Mitt Romney can can beat Obama, say Florida political insiders (GOP establishment picks Romney)

The St. Petersburg Times / Politico ^ | 2011-09-15 | Adam C. Smith

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Florida’s most experienced political professionals are closely divided on whether Rick Perry or Mitt Romney will win Florida’s Republican presidential primary, but overwhelmingly they see Romney as the stronger candidate to beat Barack Obama in Florida.

More than 100 of Florida’s sharpest political minds participated in the latest St. Petersburg Times Florida Insider Poll - including campaign consultants, lobbyists, activists - and the results were striking: Two thirds of Democrats and two thirds of Republicans pegged Romney as the stronger general election candidate, though Republicans were considerably more confident than Democrats that Perry would win Florida’s crucial presidential primary early next year.

Half the Republicans predicted Romney would win the primary and 41 percent predicted Perry. Among Democrats, 56 percent expected Perry to win the primary and 37 percent said Romney.

"Lets face it, Rick Perry is comfort food! Like pot roast, mashed potatoes, and extra gravy it feels good going down, then comes indigestion in the morning. Mitt is more of a balanced diet, high on vegtables, low on sweets, a recipe that is likely to win the blue ribbon on election day," said one Republican.

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these are the same idiots, that believed only John McCain could and his moderation could beat Obama or Hillary!

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The vaccine issue is a big one for me, but then again, I oppose most modern medicine as I grew up in a holistic household.

I would probably pull the lever for Perry. Romney or Huntsman - no way in Hell.

I like Bachman and Cain but we will have to see. Cain has no traction but it would be fun to see him up against Zero.

I had forgotten about the TTC and being an ex-Californian illegal immigration is a big issue for me. I saw how illegal immigrants and liberals ruined Cali.