Posted on 11/04/2010 9:07:33 AM PDT by MissesBush
Washington (CNN) -- His party got its clock cleaned in Tuesday's midterm elections, but President Barack Obama still remains competitive in some hypothetical 2012 presidential election matchups, especially against Sarah Palin, a new poll shows.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday also indicates that at the unofficial start of the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the field of possible contenders appears wide open with no front-runner.
Twenty-one percent of Republicans say they would most likely support 2008 GOP White House candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for their party's 2012 presidential nomination, according to the poll.
The number is 20 percent for another 2008 Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Fourteen percent say they support Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, with 12 percent backing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
The remaining candidates, whose names were all in single digits, are led by Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who also ran for the GOP presidential nomination the last time around, followed by Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania.
The poll's release comes as Santorum visits New Hampshire to give a speech about the midterm election results and the future of the Republican party. No one has yet to announce a bid for the GOP nomination.
In a possible general election showdown, Obama leads Palin 52-44 percent among all registered voters.
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Excellent choice but how about Thune/Rubio......can I get an Amen?!?!
Remember folks, there is no “perfect” candidate but take this into consideration, Rubio would help with the latino vote. Also, he would be VP not president, so his decision making “power” would be very limited.
Apparently the entire line. :(
any chance the governor or Texas will run?
Good point. DeMint/Rubio or Bachman/Rubio would be a better choice probably.
Is Bobby Jindal a “natural born” US citizen?
Pissant, what is the actual definition of “natural born” at the time the Constitution was written? Didn’t you discuss that once?
“I don’t want these re-treads from 2008 like Romney, Huckabee or Palin.”
Amen to that. I like Sarah, but I want her as the RNC Chairwoman first.
And PLEASE! Don’t ANYONE give Michael Steele ANY credit for this current run of the table. He’s still an ineffective idiot. And for an idiot, he’s not even particularly USEFUL, LOL!
Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Christie is great, but is he not pro-”choice”?
What the RNC really should do is make a video compilation of all the stupid things Couric has said, and turn it into a campaign ad for Sarah.
Chris Christie is pro-life. The issues on which he is a bit of a squish are immigration and gun rights.
Huckabee is the grenade that will blow up the Republican nomination again. In 2008, his candidacy gave us John McCain and killed off other viable candidates. Had he not run in 2008, or dropped out earlier, we’d either have a President Romney right now or Romney would’ve been the nominee last time and out of the running right now. Or, perhaps a Fred Thompson would’ve ascended last time. For the life of me, I don’t get these 20+ percent of Republicans who find Huckabee appealing as a political candidate. He’s not, he’s horrible, and is on path to destroy the 2012 primary season for Republicans.
this poll is BULL CRAP... it’s just CNN trying to put their boys up front and they know their polls will only encourage Huckabee and Romney....out ! out! out! NO MORE ROMNEY, HUCKABEE, NEWT. RUDY, NO MORE RINOS! JEB BUSH CAN EXIT STAGE DOOR RIGHT TOO! oh I forgot my own beloved governor Good Hair, Rick Perry....NO! oh and Haley Barbour....NO!
your kidding, right?
Now, THERE’S a ticket I can live with
It would be cool to some day have...
Amy Carter/Chelsea Clinton vs Jenna Bush/Barbara Bush.
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