Posted on 09/24/2010 5:40:14 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the early frontrunner among potential Republican candidates for president in 2012, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
While former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin commands the national spotlight, turning out "tea party" activists and headlining rallies, for now it's Romney who claims the lead at 25 percent, months before an official field takes shape. Palin, GOP nominee John McCain's 2008 running mate, took second with 18 percent.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee tied for third place with 16 percent. Finishing out the pack were Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty with 6 percent, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels with 4 percent and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour with 2 percent.
The survey of 815 registered voters, conducted last Tuesday through Thursday, also highlights more concerns for President Barack Obama and for the Democrats, who are fearful of losing their congressional majority in the November elections.
On the surface, Americans are divided over whether they want Republicans to take over Congress: Forty-eight percent say yes and 46 percent say no.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
The media are picking candidates again. Last time it was Rudy McRomney.
That 46 % needs to take a IQ test to find out whether they should even be allowed to vote.
Old poll. Published several days ago.
LIE
Notes, they were registered voters, no party preference and not even whether they were likely voters.I hate polls like this!
Poll TEA Party members and see very different results. The RINO is an endangered species now.
Who’d they interview liberals?
Disinformation and nonsense. Ignore.
Puke and puke.
But Mike Pence is just not exciting enough. /s
the people are irate with BOTH parties and want the professional political class OUT. They have colluded with one another and compromised OUR FUTURE while ENRICHING THEMSELVES at our expense.
Blah! They have Huckabee in third place.
I have no problem with Romney being the front runner this early out. Thankfully, the front runner never wins the nomination. :)
As long as Palin is hanging around and doing decently in the polls, she’s in a good position to snatch the nomination from Romney’s reach.
It's the same old PDS-sufferers who try to join the Lib's since both groups are afraid of Palin.
In other words, a BS media poll, which is trying to pick our candidate for us, again. Naturally, it's Mitt, who the Democrats have NO fear of, whatsoever.
Notice they're not firing ANY flack at him, as they're doing to Sarah Palin, who has all the left-wing guns trained on her.
Big FAIL, pissant.
please tell me Romney is not going to be the 2012 candidate..
ROTFLMAO - Romney couldn’t beat Palin in Utah, Michigan or Massachusetts with real voters, never mind any place else. Too funny. And I like Romney’s economics...
Article published on 9/21/10.
The poster “searches” for news that doesn’t portray Sarah Palin as the most influential or popular Republican.
you are correct. there are dozens of better possibilities than Romney.
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