Rasmussen Poll: Romney Holds Slim Lead On 2012 GOP Field

TPM ^ | 1/24/11 | Jon Terbush

[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.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”DeMint or Bachmann.................forget the rest.”

I didn't see this till this morning. They (Bachmann and Ryan) both were good, she was tougher on Obama than Ryan was. Matthews (who really hates her now) picked up on the fact that she wasn't looking directly at the camera, but they can't make use of that. She talked about government telling us which lightbulbs to buy, that was actually a Bush-bipartison bill that did that. But if Michelle didn't mention it, no-one would. Not Ryan.

Video: Rep. Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response to State of the Union

Libs at MSNBC were complaining that Ryan was 'negative', unlike Obama who was so 'inspiring'.

[Gilbo_3]

i nominate SOL to document the voting records of the handful of 'front runner' possible candidates, and compile the master list for the last 10 yrs or so...

youve prolly got all the data archived already...8^}

romney ??? if thats the best we can do to turn back aggressive socialism/marxism/communism, were being sold out...well duh ???

[sickoflibs]

RE :”i nominate SOL to document the voting records of the handful of ‘front runner’ possible candidates, and compile the master list for the last 10 yrs or so..youve prolly got all the data archived already...8^}”

LOL, Thanks but as always I am thinking in the opposite direction of most others. Rather than pick a candidate BEFORE they announce their run I am waiting until they actually tell us that they want to be the next president, and tell us why, and what they want to do. I am going to be watching to see if they are full of crap, like that McCain most obviously was.

I forgot to ping you on this related list I wrote yesterday:
a few possible signs that a timebomb candidate was nominated at #54

[Gilbo_3]

heheh, saw that one too...

no prognostications, just secretly make the list for quick reference *when* the campaign 'officially' starts...8^}...