This is like the third poll that puts Huckabee on top.
Posted on 10/16/2009 9:33:36 AM PDT by rface
Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Republican voters nationwide say former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is their pick to represent the GOP in the 2012 Presidential campaign. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 24% prefer former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney while 18% would cast their vote for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gets 14% of the vote while Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty gets 4%. Six percent (6%) of GOP voters prefer some other candidate while 7% remain undecided.
These numbers reflect an improvement for Huckabee since July when the three candidates were virtually even. Huckabee’s gain appears to be Palin’s loss as Romney’s support has barely changed.
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This should be an interesting thread.
Huckabee = George W. Bushie No 2 NO THANKS!
Huckabee is a very arrogant obstacle in Sarah's path.
May the whiner soon realize that he has ZERO chance of winning, and quickly step aside.
I don’t think Huckabee would beat Obama. We need a Reagan, not a Dole.
(huggs) for Huckabee
Sickening. It’s almost a joke, the lack of a decent choice.
I would only vote for Palin out of this bunch.
We need a Reagan, not a Jim Baaker.
We’re in a lot of trouble if Republicans really do favor Huckabee and Romney. Both of them have demonstrated histories of governing as “pragmatic” big-government types. Doesn’t anyone pay attention?
Looks like conservatives have a lot of work to do. Thankfully we have some time to get get voters properly informed. Bottom line, NO Romney and NO Huckabee.
just stay tuned...
The GOP will lose my vote if that is the case - Palin or no one!
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. - Theodore Roosevelt
Huck has a tv show right now..... that has to be worth quite a few points
Huckabee is a snake oil salesman.
I’m with you. Huckabee wins the GOP nomination I vote libertarian even if it means Obozo wins. Huckabee governed Arkansas like a dem. By that time Congress should be in GOP hands anyway so we can start reversing the damage.
I could vote for Romney if I had to, but prefer Palin.
NO MITT! EVER!
After her media blitz, we'll see what happens. She needs to get out there on TV.
Exactly right and very well put.
The Huckster is no Reagan, not even close.
I have a novel idea...How bout THIS time we dont let the Media pick a candidate and ram it down our throats, ALA McCain!!!!
Huckabee? Have we lost our collective minds?!!!!!! (rhetorical)
Duncan Hunter deserves another shot!!
He got about 6% of the GOP primary vote last time around. That was mostly anti-war Republicans, aka. the libertarian vote.
There’s something I can’t quite put my finger on about Huckabee....
I know I am likely on the same page as him in most respects, but he just seems a little smarmy to me.
I like Palin. She strikes me as a young Margaret Thatcher, without the British formalness.
***Huckabee leads among more frequent churchgoers. Huckabee holds a huge lead among Evangelical Christians***
America’s a Christian leader to move America to the path of Conservativism. Huckabee is the man. He can use the bully pulpit to encourage young people to welcome Jesus into their hearts.
Sicne resigning Palin has been a FaceBook ghost. She is nowhere to be seen. On the other hand, Huckabee has been promoting conservativism thru his Weekend show on Fox. Plus he is travelling the country on weekdays to raise money for conservatives like Marco Rubio and conservative groups like the Illinois Family Institute. It is no wonder why Huckabee won the Values Voter Summitt straw poll. Huckabee is the choice of real conservatives.
I think he (Huckabee) stands an even better chance in 2012! One thing is for sure: he won't announce his candidacy on Letterman and he won't run a weak campaign while side-shooting at fellow conservatives, only to drop out after he's damaged the chances of those who are actually serious about getting elected.
Screw Huck and Romney. I will NEVER vote for either of them. Never. Ever.
Losing 53-18. Phonies vs. Palin. Now.
I totally disagree on the Ron Paul thing. Most Conservatives are not sophisticated enough to understand his message and thus, he is considered a kook in many circles.
He could not fire up the voters in any of the primaries and you could look for more of this in 2012. He may take votes away from a electable conservative and give us more of the same.
NOPE!
Huckabee is as inspiring as Pawlenty, which is not very much. I need a leader that is both conservative and inspires me. These guys aren’t it. Palin inspires me, Liz Cheney inspires me, Bachmann inspires me. The rest of these ‘candidates’ seem limp wristed.
2012 will be a landslide for Obama. I think I’ll away camping/fishing the first week of November 2012.
You’re right. If we don’t do better than this (Sarah excluded) we’re going to lose another one in 2012.
ron paul like to view himself as someone who can get the youth vote, but I wonder about that. Is he saying, other candidates have very little youth supporters? I see lots of young ppl at Palin’s rally
and Palin’s rally is MUCH larger than Paul’s
God help us all. Obama wins with either of those two clown as nominee.
My write-in: Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum was born on May 10, 1958 in Winchester, Virginia, to parents who worked at the VA Hospital in neighboring Martinsburg, West Virginia. At the age of seven the family moved to Butler County, Pennsylvania. Rick’s father was an Italian immigrant who instilled in him a love for this country and a belief system that has served him throughout his life: If you work hard in America and commit to a core set of values, anything is possible.
Following his graduation from high school, Rick attended Penn State University where he first became actively involved in the political process, serving as a campaign volunteer for the late Senator John Heinz. After graduating from Penn State with a degree in Political Science, he received his M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh. He moved to Harrisburg, working as Administrative Assistant to State Senator Doyle Corman and later received his J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. After receiving his law degree, Rick returned to western Pennsylvania to put his education to use.
