Freep this Poll: Mitt Romney vs. Sarah Palin: Who do you like in 2012?

Boston Herald ^ | November 30, 2010 | Hillary Chabot

[Josh Painter]

38% - Strong-jawed Romney.

17% - Tough-talking Palin.

27% - A third choice, please.

18% - Give it up, GOP, Obama’s staying.

[McGruff]

If Romney can’t even win his home state he might as well save his money and welcome Madam President.

[ari-freedom]

“Romney OR Palin equal four more years of the Black Messiah.”

Yup. Same goes for Newt and Huckabee. Republicans need to get real.

[paulycy]

“Romney OR Palin equal four more years of the Black Messiah.” Yup. Same goes for Newt and Huckabee. Republicans need to get real.

Who specifically do each of you support?

[Allegra]

Folks, this is the Boston Herald, for God’s sake...

Exactly.

The liberals want us to nominate Romney.

That should tell people something right there.

NO Romney, NO Pawlenty, NO Huckabee, NO RINOs.

[DBrow]

“Just last week on Twitter, Romney tweeted a picture of himself clad in rugged jeans and shirtsleeves as he washed the dishes.”

Lamar Alexander’s plaid wool shirt is still in its display case up at The Balsams in Pinkham Notch, maybe Mitt needs to drive his pickup up there to borrow it?

Or, maybe he should try the Algor approach and wear cotton earth-toned outdoor clothes? Maybe a photo op in a canoe.

Personally I’d like to see him try a CMP match with a black rifle and leather shooting coat, but only if he rides a Kawasaki 1100 to the match.

[warchild9]

Like I said in my post, I like Pence, presently, with Christie a solid second. Only Pence “looks” presidential, tho. And in the television age, that’s all that counts.

Most of the rest of the field needs to either just go away (talking to you, Gingrich), or are just more slippery lawyers, like Jindal.

[SandRat]

And the Mass Romneybots still don’t get it.

Mitt Romney vs. Sarah Palin: Who do you like in 2012?

40% - Strong-jawed Romney.

17% - Tough-talking Palin.

25% - A third choice, please.

19% - Give it up, GOP, Obama’s staying.

Total Votes: 592

[altura]

I guess I was wrong. I thought Romney was a laugher as a possible candidate.

I think it may be because he’s the only person anyone has heard of besides Sarah.

Someone mentioned Mike Pence and Jim DeMint. They didn’t pass the DP test. (That’s where I ask my husband if he’s heard of someone) He’d heard of DeMint but that was all; hadn’t heard of Pence.

Please, Lord, let’s not do a McCain again.

[Diogenesis]

No. Six problems with Romney.

First, Mitt Romney cannot be trusted -- he sides with the DNC always.
He NEVER admonished anyone on his Team who
destroyed any chance of the GOP ticket winning
in 2008.

Second, he did it again in 2010, in certain states.

Third, Romney is a proven loser and embarrassment.

Fourth, RomneyCARE.

Fifth, Romney violated the Mass Constitution to institute
his gay Romney marriage.

Sixth, his dog abuse, his fake badges, and his fake polls,
walks with Martin Luther King and faux tears,
and fake endorsements are just not gonna help him.

MITT ROMNEY - THE PROVEN BAD GOVERNOR

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

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“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006

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"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

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"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005

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Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

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"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006

[ari-freedom]

Thune looks pretty good. He defeated Tom Daschle and that’s not an easy feat.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Boston Herald and Romney?? Give it up, its MA. Worthless poll.

[paulycy]

It's going to be tough for any of the dark horse candidates to get name recognition. I am open to other true conservative candidates besides Sarah but I strongly support her if she decides to run if for no reason other than she sure has earned it under fire.

When it comes time to vote I have to go with the best conservative POTUS candidate whoever that is. Our bench is not really very deep right now. At least it doesn't seem like it.

[ari-freedom]

“Someone mentioned Mike Pence and Jim DeMint. They didn’t pass the DP test.”

How many people knew who Romney or Palin was in 2006?

[Svartalfiar]

DeMint. I don’t really care who his VP pick would be, though I’m sure it’d be a good one.

As for Christie, he’s done a damn good job with NJ so far, but his stances on a lot of issues don’t really agree with me.

[warchild9]

It would be better for the country for Thune to stay in the Senate. Sometimes, a powerful Senator has more influence over events than a new President.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Palin 2012:

1) people need to stop believing she is unelectable....every GOP candidate according to the Media is UNELECTABLE

2) stop putting Palin or any other GOP on the pedestal...they ALL have faults and NONE are pure as snow...we are not progressives who worship our party leaders like the 2nd Coming, we are conservatives who recognize their faults.

3) No ONE can fire up the base like Palin can and the GOP will need the base to win in 2012

4) This is not 1980 and and there is no Reagan in the wings...but Palin is close

[cricket]

Am wondering who Sarah likes. . .

[cricket]

Am wondering who Sarah likes. . .

[paulycy]

As someone who pretty much supports Sarah by default I’d still like to know a LOT more about other candidates. DeMint gets a lot of recommendations here on FR. Can he mount a good national campaign? Does he have the resources?

[ari-freedom]

We really need to replace Obama and that’s the bottom line. We need someone who is a conservative and can speak in complete sentences.