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Iowa Poll: Romney, Bachmann in lead; Cain third; others find little traction
Des Moines Register | June 26, 2011

Posted on 06/26/2011 7:56:56 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: TheThirdRuffian

Real Clear Politics is showing Romney as the leader. I just don’t get it. There are so many who will never vote for him, myself included. I just get the feeling that it isn’t conservatives who are so gung-ho for him. If he is the nominee, I will not vote for him.


41 posted on 06/26/2011 9:17:05 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: RED SOUTH

But she is a foster mom!


42 posted on 06/26/2011 9:19:08 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: RED SOUTH

Who will the media select to run against their saviour?
You can bet they will endorse a rino or someone whom they know they can defeat by bringing out the negatives.

I watched parts of the debate and neither Mitt nor Michelle impressed me much. However overnight the media said Michelle was not only the winner but they gave her praise for her intelligence when they have done nothing but denigrate her for as long as I have known her name.

Why the sudden change?


43 posted on 06/26/2011 9:25:25 AM PDT by winodog
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To: RED SOUTH; All
Here we go. The operatives are going to start spewing on sites trying to muck the water. The Giuliani and Romney folks were doing this in the '08 election.

So who are you working for?

44 posted on 06/26/2011 9:44:01 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: School of Rational Thought

he isn’t, he just has better name recognition.


45 posted on 06/26/2011 9:55:02 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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To: Hojczyk

Why is ti shocking, nit rummy is not even allowed to attend meetings of used car salesmen as they don’t want to tarnish their images.


46 posted on 06/26/2011 10:14:04 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: JaneNC

Palin has been the “flavor” for three years.


47 posted on 06/26/2011 10:53:29 AM PDT by ansel12 (America has close to India population of 1950s, India has 1,200,000,000 people now. Quality of Life?)
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To: RitaOK

Executive leadership, incredible executive skills, and a national presence, and media domination that we have never seen from any conservative, ever.


48 posted on 06/26/2011 10:56:37 AM PDT by ansel12 (America has close to India population of 1950s, India has 1,200,000,000 people now. Quality of Life?)
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To: Hojczyk; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; theothercheek; Arizona Carolyn; Hildy; MplsSteve; jjotto; ...
Michele Bachmann is the best candidate in the field at this time, so she should be leading in her native state.

I hadn't been too open to the idea of a woman president up until this cycle, but Bachmann is as close to an ideal as you can get. She's an articulate solid conservative and can express her views cogently without losing her femininity in the process. She's certainly an attractive lady, and looks younger than her real age. And I don't see any major skeletons in her closet whatsoever - although you can bet the ranch that the MSM will be intently looking for something.

49 posted on 06/26/2011 12:50:46 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Anyone threatens their Thanksgiving (as in November) turkey, they take out the long knives. He’s not ripe for the kill yet. Fatten him up first, make him think he’s their pet.


50 posted on 06/26/2011 1:02:04 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.,)
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To: Hojczyk

Way too early but I wish Pawlenty showed a little stronger.


51 posted on 06/26/2011 1:12:30 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: Hojczyk

Way too early but I wish Pawlenty showed a little stronger.


52 posted on 06/26/2011 1:13:52 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: Eleutheria5
He's not ripe for the kill yet. Fatten him up first, make him think he's their pet.

Are you referring to Romney now?

53 posted on 06/26/2011 1:50:39 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: JaneNC
Palin and the movie will be flavor of the week.

. THIS. Wait till Sarah gets in. No more light for anyone else.
54 posted on 06/26/2011 2:04:11 PM PDT by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
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To: Hojczyk
Bachmann was born in Iowa.

"Part of it is because I was born in Iowa," she said on Fox. "In Iowa, I have a distinct advantage there, I think.

55 posted on 06/26/2011 2:12:35 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Hojczyk
The poll, conducted by Selzer & Co. Inc. of Des Moines, was based on telephone interviews with 400 likely Republican caucus-goers June 19 to 22. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. More poll results and analysis will be published in the Des Moines Sunday Register and online here on Sunday morning


             %
Romney      23
Bachmann    22
Cain        10
Gingrich     7
Paul         7
Pawlenty     6
Santorum     4
Huntsman     2 
 


56 posted on 06/26/2011 2:14:52 PM PDT by deport
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To: RED SOUTH
Bachmann - flavor of the week.

Cain ....flavor of last week.

Trump ..... flavor of the week before Cain.

Perry ....flavor of next week.

And Peter Pan or Mary Poppins the week after that. ROTFLMAO

I too will be glad when we get through wading through all these second and third tier flavors of the week candidates and get down to addressing the real issues facing America.

57 posted on 06/26/2011 2:20:55 PM PDT by Ron H. (The world may change but Gods word and commandments remain the same.)
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To: indylindy
Whoever it is lacks character just as you do.

You were reading my mind.

58 posted on 06/26/2011 2:24:07 PM PDT by Ron H. (The world may change but Gods word and commandments remain the same.)
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To: Hojczyk

You said you hope Sarah gets in.

As much as I like Bachmann, my initial reaction on reading this headline was, “Oh, no.”

That was an interesting reaction, and I had to ask myself why I felt it. It took only a moment’s reflection to realize that I don’t believe Bachmann can win, even if she COULD get the Republican nomination.

Part of it has to do with her only having experience as a Representative. But there’s another part here, too.

Bachmann isn’t seasoned in the way that Palin is. Palin has been through the gauntlet of everything the media can throw at her, and come out on the other end smiling.

It’s true that Bachmann doesn’t have the high negative perception that Palin does... AT THIS POINT.

But there is NO DOUBT that the media will do to Bachmann the exact same thing they’ve done to Palin. And probably worse.

And the other part of it is that Bachmann doesn’t stand out in the way that Palin does. Without Palin in the race, I can easily envision a split that gives the nomination to Romney in the same way that conservatives splitting their votes in the last election gave the nomination to McCain.

I don’t think there’s any way around it: Palin needs to enter the race.

I also think that if Palin sees she needs to enter the race for the good of the country, she will.

And I think she’s smart enough to see it.

For that reason, I am with you... waiting for an announcement, at the right time, from Sarah Palin.


59 posted on 06/26/2011 3:51:10 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: RED SOUTH

#8 -—very neatly done. And probably prophetic.
But one of those flavors better last the entire next year.
Don’t forget that Obama too started out as flavor of the week, and wound up being granted a four-year “bad date with America”, or was it an “arranged marriage” with America?
Obama’s been careening around recklessly through our institutions , not to mention our Constitution, dismantling them bit by bit, removing the key nuts and bolts that hold them together. The next President is going to have to start replacing them all, and I don’t think we’ll settle for anything less. As the months go by, the MSM may indeed try to sell the 4 candidates you mentioned as ‘nothing more’ than flavors of the week, and thereby try to create the false impression of Romney as staunch and steadfast and here to stay. We don’t think he’s any of that, and his presence as the nominal ‘front runner’ will create more upheaval among the growing Tea Party constituencies than is even imaginable now. He’ll be a lightning rod for discontent,every bit as much as Obama was, and is.


60 posted on 06/26/2011 4:06:20 PM PDT by supremedoctrine
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