Posted on 12/13/2010 5:06:20 AM PST by grassboots.org
Over the weekend Public Policy Polling released its numbers for the 2012 presidential race from Michigan. Obama still does very well there over possible Republican opponents. On the GOP primary side, Governor Mike Huckabee has caught up with Governor Mitt Romney with each getting 22% of the “vote”. Sarah Palin finished third, but within the margin of error (+-4.9%).
In 2007-2008, Huckabee spent little time in Michigan and finished third behind Governor Romney and Senator McCain. This is the state where Romney promised bailouts before bailouts were even cool. He didn’t call it a bailout, of course. It was federal dollars for research and a 500% increase: from $4B to 20 Billion Dollars. No other Republican was for bailouts for the industry. Romney was well before his time on the issue. But he was campaigning in Michigan (January 14th, 2008) and desperate for a win after losses in Iowa and New Hampshire, so his later claim to be against bailouts rings hollow.
The results:
Here are the GOP primary results for Michigan in 2008:
HT: Huck’s Army
Just an exercise in folly. Neither Rommney nor Huckabee can be the GOP candidates if the GOP wants any chance at winning the Whitehouse.
I have already written the whitehouse off in 2012. It’s clear the GOP intends to run a RINO like Romney. I would rather focus on winning the US senate and more US house and state legislature seats personally. Obama won’t be much of a threat with a conservative controlled senate and house and I honestly prefer gridlock these days anyways.
What bothers me that after the last 2 years, and the results of Nov 2, 2010, that the GOP is even letting these two posture, without anyone saying anything about it, other than nodding their heads in approval. They are so entrenched in the power structure, along with the moonbat liberals, that I fear the Republic is lost, if Nov 2nd meant nothing to these people.
Blue States filled with RATS and RINOS should have NO SAY into who the GOP nominee should be.
loser A vs. Loser B....
when we have a juggernaut in Sarah Palin ready to hit the campaign trail....
yes...let the MSM and the RINOs tell us who is qualified to be President....
major league BS.
That poll also shows Huck the highest among self-described liberals; Mitt, moderates; and Palin, conservatives.
Gingrich has a huge discrepancy with women—hence his writing his own Mama Grizzly column this week—but Palin’s almost evenly supported between men and women.
To disable Huckabee's chances, one has to offer up a candidate capable of embracing the Christian Right, particularly on Right to Life.
Excepting the possibility of Pence, or DeMint, no other candidate, rumored or otherwise, embraces RTL as a Constitutional matter. There is only Huckabee.
Nobody wins without the Christian Right, and they will keep Huckabee in the race entirely by themselves, simply because they have no other choice.
I didn’t know Sarah Palin was pro abort? Learn something everyday here on FR.
the press is trying to pick our candidate for us AGAIN just like they picked McCain. NO NO NO!
Huckabee? Seriously?
She is not pro choice. But she believes the question of Life belongs to the states.
Go Sarah Go!!
Mitt hasn’t lived in Michigan for nearly 50 years. I live in Michigan and don’t know anyone who considers him a native son.
This from the state that voted for Wallace in 1968 and has gone further down hill ever since.
Someone should tattoo large L’s on both these losers foreheads.
I'm going to have another coffee and then what follows will be how much I care about this poll.
Romney may pull it off. He has an excellant org. Trained and experienced. The problem as I see it, the field will be very crowded thus diluting the conservative vote.
Romney will pull the old GOP guard. Palin will split the vote among others and of course the huckster cult think they are voting for Jesus. The huckster cult is still holding steady and will probably hand the nom to Romney.
Terrible thought!
LOL good point...watch out the huckster clan will be going after you!
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