I'd say the Republicans have more to be concerned about. He has already said he would consider a run as an independent if he does not get the nomination.
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.--Ross Perot
Posted on 04/12/2011 10:59:42 AM PDT by mandaladon
According to the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey, Trump and Huckabee are the first choice of 19 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin coming in at third with 12 percent.
But the one trait those three top-runners – making up exactly 50% of the first choice candidates of those polled - have in common? They all seem much less likely than other GOP competitors to actually mount a run for president.
While Trump could certainly deploy his news-cycle monopolizing publicity if he decided to run, the requirement that candidates publish a lengthy financial disclosure statement could preclude the business magnate from participating in the race.
Huckabee, who enjoyed a meteoric rise to national prominence during the 2008 election, would have to give up a lucrative television presence to run again in 2012. (Huckabee has reportedly been meeting with potential financial donors, although he has made clear that he will not make a decision on a run until this summer – far later than most of the more well-organized candidates in the race.)
And Palin, who has taken a much less high-profile role in recent months, appears to have made few formal moves towards a run so far. Additionally, her perch as a top conservative female candidate has been increasingly occupied by Tea Party favorite Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. (Bachmann stood at five percent in the CNN survey.)
According to the CNN poll, regardless of whether they support her, 53 percent of Republicans say they would like to see Palin run while 47 percent would prefer she sit the 2012 contest out. The numbers are similar for Trump, whom 56 percent of GOP-affiliated respondents would like to see run, compared to 43 percent who would rather see the coiffed tycoon stay in the private sector.
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The sad thing is that Calvin Coolidge could never, ever get elected President in this country now.
Probably not Ronald Reagan either.
Video: A Question of Eligibility (Full Movie!) Very informative!
PETITION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE
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>> Huckabee, who enjoyed a meteoric rise to national prominence
Ha ha! You’ve got to be kidding.
Anyway, meteors don’t rise, they fall and burn out. As did the Huckster.
born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, NY (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)
Parents were
Frederick Christ Trump, born October 11, 1905 in Queens, NY, died June 1999 in Queens, NY
Mary Ann MacLeod, born May 10, 1912 in SCOTLAND, died August 7, 2000 in Queens, NY. Arrived in US October 5, 1935. Naturalized as a US Citizen March 10, 1942.
Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)
Donald Trump is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN unlike Comrade Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama.
Obama made a major mistake saying that Trump has zero chance of winning. Because of his Ego, Trump will make a major effort to run and win. With his in your face comments, he will win the Presidency
All the party insiders have dodged the birther issue, fearing the ridicule that the leftist media would heap on them, and now Trump is leading in the polls. Democrats aren’t the only people the Donald is driving crazy.
I'd say the Republicans have more to be concerned about. He has already said he would consider a run as an independent if he does not get the nomination.
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.--Ross Perot
yes ....once again we have the MSM telling us who to elect in our primaries.
EFFF them....
I imagine that it means that if he did run we can expect tons of stuff to come tumbling out of that jack-asses closet.
This is suspect. In California, I imagine I could encounter several hundred people on a sidewalk at random before coming across a single person who recognized the name Huckabee.
Trump, no problem.
Palin, no problem.
I would be suspicious that the MSM is going to pull a 2012 version of “McCain-the-Campaign”: foist yet another country club middle aged male loser upon the Republicans, and then bash him mercilessly for being just that after he wins the Republican nomination, to guarantee Zero’s re-election.
The only electable candidates on the Republican horizon, for better or otherwise, are those with name recognition:
Palin, and Trump.
Or, Trump and Palin.
Take your pick (if you want to dump Zero by the ballot box).
Thomas Sowell/Jean Kirkpatrick would be a nice ticket
or
Alan Keyes/Sarah Palin
I love Trump, Bachman and Palin. Huckabee - so-so. Romney - NO!!!!
“Nervous” is putting it mildly.
Trump/Bachmann or Trump/Huckabee or Huckabee/Trump
all looking good. Romney/Trump also has a chance,
although I am sure Trump wants to be on top.
There is no question Trump has gotten under the Kenyan
socialist’s skin since all his operatives talked about
this weekend was Trump, Trump, Trump.
Elmer Gantry is a socialist fraud who does NOT believe in laissez-faire capitalism, lets murderers go, favors amnesty, and raises fat dog-killers in lieu of sons.
It matters not what you believe or say or how you behave, only how much attention you can attract. Good attention is okay but bad attention is preferred.
We are largely a nation of empty minds and souls.
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