Posted on 01/31/2015 7:22:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A year out from the Iowa caucuses, potential presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has taken the lead among Republicans, an Iowa Poll published Saturday indicates. With 15 percent support, Walker leads a number of other potential candidates for the Republican ticket, including Rand Paul, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Jeb Bush, the Des Moines Register reported.
Walker is the No. 2 candidate among potential caucus attendees who support an establishment candidate as well as those who prefer one who is anti-establishment, the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa poll indicated.
Following close behind, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky came in with 14 percent. And 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who bowed out of the race before the poll was released, held 13 percent. "After putting considerable thought into making another run for president, I’ve decided it is best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee," Romney said Friday.
Without Romney in the race, the candidates below him picked up a few more points, including Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Fox News host, who picked up 3 percent.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also picked up a couple of points, bringing him to a tie with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
While Walker is still behind at the national level, the presidential hopeful has been making gains, holding 11 percent, according to Public Policy Polling. It’s the first time he’s registered at double digits, the firm said.
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And who are the true conservative candidates? Aside from Cruz I see no one else and I don’t bring up Walker because he hasn’t talked much about his views on national issues,so unlike others I’ll wait and see on him until he does that. But going back to Cruz I’m not so convinced he’s really going to run at ‘this’ time. So if Cruz is truly out in the end then I believe Sarah should step in to offer common sense conservative perspective against the moderates and liberal Republicans
Polls at this point don’t mean SH-———————————t
Cruz will run.
I simply want all the RINO’s 2b sunk:
Sarah, Cruz, Walker —they’re all fine by me.
JUST NOT FREAKING JEB..!!!!
Reagan wouldnt be pushing amnesty if he had today’s information not 1986’s low information world.
I hate to harsh your buzz.
Gov. Walker backs citizenship pathway for illegal immigrants
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/309111-wis-gov-walker-backs-path-to-citizenship-in-immigration-reform-
I believe you are correct!
Seen it. Do not know what to make of it.
He changed his mind. Not like Rick Perry who has seen first hand every day what issues undocumented Democrats care about.
http://www.redstate.com/diary/cheesycon/2014/02/21/scott-walker-support-amnesty/ Walker does NOT support amnesty.
Link?
He flip flopped of course.
Said he wanted legal immigration fixed. Joined the 25 state lawsuit.
Im wondering if Steve King would endorse Cruz or Santorum and risk letting Jeb/Huckabee beat Walker.
Ah, we knew he wasn’t perfect. This is like blaspheming the Holy Spirit!
That he should ever want to let an illegale be legalized... that is like denying the Holy Trinity!
Actually Reagan later admitted to Ed Meese that the 1986 amnesty was the worst mistake he ever did in office. So he knew a very quickly that it was a huge mistake
What I mean is, the devil is in the details in so many issues like this. Find out the details before screaming that the sky has fallen and broken into a million bits never to be mended again.
Can’t possibably be true. The WaPo says Jeb is the front runner. /s
Time for Ted Cruz to make his move, or go the Sarah Palin way.
You need to go find YOUR PERFECT candidate, or maybe run yourself Scott Walker IS MY GUY!!! Go peddle your immigration crap elsewhere he has more than proven his courage and completely won over a very DEEP BLUE STATE!!!!!!!! I live in CA. and am fully aware of the immigration crisis however I DO NOT EXPECT PERFECTION in a candidate I WANT courage and leadership Walker has BOTH!!!!! He has a conservative core I don’t really CARE what the hell anyone has to say I saw first hand what happened to his State House and EVERYTHING they have thrown at him HE SUCCEEDED!!!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!!
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