Posted on 06/02/2009 3:46:37 PM PDT by Checkers
A new poll of the potential 2012 GOP primary field from CNN/Opinion Research Corp. shows a log jam of three candidates at the top. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and current Alaska Governor Sarah Palin are in a statistical dead heat according to the survey conducted May 14-17 with a 4.5% margin of error:
Huckabee 22 Palin 21 Romney 21 Gingrich 13 Jeb Bush 6 Someone Else 10
In related news, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who announced today he would not be seeking a third term, dodged questions today about running in 2012 while adding that he believes the GOP needs "new ideas and new faces."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com ...
“BS squared.
You need to get more in touch with reality.”
The ignorance is irritating with these folks.
hell yeah!
yeah? and your point?
You may be right about her.
I don't see her as President, and don't want her to run.
Did you sleep through the GOP primary last year?
No, did you? Giuliani killed himself with his all or nothing Florida strategy. He won't make that mistake again.
Who can win elections? Romney has one electoral victory, he served one term, did poorly and could not win reelection. Romney loses elections, he doesn’t win them.
People like you forget that voters don’t like the man, that is why he couldn’t even hold his own against the weakest field that any of us has ever seen, during the 2008 primary.
The reality is that Mormonism is a cult.
Get in touch with that.
Huckabee is not on my list of favorites. I don’t have confidence in his economic policies. I’m leaning towards Mark Sanford. But I would definitely vote for Huck should he be the nominee. Heck, I’d vote for Soupy Sales, Bozo The Clown, you name it, if they were running against Obama.
She is perhaps one of the few candidates that has proven that she won't succumb to the establishment.
And they know it. Hence their fear and loathing of all things Sarah.
He beat everybody but McCain. What are you talking about?
Anyway, what are you complaing about? You got your boy Obama in there.
Enjoy.
FR took on Giuliani and FR will take on Mitt Romney this time.
A poll by CNN? I’d be leary of results from any poll by CNN. Who are the poll-ees? If CNN viewers, then this poll is worthless. If they were cold-calling, then a little more credibility.
Huck’s a hack — smarmy, slick, and mealy-mouthed. Not sure about Romney. Love Sarah still.
Palin not win a Presidential election. Going to the Senate and actually getting something done there like she did as Governor would be a good thing. It's amazing that we all want a Conservative in the White House but don't worry about their presence, or lack thereof, in the Senate.
her draw for me is her culture stances as much as anything
The highest percentage was the ones that left the republican party!
Barack Hussein Obama - President: 2009-2017
I agree!!!
Sarah is tied with Romney but isn’t mentioned in the headline. Funny, that.
Huchabee is a modern day Elmer Gantry.
.....Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, youve got it made.
Ideological, philosophical and policy positions aside, none of those three can beat Barack Obama, even if the economy is a little worse in 2012.
BINGO!!!
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