Insider Poll: Mitt Romney a Potential Presidential Candidate

KSTU-TV Fox 13 Salt Lake City, Utah ^ | 2009-12-14

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SALT LAKE CITY - Over the course of two weeks, Utah Republicans had the chance to see the two most talked-about potential presidential candidates in their party. Mitt Romney attended an event for ADX security systems and Sarah Palin visited to sign her bestselling book. The Utahpolicy.com, Fox 13 Insider Poll finds that Mitt Romney is taken far more seriously as a potential presidential candidate.

53.5 percent of Republicans say they expect Romney to be the Republican party candidate to face Barack Obama. 31.3 percent of Democrats think Romney will be the candidate. Only 4.7 percent of Republicans and 6.3 percent of Democrats guess that Palin will get the Republican Party nod.

The insiders poll surveys about 50 Democratic and 50 Republican lawmakers, campaigners, and lobbyists. For more information, check out utahpolicy.com.

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[ABQHispConservative]

All insiders, all establishment types in this poll. They insist on trying to run a rino.

[LachlanMinnesota]

No, thank you.

[Psalm 144]

53.5 percent of Republicans say they expect Romney to be the Republican party candidate to face Barack Obama.

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The Once and Future Scozzafava.

[highlander_UW]

While it is possible that the republican may decide to run a RINO such as Romney they can be assured they won't have this independent conservative’s vote.

[ansel12]

50 Utah democrat insiders and 50 Utah republican insiders, choose Romney, too bad for them that republicans don't agree with them.

December 10, 2009

[Krodg]

Nope...Sarah has my vote.

[BP2]

[SeaWolf]

Please no more RINOs, How about someone who actually believes in the principles upon which this country was founded strongly enough to fight for them!

[StandUpChuck]

Romneycare or Obamacare. Really, there is not much difference.

[freedumb2003]

*sigh*

Teh Wan gets another perfect storm of an unviable R candidate.

[4rcane]

only 4.7% GOP insiders support Palin. Its alot more serious than I thought. The establishment, need to go

[OCCASparky]

Never trust a guy who combs his hair with olive oil and a fork. Hey, you want to see “conservatism, Massachusetts style”? Go look and see how well his Massholecare is doing these days.

[Carry_Okie]

I see: Mormon Romney is viewed as "more presidential" than Evangelical Palin...

In Utah, of all places. Shocker! Whoda thunk it?

Please, drop it. That chameleon would be just as destructive as McCain, and for similar reasons.

[hattend]

No, thanks

Massachusetts - nuff said.

[FastCoyote]

This is a Utah poll, they all think Romney is a God on Earth. You’d get the same results if you asked whether Romney walks on water and heals the blind. Wonder what the poll is among people in Iowa?

[skinkinthegrass]

...so Myth Flip / Flop, Is @ it again...and again...and again.
(Myth / McPain / Huckabee) your not worth it, RINOs need not apply.

[CitizenUSA]

If the party moderates manage to give us Romney, I will not vote for him even if it means another Obama term. Seriously. Romney turns my stomach. He epitomizes everything that’s wrong with the go along to get along wing of the Republican Party.

Party insiders? Nominate Romney at your own risk. I’m a long-term Republican who will literally walk away from the party over this RINO crap. I bet I’m not alone.

[Carl LaFong]

McCain, Version 2.0.

[GreyMountainReagan]

"they all think Romney is a God on Earth"

not all.