Posted on 05/28/2015 9:12:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Marco Rubio skidded. Jeb Bush slid. Ben Carson zoomed. Mike Huckabee bounced. Scott Walker stayed steady. And that’s how you end up with a five-way tie for first place in the latest Quinnipiac University national poll on the GOP Sixteeners. Put another way: With five candidates evenly dividing half of the vote, there is no first place. While Rubio lost a third of his support and Bush continued to droop, losing three points for the second month in a row, all five can say with confidence that they will meet the polling criterion for the first GOP debate, hosted by Fox News and Facebook on Aug. 6 in Cleveland.
Aside from having filed as candidates – including required financial disclosures – and paid their candidate filing fees, a candidate must be among the top ten in the average of five methodologically sound national polls taken before the debate. Huckabee, Bush, Carson and Rubio may be sowing some volatility, but they can expect to be there with Walker on the big day.
But the real drama right now is about the bottom, not the top. Quinnipiac looks at the back half of the pack: “Rounding out the top 10 for televised debates are U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky at 7 percent, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas at 6 percent, Donald Trump at 5 percent, New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie at 4 percent and Carly Fiorina and Ohio Gov. John Kasich at 2 percent each.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
He’s Governor Bob Taft 2.0. No thanks!
I’m glad Fiorina is getting recognition. She earned it with her performance over the past couple months. Kasich is a sad story — a 90s budget hawk who morphed into Compassionate Conservative version 2, complete with quotes like “Jesus would want you to expand Food Stamps and vote for Obamacare.”
Carly?
lol
She might want to be elected at least dog catcher before trying for president.
She’s a RINO.
Puh-leeze!
She's taking on Hillary and the bruises and lumps are adding up.
My top tier-—> Cruz, Rubio, Fiorino, Walker in no particular order.
My immediate drop: Cristie, Huckabee, Carson and Trump.
I will not discount anyone standing on our side shooting at our adversaries.
I agree! I live in Ohio, and both Kasich and Portman have been great disappointments.
As long as Ted Cruz is in the top 10 and makes the Debate, that’s all I care about. Well, actually, I think Carly would make it very interesting. Hope she makes it also.
As long as Ted Cruz is in the top 10 and makes the Debate, that’s all I care about. Well, actually, I think Carly would make it very interesting. Hope she makes it also.
The problem with Carly is she brings nothing to the table.
She doesn’t bring any Blue States to the table and would probably loose:
CO, AZ, NV, OH, NH and FL
She is HATED by HP employees and they have offices everwhere.
You mean THIS Carly? Seriously?
Carly Fiorina: If US Supreme Court rules for gay ‘marriage,’ we should support their decision
Looks like the mainstream media is very successful at reinventing this RINO loser as a "rising conservative star", if even freepers are drinking that kool-aid.
if a poll on Republicans is not likely voters, and it is not waited between red states, blue state, and purple States, then I do not consider it a valid full of Republicans.
Cool - I’m trending towards Carly myself. I like what she has to say and the way she handles herself...
Anyone know her stand on immigration? Particularly immigration as it relates to the H-1B Visa program.
I could really get behind a Cruz-Fiorina ticket.
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So could I; or a Walker-Martinez ticket. (Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico is pretty awesome.)
The Fabulous Fighting Fiorina! Not my first choice but want her in the top three!
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If Fiorina is in the FOX Debate in August, she could very well end up in the VP Spot on the Ticket in November 2016.
Carly?
lol
She might want to be elected at least dog catcher before trying for president.
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Why so snippy TF2009? Someone who is not a Professional Politician, living off the taxpayers, is a refreshing breath of air every once in while. I noticed you did not say that about Ben Carson. Are you a misogynist?
New alignment in the GOP Presidential poll.
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