho) is that despite the fact that he (1) had a mediocre debate, imho, and (2) has not had much in the way of press coverage in the last week, Cain continues to pick up steam.
Did you ever consider this may be so because he is a candidate officially? Probably not.
BS
I find it hard to believe that many Palin supporters would go to Romeny either. At this point it must be name recognition.
i’d be happy to...thanks
NO backer of Gov. Palin would ever back old backstabber Romney.
Right? Welcome to FR, newbie.
Romney attacking Gov. Palin ---- for Obama in 2008
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]
Mr. Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
Thank you for stating the obvious. I thought it was just me.
Yes, this is the big news here.
Ultimately though, if Palin opts out, I think Bachmann and Cain will be the benefactors as we learn more about Mitt. Most of Romney’s support is simply name recognition and electability.
herman is putting together a very impressive grassroots organization. his supporters are some very motivated people on a mission.
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