Posted on 09/01/2011 8:09:11 PM PDT by Sarabaracuda
Even as Texas Gov. Rick Perry moves into the lead as Republican voters’ preferred presidential candidate, a Fox News poll released Thursday shows that voters are more likely to view him as “too extreme” than former frontrunner Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney. In addition, most American voters -- including a majority of Republicans -- think former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin should stay out of the presidential race.
Perry receives the support of 26 percent of GOP primary voters in the new poll. That’s up from 13 percent in early August and enough to edge out Romney as frontrunner. Currently Romney captures 18 percent, down from 21 percent (August 7-9).
No other candidate garners double-digit support.
Palin receives 8 percent and Texas Rep. Ron Paul comes in at 7 percent. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann captures the backing of 4 percent, down from a high of 11 percent in late June. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and businessman Herman Cain also garner 4 percent each. Another 4 percent support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, even though he has said he is not running and his name wasn’t included in the question. Giuliani and Palin are unannounced.
Click here to see the full results of the poll.
When voters are asked to pick just among the announced candidates, Perry’s receives the support of 29 percent of GOP primary voters, followed by Romney at 22 percent, and Bachmann and Paul both at 8 percent. Romney’s support has dropped 4 percentage points and Bachmann’s has dropped 5 points since the August 7-9 Fox News Poll, which was conducted before Perry officially announced his candidacy on August 13.
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Until she gets in the race, she won’t pick anyone. For the record, RINO is the most overused subjective word on this site.
Perry is a conservative. He’s also not a quitter.
Its not for me to speculate :)
I think you bring up a very good point. The electorate right now will likely gravitate to someone who they see as a mature and safe leader who can sort out this mess we are in versus an “orator” or cable news personality which is sort of where I see Palin and a large portion of the GOP field at the moment.
The primary weakness of Obama (besides being a socialist) is that he flat out isn’t a leader. He doesn’t have that gene in him. I wasn’t very high on Perry when he announced a month ago, but have gradually started to view him as a safe pick due to the fact he does have some pretty good leadership qualities. Being a Governor of a very successful State the last ten years carries with it a certain legitimacy very few of these people have.
I am going to watch Perry closely in these three debates over the next two weeks to see if the hype is real. If he performs well, he could seal the deal.
“Its not for me to speculate :)”
Only filthy RINOs would want her out.
I agree completely about him not being a leader. Kinda makes ya wonder where all of those community organizing “skills” went!
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