PDF of the poll here;
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/02/07/rel2e.pdf
Huck is NOT a winner.
Palin IS a winner.
We do want to win, but what is the point if the party nominee does not represent our views?
I vote my heart in the primaries, and if I lose there (I usually do, haven’t won since Reagan’s 2nd campaign), then I hold my nose and swing on the elephant’s tail.
CNN Poll? Worthless.
I believe the timing is all wrong for Palin. In fact, I'm not even sure she'll run. In that scenario, I believe Huckabee beats Romney and becomes the nominee, and could win.
PS--My name comes from Twain, not Huckabee. I'm not endorsing him, just sayin'.
Repeat after me... “In the primaries, I will not vote based on the MSM’s projection of ‘electability’. I will vote for the candidate who most reflects my views.”
If Huck or Mitt get the nod, the Pubbies lose.
Bottom line: the MSM/Cultural Marxist/Progressive machine WANT people like Huck to win but they’re scared to death of Palin. She shines the light on them the way Reagan did and the cockroaches flee for their lives.
Lib polls - “winner” is a code word for Romney or Jeb Bush.
CNN is worried about this election...good.
I will not vote if the candidate is not a conservative.
Plus, anyone who thinks Huck is a winner hasn’t been paying attention.
This is news. What the poll can't show is "who can win". We won't really know this until November 2012. In February 2008 all the talking heads were telling us the GOP pick "a winner" over ideology. How did that work out?
I doubt that either Sarah or Huck can woo the moderate voters. And, like it or not, those wishy-washy namby-pamby shrinking-violet moderates are the ones who determine the outcomes of elections.
We want a winner.
I’ll take a strong conservative Republican Congress against Hussein any day to a malleable, sometimes liberal Republican President.
I prefer a true conservative President and a true conservative Congress.
So basically the top 3 are all tied. No one has really broken free.
Huckabee and Romney have for the most part retained the support they had at the end of the 2008 primary, if anything they’ve bled around 20-25% of it. Both ended 2008 with around 25% or so.
I continue to think whoever emerges from the Huckabee/Palin wing will be the nominee. The two of them combined have consistently doubled up on Romney. I see Mitt as representing the establishment/moderate/beltway/business side of things and Huckabee/Palin representing the conservative/populist/social(cultural) side of things. I’d see the Tea Party types as more leaning towards the Huck/Palin side than the Romney side. Huckabee and Palin both appeal to simliar evangelical/populist types.
I see one of the two of them emerging, winning IA, then winning SC and going from there. If Palin wins in IA the momentum will be too great to stop and she’ll win. If it’s Huckabee I don’t think it wil as large a momentum boost but he’ll still likely win.
Palin has to be somewhat pleased considering that this poll was taken basically a week after the national media accused her of masterminding the Giffords shooting and proclaimed her career over.
Palin is attacked by the media every day. The media haven’t even lifted a finger against Huckabee or Romney. That has an impact. Once people find out about Romneycare in MA he’s finished. And how many people know Huck commuted the sentence of a guy who went on to kill 4 cops? Among his many commutations and pardons. Lets see what happens once they start getting scrutiny.
But as for Palin, if she wants to run, now is clearly her best opportunity. It’s hard to see her being a better position come 2016 or beyond.
As Eminem said, you get one shot, one opportunity.
What is interesting is that palin and huckleberry are the only two candidates with over 70% favorability among republicans. Additionally, Palin comes in highest as second choice if their candidate is not in or drops out. Taking first and second choices combined palin 38, romney 37, huckleberry 35. I didn’t see Duncan hunter or Michelle bachmann in the cross tabs, so I can’t comment on their prospects.
Yes, CNN is my ‘go-to guy’ for polls and advice on who the hell they think I should vote for.....
As long as the Republican party nominates someone who’s an actual conservative, we will get a winner. It’s only by betraying principles for the illusion of “electability” that we can get in trouble.
I just can’t buy this. I’m open to alot of folks in the GOP at this point but I’ll not support Governor Gomer Huckleberry or the great Myth.
I don’t really care about polls until people have actually entered the race.
Huck = socialistic RINO.