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The most surprising poll results of the 2012 Election cycle?
Libertarian Republican ^ | Monday, May 23, 2011 | Eric Dondero

Posted on 05/24/2011 1:29:34 PM PDT by FreeKeys

Pro-Free Markets/Strong on Defense Giuliani best against Obama

Courtesy of our friends at Race42012.com, a new Harris interactive poll shows Romney on top of the GOP field. But Giuliani, not even a candidate, does best against Obama.

Harris Interactive Republican Primary Poll

    •Romney – 14%
    •Huckabee – 12%
    •Gingrich – 10%
    •Palin – 8%
    •Trump – 8%
    •Giuliani – 7%
    •Daniels – 5%
    •Paul – 4%
    •Cain – 3%
    •Bachmann – 2%
    •Pawlenty – 2%
    •Huntsman – 1%
    •Johnson – *
    •Santorum – *

General Election Matchups

    •Giuliani – 51%
    •Obama – 49%

    •Obama – 51%
    •Romney – 49%

    •Obama – 55%
    •Paul – 45%

    •Obama – 56%
    •Gingrich – 44%

    •Obama – 57%
    •Johnson – 43%

    •Obama – 57%
    •Santorum – 43%

    •Obama – 58%
    •Bachmann – 42%

    •Obama – 58%
    •Palin – 42%

    •Obama – 58%
    •Pawlenty – 42%

    •Obama – 59%
    •Cain – 41%

    •Obama – 59%
    •Huntsman – 41%

Editor's comments - Of course, the always vocal Ron Paul people despise the anti-Islamist/pro-Israel hawk Giuliani. It'll be interesting to see their reaction to these numbers. Also a surprise. Palin does rather well in this poll. Giuliani/Palin?


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; election; giuliani; obama
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To: trisham

Thank you.


21 posted on 05/24/2011 2:31:20 PM PDT by FreeKeys (RINOs aren't human. They're a species of poisonous, spineless slimy lizard.)
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To: FreeKeys

You’re quite welcome. Best wishes.


22 posted on 05/24/2011 2:32:33 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: FreeKeys
"What I DO know, however, is that priority #1 is to DEFEAT THE EVIL WANNA-BE DICTATOR in the White House with the heaviest-duty electoral firepower we can muster (the most conservative one who CAN WIN)."


We have to be careful not the repeat the Dems mistake. They ran in 2008 largely on an anti-Bush platform with no blueprint of their own. The result was that they did not begin 2009 with a governing mandate. Look what happened to them in 2010 when they tried to govern like thy had a mandate. It is important that we not make the same mistake by simply focusing on an anti-Obama approach.
23 posted on 05/24/2011 3:06:51 PM PDT by rob777
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To: An American!
Mitt Romney was ahead of the curve in stating his goal of homosexualizing the military.

How many of Romney's sons served in the military and did Romney himself serve?
24 posted on 05/24/2011 3:11:12 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: cripplecreek

The poll serves to push the idea that only RINOs can compete against Obama. We saw in 2008 what happens when RINOs go up against Obama.


25 posted on 05/24/2011 3:13:16 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: FreeKeys

I’m surprised there are that many members of the Sheeple who even remember who Giuliani is.


26 posted on 05/24/2011 3:17:51 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: FreeKeys

Polls are designed to influence not inform. If they plan to steal an election all they have to do, is have many polls showing the results they planned for. Bingo their poll was right on the money.


27 posted on 05/24/2011 4:24:18 PM PDT by itsahoot (We make jokes, they make progress. Dimmitude, get used to it.)
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To: ken5050

FR has never gotten over the purge. Traffic collapsed after that. And the result was McCain.


28 posted on 05/24/2011 4:47:23 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Why do They hate her so much?)
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To: FreeKeys

No it says it is an interactive poll, which means it is BS, anyone can vote as many times as they wish.


29 posted on 05/24/2011 5:21:21 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: FreeKeys

One of the comments at the original article:

Eric,

It’s odd that you’d compare Trump to Giuliani. I did so the other day myself.

They’re peas in a pod — corrupt and incompetent government careerists whose only selling point is their ability to self-promote.

The only real differences are that Giuliani opted for direct government employment rather than the corporate welfare queen route, and that his incompetence and corruption therefore has probably cost more in American lives than Trump’s has.

When Giuliani came in as mayor, one of the top recommendations in the wake of the 1993 WTC attack was to get the police and fire departments on the same comm gear. The gear was available, but the bribery process ran so slowly that it hadn’t been purchased by 9/11/01, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of NYPD officers who didn’t get the word to clear the buildings.

Also in response to the 1993 WTC attack, it was determined that New York needed an emergency response HQ. The experts recommended siting it in Brooklyn. Giuliani thought it was smarter to put it under the World Trade Center, which resulted in he and other city functionaries spending three hours trying to crawl out of the wreckage instead of being available to coordinate the response.

Then he turned down $10 million in 9/11 relief funding because the guy who offered it had made a common-sense observation as to the circumstances which brought 9/11 about.

And afterward? Giuliani avoids public appearances in NYC to this day, because whenever he makes them, the post-9/11 cleanup workers he fucked over and exposed to lung damage by lying about the air quality and refusing respirators, etc. — those who remain alive, anyway — show up to tell everyone what a rotten son of a bitch he is.

When he gets on the national stage, if his greasy medicine show carnival routine isn’t enough to turn people off, his opponents can always bring up the fact that his closest associate is in jail for corruption in the office Giuliani appointed him to, and that since leaving the mayor’s office, Giuliani has chosen to work as a lobbyist for such savory characters as Hugo Chavez.

He’s about as likely to win the GOP nomination, let alone the presidency, as Jacobite pretender Francis II is to move into Buckingham Palace.


30 posted on 05/24/2011 8:07:11 PM PDT by FreeKeys ("I'm sick & tired of this Marxist demagogic rhetoric coming from the president..."-Rep. Allen West)
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To: org.whodat

Thanks, I didn’t know that. That must be why Giuliani won.


31 posted on 05/24/2011 8:10:44 PM PDT by FreeKeys ("You canÂ’t get this problem straightened out if most of your budget is off limits"-Marco Rubio)
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To: dsc

>>>Palin is at the top of the ticket. Can’t think who should be second banana. It should be someone even more conservative and ballsy than Palin, so the demonrats won’t have an incentive to assassinate her.<<<

Palin-Bachmann.

Or, conversely, Palin-Cain, although the sad news is that some people might think it’s the same guy who ran in 2008.

Palin-Murray. Just to see the heads explode over at NPR, like Nomad in that old “Star Trek” episode over the cognitive dissonance of smearing a woman and a dark-skinned minority. This one might be the best, actually, although the more I keep hearing Michele Backmann, the more she impresses me. You should see her biography - it’s pretty solid. However, presidential tickets are often about balancing politics, and Murray brings in the South.

Hell, Bachmann-Murray sounds good, too.

As long as I don’t have to vote for another RINO. The last time it took several weeks to get the stink out of my conscience.


32 posted on 05/24/2011 9:25:20 PM PDT by redpoll
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