While working as an attorney for the Pittsburgh law firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, Rick met Karen Garver. In 1990 they were married, beginning the family that would become the most important and inspiring presence in his life. More than a decade and a half later, Rick and Karen are the parents of seven wonderful children - Elizabeth, John, Daniel, Sarah Maria, Peter, Patrick and Bella. Of all the jobs he has held throughout his career, and of all his accomplishments as a legislator and a public servant, Rick is most proud of his role as a husband and a father.
1990 was a big year for Rick. In addition to getting married, he became a candidate for elected office for the first time. Pitted against a seven-term incumbent Congressman in a heavily Democratic district - with a Republican National Committee that admittedly didn’t even know his name - to say Rick was a long-shot candidate would have been an insult to long-shot candidates. But he ran an energetic, grassroots campaign, and on Election Day that saw the Republicans nationwide lose seats in Congress, Rick became the United States Representative for the 18th District of Pennsylvania.
The House of Representatives is not always an easy place for a young Congressman to make his name, but that didn’t stop Rick. He was an organizer along with John Boehner of the renowned “Gang of Seven,” a group of newly elected House members focused on cleaning up the abuse and corruption that was rampant at that time. Famously, they were responsible for uncovering the House banking and post office scandals, illegal and immoral schemes that resulted in powerful members of Congress being convicted of stealing taxpayers’ money.
In 1992 congressional redistricting combined his district with the district of a 20 year incumbent in a district that was almost 2-1 Democrat. In spite of these long odds he was re-elected to a second term in Congress, Rick then set his sights on serving all of Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. Once again, facing an incumbent Democrat, Rick was not expected to win. But his tireless campaigning and fresh, honest message resonated with Pennsylvania’s voters, and on January 4, 1995, Rick Santorum was sworn-in as the United States Senator from Pennsylvania. He was 36 years old. In a year that saw four Republican incumbents go down to defeat, he was re-elected to a second six-year term in 2000, and served as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. As Conference Chairman, Rick directed the communications operations of the Senate Republicans and was the third-ranking member of the Republican Leadership. He served as the youngest member of the Leadership, and was the first Pennsylvanian to serve in such a prominent position since Senator Hugh Scott was Republican Leader over thirty years ago.
In 2006, Rick focused his reelection campaign to a third term on the threat this country faces from Islamic fascism, not just in Iraq, but around the globe. Without wavering he defended the war in Iraq and the requirement for victory not just in Iraq, but in confronting the greater threat of Iran. In what turned out to be a referendum on the war in Iraq, Rick Santorum was defeated.
As a Senator, Rick was a passionate advocate for the things that he thought best for Pennsylvania, for his constituents, for the country, and ultimately for the world. During his tenure, he served on several important committees, including eight years on the Senate Committee on Armed Services and six years on the Senate Committee on Finance. He founded the Congressional Working Group on Religious Freedom and spearheaded the passage of several key pieces of legislation, including the landmark welfare reform bill, the American Community Renewal Act, a ban on partial-birth abortion, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, the Combating Autism Act, Farmland Preservation Act, Abandoned Mine Lands Reform Act, Multi Employer Pension Reform Act, Global Aids Authorization Act, Health Savings Accounts, the Syria Accountability Act, and the Iran Freedom Support Act.
His accomplishments as a senator include reviving America’s communities and empowering citizens to enjoy better lives, reforming the welfare system, fighting against poverty by championing programs that empower all citizens and protect the most vulnerable among us, combating the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic, strengthening and protecting Social Security, providing every American with access to quality, affordable health care, lowering the tax burden on working families, protecting the institution of marriage, reducing America’s dependency on foreign sources of oil, countering the threat of radical Islam, speaking out against religious persecution, in particular persecution of Jews and Christians in the Middle East, and promoting democracy and religious liberty around the world.
Rick Santorum is the author of It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good. He is writing a second book on the “Gathering Storm of the 21st Century” - the war against a radical, Islamic fascist enemy and its growing alliances around the world.
In January 2007, Rick established the Program to Protect America’s Freedom at the Ethics & Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. The mission of this project is to identify and communicate the threats to America and the West from a growing array of anti-Western forces and states that increasingly cast a shadow over our future and that violate religious liberty around the world.
In addition to his work at EPPC, Rick Santorum is the Friday host of Bill Bennett’s Morning in America nationally-syndicated radio program, a contributor on the Fox News Channel, a columnist with The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Vice President of Business Development at Reston, VA-based MPower Media.
http://www.eppc.org/programs/ppaf/rick_santorum/
We are sooo f#$%ed.
Nuff said.
You probably voted for Fred Thompson, too.
His support for Muslim nutbags disqualifies him.
That old attempt to demonize won't work anymore. The "electable conservatives" have only given us bailouts, inflated money, and massive government spending.
This is very troubling indeed. The Huckster and Rino Romney played a ‘tag-team’ duet during the initial parts of the primaries that allowed McQueeg to slip in.
I’m afraid that this same egotistical duet is gonna do a ‘Halloween II’ sequel on the conservatives (and Palin).
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