Poll: Sarah Palin remains threat to Mitt Romney in potential GOP 2012 race

The Boston Herald ^ | 2009-07-08 | Dave Wedge

[rabscuttle385]

Former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney is locked in a statistical dead heat with Sarah Palin for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, despite the Alaska governor’s abrupt resignation last week, according to a new poll of Republican voters.

Romney leads all Republican presidential contenders, garnering 25 percent of the vote, edging out Palin (24 percent), former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (22) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (14 percent) in the Rasmussen poll released yesterday.

[Mojave]

Romney leads all Republican presidential contenders

What contenders? I hadn't heard that anybody announced yet.

[C19fan]

Go ahead Romney waste another what $50 mm of your own money between now and 2012. I want Jindahl.

[Always Right]

Too bad for Romney he is not much of a threat to Sarah.

[Pikachu_Dad]

F Romney and his Romney care. Only liberals come from Mass.

[allmendream]

I believe Romney had one of the lowest return on investments (in terms of votes gained per dollars spent) than any other candidate for the R nomination in a loooooong time.

If you cannot get people enthused enough to give you THEIR money, such that you have to spend your own, and if you cannot “sell” your “product” even after an expensive ad campaign- then maybe the problem isn't with the “customers” but with the product.

[greyfoxx39]

Former Bay State Gov. Mitt Romney is locked in a statistical dead heat with Sarah Palin for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, despite the Alaska governor’s abrupt resignation last week, according to a new poll of Republican voters.

Time for Romney's henchmen to re-double the smear efforts on Palin.

[Zathras]

Boston helps guide the GOP again.

[Pistolshot]

If Sarah is in a 'dead heat' now, what's she gonna be when she really campaigns?

I think Romney is watching his dreams get crushed under a high heel.

[greyfoxx39]

LOL..pickin’ myself up off the floor over that one!

[RobbyS]

Mitt needs to take a charm course. He is as wooden as Al Gore used to me, before Al went nuts and accused Bush of treason.

[ASOC]

How is this possible? Everyone “knows” Mitt is a nonstarter.

Why, just look at his record of failed programs.

Or that fact that his is rich, you just know somebody had to lose for him to get that rich.

Oh well, maybe he could elected to something in Utah - he did save thier bacon after all.

[Diogenesis]

"Palin still led all potential candidates in favorability with 76 percent.
Romney was second with a 73 percent favorability rating.

The poll also found that 75 percent of voters believe a GOP candidate could defeat President Obama,
41 percent of whom said it was “very likely.”

[pissant]

It’s the media hard at work choosing the contenders, like last time.

[techno]

One of the Big 3 will prevail in the 2012 primaries.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That they would even mention Myth Romney and Gomer “Fried Squirrel” Huckabee in the same sentence as Sarah Palin shows the denial the MSM is in. If the primaries were held today, Governor Palin would be the GOP standard-bearer by a landslide! Take a look:

Palin’s Support Rises Among Republicans
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288360/posts

[Red_Devil 232]

I did not know Pam Anderson had a pair of Tits

[greyfoxx39]

If Sarah is in a 'dead heat' now, what's she gonna be when she really campaigns?
I think Romney is watching his dreams get crushed under a high heel.

[McGruff]

And this is coming from a Taxachusetts paper. I’m sure they’re reputable though. :)