Posted on 04/06/2011 3:47:40 PM PDT by mandaladon
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the early front-runner in the largely unformed race for the Republican nomination for president, but real estate magnate Donald Trump may be a surprise contender, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Among Republican primary voters, Mr. Romney captured the support of 21% in a broad, nine-candidate field. Mr. Trump was tied for second with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, with 17%. House Speaker Newt Gingrich got 11%, just ahead of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s 10%. Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, considered a strong contender by political handicappers, remains largely unknown, with just 6% support. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota had 5%, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum 3%, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour with just 1%.
Mr. Trump “may be a punch line but when he talks about the way to solve our problems, he makes a lot of sense to the average guy out there,” said Todd Mauney, a conservative Republican in Weatherford, Texas. “I don’t know if people can get over him being the butt of every joke but for me, he can be serious when it’s time to make real decisions.“
In a narrower field of five candidates, excluding Mr. Trump but including Messrs. Gingrich, Pawlenty and Barbour and Ms. Bachmann, Mr. Romney comes out with a comfortable 20-point lead, 40% to Mr. Gingrich’s second-place 20%. Mr. Pawlenty had 12% and Ms. Bachmann 11%. Mr. Barbour, a former Republican National Committee chief and chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has a powerful fund-raising network and a vast Rolodex of contacts, but he has yet to catch on with primary voers. He garnered 3% of the support of those polled.
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Aha!!!!
One of the myopic so-cons has revealed themselves!
Elmer Gantry is a socialist, a fraud, for amnesty, for clemency towards convicted murderers, and he has the IQ of a hoe handle. I could care less about your single issue. While pro-life myself, I am also aware of the historic fact that the SCOTUS needs 70 to 80 years to correct its mistakes. It took that long for them to fix “Dred Scott v. US” and “Plessy v. Ferguson”. It’ll take another 30-or 40 years before “Roe v. Wade” gets overturned, too.
AFAIC the other issues like the economy, national security, cutting spending, reducing the debt, and control of the borders are far more imperative right now. Yes, being pro-life is just as important in the long run, but not as pressing right now.
Elmer Gantry needs to go away and never be heard from again, along with his followers.
Trump is the ONLY one so far that doesn’t sound like a politician. His support, IMO, is largely due to that. The peeps are sick and tired of politicians.
LOL - That's rich. I think you miss my point. Social conservatives have one unassailable quality that escapes many other politicians: They never violate their spiritual covenant as a matter of public policy. And, part of those public policy covenants, demand that they protect the sanctity of innocent life.
That means many things, but it means ONE very important thing, legally speaking. They're pro-life. And, as I said, orthodox pro-life judges are very usually right on all the other issues, too. Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts are as reliably conservative on the bench as perhaps any justice that has come before. Why is that? Because they are all deeply committed to life.
Huckabee would be one of my last picks for President, but if I had to choose between him and those other two clowns, like I said - It's not even close.
LLS
You took the thought right from my head. I live in CA and the other day, I was telling my mom that Trump reminds me exactly of Arnold. Big, blustery talk and everyone falls for it, votes for it, and he was the worse state executive ever. Donald would be the same. Bankrupted several businesses, finances Democrats, 3 marriages, low character, and this is whom conservatives will fall behind?
I’ll stick to Palin; at least I can trust what she says.
Anyone that can think for themselves has my vote. This Obama issue is clear cut line of those that can think for themselves and those that can only think as a group.
Of course i would vote Palin but the media will not let us get that chance.
Trump and Cain are the only two in the hunt with a SPINE.......We need a President as tough as GENERAL PATTON, not spoon feeding us pablum like GENERAL MILLS!
Me four.
Does anyone recall Ross Perot? He got Clinton reelected.
John Kennedy was more conservative than Trump.
Donald Trump is Ross Perot in drag. Question his motives.
But the point is, Obama has never had to run against a smart, well organized, competent adversary. If he has to meet such an opponent next year he will be in deep trouble.
Polls since then have shown Americans to be increasingly skeptical of Obama’s official narrative:
A survey by Angus Reid Global Monitor, a division of Vision Critical Group, in October 2009 found three in 10 people in the U.S. believed Obama to be a foreigner.
“While only 13 percent of Democratic Party supporters believe Obama was not born in the U.S., the proportion rises to 25 percent among independents and 51 percent among Republican Party backers,” the report said.
Then in January 2010, another WND/Wenzel Poll revealed on the one-year anniversary of Obama’s tenure in office that fully one-third of Americans refused to believe Obama was a “legitimate president,” with another 15.8 percent saying they were not sure.
Barely half the voters, 51.5 percent, said they believed the president legitimate even though he had not yet produced the documentation proving his constitutional eligibility. Even 14.6 percent of the Democrats said they did not consider him legitimate.
In May 2010, a WND/Wenzel Poll revealed that 55 percent of Americans wanted Obama to release all records relating to his childhood and his education, including “college records, Harvard Law School papers, passport records, travel records, and other similar documentation.”
“Asked what should be done should it be found that Obama does not meet the qualifications to be president, 59 percent said he should be removed from office, and 35 percent said all bills signed into law by Obama should be repealed,” the poll’s analysis revealed.
By last June, other media were beginning to put their toes in the waters of the controversy. A 60 Minutes-Vanity Fair poll revealed only 39 percent of respondents believe Obama was born in Hawaii as he claimed in his book.
“A shocking 63 percent – very nearly two-thirds of us – went out on a limb and stated for the record that we believe in the United States. It’s enough to make you proud to be an American – or 63 percent proud, at any rate.”
But that figure included those who said they believe he was born in Kansas or some other unknown state, which still would conflict with Obama’s story.
Last August, a poll by CNN said 6 of 10 people were uncertain Obama was born in the U.S. The poll said only 42 percent believe Obama “definitely” was born in the U.S.
Trump is a lib. He says while he is personally pro-life he respects the law that allows a women’s choice.
Sorry, does anyone have a problem with that?
It doesn’t look like the MSM birther taunting on Trump is having the deleterious effect the MSM expected.
Same for me.
You got something against someone who has to work for a living, PDS'er?
Heh, Trump would be on the bottom of any list I choose from, just above romneycare and huckleberry.
Got it. Thanks for the clarification. But I was just agreeing with the other poster that Trump reminds me a lot of Arnold.... a lot!
While Herman Cain is admittedly a longshot for the nomination, Tim Pawlenty has as good a chance as anyone to with the nomination, and would be our strongest candidate in the general election.
Mitt Romney and (especially) Donald Trump have no chance whatsoever to forge the type of coalition that will be required to defeat Obama.
I find it hard to believe he wants the job. I think he’s running interference for the GOP. He’s bringing up all the stuff the pols won’t discuss. He’s got people talking. When townhall season starts, the questions will be asked and they’ll have to decide where they stand. With the party elite or with us. He might be like Sarah. If there is no viable candidate, he will take the job. I’d say he’s been thoroughly vetted by the celebrity loving press who now hate him. He’s saying exactly what I want to hear. I agree with Laura Ingraham. He has to tread carefully and not turn this thing into another Perot.
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