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Romney leads Palin among possible GOP contenders, poll finds
Miami Herald ^ | 9/21/10 | Margie Taley

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 ...


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To: pissant

ROMNEY=RINO.


21 posted on 09/24/2010 5:55:16 PM PDT by Ben Reyes (Palin for President 2012)
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To: pissant

ROMNEY=RINO.


22 posted on 09/24/2010 5:55:21 PM PDT by Ben Reyes (Palin for President 2012)
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Notes, they were registered voters, no party preference and not even whether they were likely voters.I hate polls like this!

Exactly. How anyone can give credence to a poll that doesn't have definitive sampling data is beyond me.

23 posted on 09/24/2010 5:56:27 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: pissant

I’m sure you orgasmed posting this, right?


24 posted on 09/24/2010 5:56:43 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Mexico is the U.S. version of Hamas)
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To: pissant

Well : Here’s something to Ponder.

I would vote for p[alin, I will not vote for Romney.


25 posted on 09/24/2010 5:57:02 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: pissant
Well : Here's something to Ponder.

I would vote for Palin, I will not vote for Romney.

26 posted on 09/24/2010 5:57:32 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: pissant

It doesn’t matter what any pole finds....Madam President is the one.


27 posted on 09/24/2010 5:59:52 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: pissant

Mitt Huckalenty, the Log Cabin boys...


28 posted on 09/24/2010 6:00:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Palin/Bolton 2012)
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To: pissant

“McClatchy-Marist poll”

Well, I’m sure that’s fair and unbiased. A merger of left wingnuts.


29 posted on 09/24/2010 6:04:14 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius.)
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To: pissant

This one word tells you all you need to know about this poll:

McClatchy


30 posted on 09/24/2010 6:04:14 PM PDT by curth (SarahPac: Over 2 million members! Are you in for $20.12?)
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To: Venturer
"I would vote for Palin, I will not vote for Romney."


I really do not want to get stuck with either one as the nominee, but would support either one over Obama.
31 posted on 09/24/2010 6:04:59 PM PDT by rob777
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To: Venturer

“I would vote for p[alin, I will not vote for Romney.”

Ahh... The I will not vote for McCain 2008 strategy.

How did that work out?


32 posted on 09/24/2010 6:05:17 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Remember March 23, 1775. Remember March 23, 2010)
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To: pissant

It’s very, very early. If Romney runs again, there will be plenty of time to point out his record.


33 posted on 09/24/2010 6:06:51 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Obama's more worried about Israelis building houses than he is about Islamists building atomic bombs)
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To: pissant
I'm not saying that I think Palin should run, and I am not saying that she should be president....

but how come we get stuck with ROmney?.......we have Scott Brown....we have Joe Miller.....we have Christie....we have Demint....we have so many that are solid conservatives, well spoken ,. bright and articulate...

have the dims again selected our next candidate?....just like they did with McCain and Dole?

34 posted on 09/24/2010 6:07:03 PM PDT by cherry
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To: EQAndyBuzz

pretty good.

without obama, we wouldn’t have this strong tea party movement.


35 posted on 09/24/2010 6:07:23 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Tench_Coxe

Rudy’s fairly RINOish but he is light years better than Myth Romney, stinking Amnesty McCain and Newt.


36 posted on 09/24/2010 6:07:53 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: pissant
I notice all these polls include Huckabee whom I would be surprised to see running again after that Seattle scandal. If Huckabee's out of the picture, I'm guessing a significant portion of that moves to Palin.

It would be interested to see a poll where Huckabee is not one of the choices.

Then again, I'm not sure the media *wants* anyone to think Palin is the front-runner.

37 posted on 09/24/2010 6:08:14 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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To: pissant

Don’t worry, Palin, the only true conservative who has a chance to win, will be in first by November 2012.


38 posted on 09/24/2010 6:09:03 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: pissant

Cross tabs:

http://media.mcclatchydc.com/static/pdf/Marist-politics-final.pdf


39 posted on 09/24/2010 6:10:44 PM PDT by deport
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To: pissant

The media would love Romney as the Republican nom...that way they win no matter what the outcome of the election.


40 posted on 09/24/2010 6:11:43 PM PDT by SeaWolf (Orwell must have foreseen the 21st Century US Congress when he wrote 1984)
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