Posted on 01/24/2011 10:11:50 AM PST by pissant
Fresh off dominating the New Hampshire straw poll over the weekend, Mitt Romney got another boost to his presidential aspirations in the form of a new national Rasmussen poll that shows the former Massachusetts Governor leading his potential competition for the GOP nomination.
In the poll, 24% of respondents went for Romney, while 19% supported Sarah Palin, and 17% said Mike Huckabee was their top choice. Newt Gingrich came in fourth at 11%, followed by Tim Pawlenty (6%), Ron Paul (4%), and Mitch Daniels (3%). An aditional 16% said they were either undecided or planned to vote for another candidate.
[TPM Slideshow: Meet The 2012 GOPers: Mitt Romney]
The results are a slight improvement for Romney since Rasmussen last polled the question in November. In that survey, Romney still led the field at 20%, though Huckabee and Palin each trailed him by just one point, at 19%.
Romney is hardly the consensus front runner. Though the more well-known Republicans --Romney, Palin, Huckabee, and Gingrich -- have consistently lead in primary polling, there's a lot of fluidity in where they stand within that top tier. Two polls last week placed Huckabee well ahead of the crowd, while Palin topped a PPP survey in late November.
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Romney? I’d vote for a 3rd party candidate before that jackass.
His Turn!
(and because Bob Dole and John McCain aren't available)
Weren’t Guiliani and Clinton the front runners at this point 4 years ago? If I were Mitt, I wouldn’t be scheduling the moving company yet.
I agree. I’d for for a jackass before Romney.
Where is Romney?? He seems to be staying off camera.
He’s already packed and has the dog crate strapped on the top of his car.
LOL! I need to go get a haircut today. I am starting to get that werewolf look like Mitt. ;-)
Appears to be a good strategy.
OK... lets roll with the TEA PARTY... because with GOD as my witness... I will NEVER vote for that ______ ever!
LLS
It is never a surprise when polls and publicity are manipulated to hype RINOs at the expense of conservatives. It goes back at least as far as Wendell Willkie in 1940 and Thomas Dewey in 1944 and 1948. Similar crap helped sink conservative Senator Robert A. Taft in his last presidential bid in 1952, as well. By the time Nelson Rockefeller got around to cooking up polls, it was already old hat.
We don’t need the same retreads running again.
There will be others. Why do you think Ryan is giving the rebuttal tomorrow?
Mitt happens.
RE :”Appears to be a good strategy.”
Yep, but it wont work forever.
No one names Willard should run for anything...reminds me of that rat boy movie..lol.
I sure as hell hope not.
But it doesn't have to.
Here's a thought. Toss your own hat in the ring.
By the way, I joined F.R. at 1 second after midnight. I've probably been here longer than you. hehehe!
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