Romney leads as GOP prioritizes electability (Cain jumps into 2nd ahead of Palin?)

PPP ^ | 6-16-11 | PPP

[Elendur]

“...Cain continues to pick up steam.”
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great posts, and good observation.
NRO and others push Rhinos.
but i think a lot of ordinary people see Cain is a true conservative leader.
(remember how fast people jumped to follow Trump?
and he’s nuts ! but people want someone who speaks his mind, instead of a politican. Cain said he’d get rid of the 16th amendment, and other bold ideas.
(and putting American national security first, over “PC”!)
maybe his ideas are crazy, but, he’s talking SPECIFICS, unlike some others, who dodge questions...)

as for Palin supporters going to Romney if she doesn’t run, i agree name recognition is part.
but i think it’s mostly people are terrified of Obama getting re-elected, so they believe the hype of pundits that only a moderate like Romney can save us...

[The Wizard]

This is all theater until Madam President declares, and everyone knows it. I saw this headline on Drudge that 45% think her running will hurt the GOP, but the real story is 55% say she won’t ....Run Sarah Run

[dforest]

no, it wasn’t just you;)

[curth]

Nonsense

[ArrogantBustard]

More push-polling from leftists ... they're trying to shove romney down our throats, so that no matter what party wins in 2012, we lose.

I WILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY, EVEN IN A GENERAL ELECTION.

FUMR.

FUMSM.

[Brookhaven]

OK, I’ll admit it—I don’t see the obvious you’re talking about.

One version of the poll included people who have declared and people that haven’t declared (giving people really want an undeclared candidate to jump into the race to show their support for that undeclared candidate).

Another version of the poll included only declared candidates.

In both poll verions Romney was #1 and Cain was #2.

What’s the obvious thing I’m missing?

[Joe Boucher]

MSM can pound sand. I will NOT support Mitt the rino Romney

[Renderofveils]

but i think it’s mostly people are terrified of Obama getting re-elected, so they believe the hype of pundits that only a moderate like Romney can save us...

I like to refer to them as punditutes.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Seems pretty clear to me, most voters want Obama OUT, thus the Romney lead. Only when voters see there is another candidate who could beat Obama, then Romney will be history. Right now voters don't see that person.

[hellbender]

What kind of fool thinks Romney leads on “electability?” This creep has never held elected office except in Taxachusetts. He ran for President in 2008 and spent millions, yet hardly won any delegates. The Pubbies won a landslide in 2010 because the public hates 0bamacare, yet that issue will be DOA if Romney is nominated. All 0bama has to do is to say: “Mitt, I just want the people of America to have what you wanted for the people of Massachusetts.” Game over, we lose. The conservatives in the race have to get together and purge the party of this disastrous phony before he can win the NH primary and be proclaimed “the front runner” by the MSM.

[bwc2221]

Hey, it's PPP.

Kos and the Democratic Party tell them the results they want and PPP selects a sampling and words the questions in a way that provide the results.

Today most pollsters are whores (and I sincerely apologize to the ladies of the evening for saying that).

[JimRed]

Palin tied for third, not even running!

[RJS1950]

I’ll second either combination. Cain jumped ahead of Palin but she has not even announced yet. Feed the poll through a BS filter and you will probably find Cain and Palin vying for spots 1 and 2.

[Al B.]

In a PPP matchup poll of Obama vs. GOP candidates just 2 days ago, only 28% of GOP voters thought Palin would even run. 40% of Dem voters thought she would run.

The meme of Palin not running is firmly set among the GOP voter base. Hard to overcome that until/unless she actually gets into the race.

The field is not set and it’s 16+ months until the election. Check the mid-2007 polls to see who was ahead in the GOP horserace. It was Rudy Giuliani, followed by Fred Thompson.

[Vendome]

Well, if she’s not in, those numbers are entirely possible.

They will change when she does announce.

[Emperor Palpatine]

[Pollster1]

I imagine most of the Mitt supporters will admit that they despise the socialism-lite RINO but are supporting him because he's electable. I have a suggestion. Let's get Obama to call himself a "republican" and then we can all win. The far left will still vote for Obama because changing what he calls himself won't change the fact that he is a big government liberal, and the Romney backers will be happy to vote for Obama if he will just pretend he's a republican. By declaring for Mitt, they've already proven that they have no problem with a far left liberal. Everybody wins. Right?

[Or, to set aside the sarcasm, instead of choosing Romney, who is "electable" only because those who will vote Obama in the end are saying they prefer Romney over a real conservative, we could vote for someone genuinely different from Obama, someone who will excite conservatives and get us all to the polls.]

[truthkeeper]

What’s the obvious thing I’m missing?

I see you are going to make me don my asbestos undies.
See post #29...especially the last sentence.

[Caipirabob]

[Grunthor]

“Romney leads our newest poll with 22% to 17% for Herman Cain, 15% for Sarah Palin”

Cain and Palin and Bachmann combined whip Mitts’ kiester. I hope those three figure out soon just who is is getting in and just who is getting out. I saw a Rasmussen poll earlier that wasn’t all that kind to Cain.